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  1. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  2. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  3. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  4. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  5. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  6. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  7. Drawing by Josef Nassy

    1. Josef Nassy collection
  8. Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl

    Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl was an early confidant of Hitler but fell increasingly out of favor after Hitler's assumption of power. In 1937 Hitler ordered Hanfstaengl to parachute over Spain and act as an agent for Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hanfstaengl feared this was really a plot on his life and, in his telling, he convinced the plane's pilot to return to Germany. According to Albert Speer in his memoirs, this was all an elaborate practical joke and no harm was intended. However, Hanfstaengl was frightened enough to decide to defect. It is this episode which is documented in this foo...

  9. Personal papers of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth Nachlass Elsa Lüthi-Ruth

    Contains personal papers and photographs of Elsa Lüthi-Ruth, a nurse for the Swiss Red Cross and in various internment camps in France during World War II. Papers consist of biographical materials and documentation on the Elsa Lüthi-Ruth activities. The main part of the collection consists of six personal albums that document her youth and studies, as well as her work during the war.

  10. Legacy of Gershon Dua-Bogen Spuścizna Gerszona Dua-Bogena (Sygn. 329)

    The collection contains the papers of Gershon Dua-Bogen (1892-1948), an eminent activist of the socialist and communist parties. The papers includes personal documents from Gershon Dua-Bogen and his son, Jerzy Bogen, correspondence, notes, fragment of memoirs, press-cuttings, invitations, photographs, an index of the Dua-Bogen’s works, a resume, a collection of Jewish songs: Mir zingen. Lider zamlung, and miscellaneous.

  11. Touring Italy: horse race; cathedral

    "The Palio at Siena" Attending the horse race in Siena. HAS of riders dressed in elaborate costumes, marching band on streets. Crowd, balloons. Interiors, ceremony. Large crowd in square. 01:01:55 (switches to color). Procession of riders into the stadium, horses, flag-waving. Costumes represent the different city wards. 01:03:55 (switches to black and white) The cermony proceeds, including elaborate floats. Horse racing. Flag-waving. "The Cathedral at Orvieto" (color) VAR, EXT of the cathedral. 01:06:51 "The Ponte Vecchio at Florence" (color) Scenic views of homes along the river in Floren...

  12. Salomon family papers

    The Salomon family papers consists of correspondence and emigration and immigration files documenting Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon’s unsuccessful efforts to immigrate to the United States from Berlin. The collection also includes correspondence from Marianne Adler, Hermann and Edith’s daughter, and Elsbeth Stern, Hermann’s sister, documenting their efforts to bring their family to the Unites States. Salomon family correspondence includes wartime letters among Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon to Marianne Adler and Elsbeth Stern about Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte’s efforts to immi...

  13. Oil fields; Romani people

    With intertitles in English. Part 2. Oil fields in Europe with short segment on Roma. Trains in the town of Ploesti, a large town near the oil fields. Oil wells in Moreni. Roma (?) carrying goods with bullock-drawn wagons. Intertitle re: vendors of drinks, fruit, etc. MS of Roma men and women seated on slabs with posts all about them. Next to them are baskets of fruit and a pail. Wagon with log on it passes in front of them. MCU of same group as woman walks by with basket. MS two men with pole that has basket at each end are selling to a third man. One man has pole on shoulder, other has po...

  14. Ralph Steinhart papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Ralph Steinhart, originally of Hannover, Germany, including his pre-war life in Germany and his immigration to the United States in 1941. Included are a United States alien registration card issued to Rolf Steinhart, 1942; a plastic case to hold the registration card; Ralph’s certificate of naturalization,1950; and pre-war family photographs.

  15. Market scenes in Tirana

    "ALBANIA" "Streets and Bazaars of Tirana" Street scenes in Tirana. Craftsmen line up across from the Et'hem Bey mosque (in front of what is now the entrance to the National Library). Shop with three boys. Cobblers making traditional wooden shoes called "nallane". MCUs, market, merchants selling wares. Artisans making "qeleshe", the traditional Albanian cap. Pottery-making. The old bazaar - crowded outdoor market. Pan up, Xhamia e Kokonozit mosque (torn down by the communists in 1967). 01:02:59 Street scenes with pedestrians and building (what is now the Avni Rustemi statue). Four American v...

  16. Napkin embroidered with Hedwig Rosