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  1. Karoline H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Karoline H., who was born in Barmen, near Wuppertal, Germany in 1911. Mrs. H. recalls childhood in a comfortable, non-observant family; lack of early exposure to antisemitism; attending the University of Freiburg, where she was mistaken for an "Aryan" by Nazi students; working in her parents' store after being barred from law school; her older brother's marriage to a Catholic in 1934; increasing antisemitic restrictions; her parents' naivete? about Nazism; and marriage to a naturalized Dutch Jew in 1936. She describes deteriorating conditions in Danzig (where her husb...

  2. Suzanne N. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Suzanne N., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1930. She recalls her comfortable, assimilated family; her father's law practice; the outbreak of war; an influx of Jewish refugees; a non-Jewish doctor helping her father avoid service in a forced labor battalion; deportations of Jewish, non-Hungarian citizens; German occupation in 1944; anti-Jewish measures; her father obtaining false papers for them; hiding in a client's apartment; Allied bombings; moving to the basement; her father's murder on January 3, 1945 when he was searching for a safer place; moving with her ...

  3. Hilde G. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Hilde G., who was born in Boppard, Germany in 1926. She recalls a comfortable childhood; attending a Catholic school until 1936, when the nuns could no longer guarantee her safety; her older sister attending school in Cologne; her parents' decision to send her to England; her mother accompanying her to Spain (her father wept at their departure in Cologne); living with a Jewish family in Nottingham; attending private school; working for her foster parents from age fourteen due to the labor shortage caused by the war; hearing from her parents in 1941 after a two year si...

  4. I'm An American -- Franz Werfel

    1. "I'm An American" NBC radio broadcasts

    On March 16, 1941 Franz Werfel spoke with William H. Carmichael, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, about life in Europe without democracy and liberty. Mr. Carmichael asks the Austrian novelist about his escape from Europe the previous year. Werfel details his escape and relief at the first sight of America. The novelist reflects on life before the Nazis. Werfel tells Mr. Carmichael why he left Austria and chose to become an American citizen. He also reveals what could happen if American ideals are destroyed. Werfel closes the episode by claiming Europe’s disea...

  5. I'm An American -- Xavier Cugat

    1. "I'm An American" NBC radio broadcasts

    On March 30, 1941 Xavier Cugat spoke with William H. Marshall, Assistant District Director of Immigration at Ellis Island about his life in America as a musician. Cugat shares his immigration story with Mr. Marshall. He reveals that all schools in South America teach English and thinks America should follow suit with the Spanish language. Cugat shares his belief in the benefits of being able to speak multiple languages. The musician talks about the popularization of Latin American music in America and rumors of the genre overpowering American jazz. “The Rumba King” closes the segment by sta...

  6. Cross of Merit medal, ribbons, and pins awarded to a Dutch Jewish soldier, Prinses Irene Brigade

    1. Jack and Hedi Justus Grootkerk family collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn47134
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • a: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) c: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) d: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) e: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)

    Kruis van Verdienste [Cross of Merit] medal, ribbon, and presentation box, two ribbon bars, and a gold bar pin awarded to Jack Grootkerk, a Dutch Jewish soldier in the Prinses Irene Brigade, Dutch Free Forces from September 1942 to September 1945. The Brigade was formed in England in 1941 by the Dutch government in exile and Dutch Army personnel. The unit wore British battledress uniforms with Dutch insignia. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. In December 1941, Jack was told to report for forced labor in Germany. He and his brother Erich fled to France and Spain, and were int...

  7. Dutch Commemorative War Cross awarded to a Dutch Jewish soldier, Prinses Irene Brigade

    1. Jack and Hedi Justus Grootkerk family collection

    Oorlogsherinneringskruis [Commemorative War Cross] medal awarded to Jack Grootkerk, a Dutch Jewish soldier in the Prinses Irene Brigade, Dutch Free Forces, from September 1942 to September 1945. The honorary medal was presented to all Brigade members who landed at Normandy in 1944. The Brigade was formed in England in 1941 by the Dutch government in exile and Dutch Army personnel. The unit wore British battledress uniforms with Dutch insignia. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. In December 1941, Jack was told to report for forced labor in Germany. He and his brother Erich fle...

  8. Red leather photograph case carried by a Jewish Austrian refugee

    1. Lilly Morawetz collection

    Dark red leather photograph display case carried by Lilly Morawetz in her backpack in 1939 when she fled German occupied Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) for France. She kept it with her while held in Gurs internment camp in 1940 and during her flight through Spain and Portugal to the US in 1941. After Germany annexed Austria in 1938, Lilly sent her youngest child, Margit, 16, to Paris. Lilly was visiting Margit that September when Germany annexed the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. She hurried back to Prague to sell their home. In March 1939, she was still in Prague when Germany anne...

  9. Charcoal drawing of a soldier face down on the ground with caricatured faces behind him

    1. Harold Lehman collection

    Anti-fascist charcoal drawing by Harold Lehman depicting a Spanish Civil War soldier lying face down in hilly terrain with his rifle and helmet strewn before him. Looming behind him are three caricatured heads, likely Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco, and Benito Mussolini. Both Hitler and Mussolini offered aid to Franco and his fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War. Floating overhead is the saying “No Pasarán” which translates to “they shall not pass.” This was a slogan used by Spanish Communist leader Dolores Ibárruri during the Siege of Madrid. With the combination of the soldier, the...

  10. Erfgoed van de Oorlog, Bystander Memories, interview RG-50.570.0008

    1. World War II

    De geïnterviewde werd geboren op 22 maart 1918. Gedurende de oorlog raakte hij via zijn vrouw betrokken bij de verzetsactiviteiten van de zogeheten Westerweel/Loosdrecht Groep. Hij verzorgde bonkaarten aan ondergedoken Joodse kinderen en hielp Joodse kinderen via België naar Spanje te vluchten. Over zijn werkzaamheden voor deze groep vertelt de geïnterviewde uitvoerig. Hij is vanuit deze groep tevens betrokken geweest bij de ontsnapping van een Joodse vrouw uit Westerbork. In Amsterdam was hij getuige van een executie van een groep mannen nabij het Weteringcircuit. The interviewee was born ...

  11. Apology letter from residents of Bonbaden, Germany, addressed to Margot K. Stern

    Letter (two leaves, four pages), written and signed by the residents of the village of Bonbaden (part of city of Braunfels), in Hessen, Germany, 9 November 2008, containing an apology to Margot K. Stern and her family, former Jewish residents of Bonbaden, who fled their village and homeland because of antisemitic persecution during the Nazi era. The letter, written following a Christian worship service commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht in Bonbaden, expresses remorse for the persecution of Jews in Bonbaden during that era, acknowledges the pain that Stern’s family experienc...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Foreign diplomats at banquets in Portugal

    LS, Palace of the President of Portugal in countryside, car pulls up, guard on duty. Reading papers, talking. Gen. Jordana visits the President at his villa near Estoril. Officials enter house, go upstairs. CU, valet hanging caps. Jordana leaves office. Soldiers lined up, people by fountain. Gen. Jordana (Franco's foreign minster), Portuguese Premier Salazar, and other officials arrive. Republican guard soldiers march, join the Chateau guard. Salazar and Jordana in banquet hall in Sintra. Salazar talks to Spanish Ambassador to Lisbon, brother of Franco. Other guests at table, talking. Chate...

  13. The Major boys on holiday; Carnival parade; University of Munich; beer garden

    “MARQUARTSTEIN.” Snow-covered castle in Bavaria. The American boys - Ralph (age 11) and John Major - in the doorway. They attended boarding school in Marquartstein. Sledding and skiing. “CARNIVAL” Carnival-goers, confetti. Young boys in costume march through the street. Many decorated floats, each introduced with a number on a sign. Some are animated with large paper mache moving parts. “Lufthansa” globe. Men in Native American outfits on horseback. “WAITING TO CLEAN UP. Men with brooms. “UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH” Triumphal arch in Munich. Cars pass the University of Munich where the American R...

  14. Elfriede Schloss papers

    1. Elfriede Schloss collection

    The Elfriede Schloss papers contain Elfriede’s travel visa and identification tag, and various news clippings concerning her and other orphans’ arrival to the United States. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) photocopies includes copied correspondence and documents from the AFSC archives related to the immigration of the one hundred orphans from France, of which Elfriede was included.

  15. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  16. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  17. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  18. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  19. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection

  20. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection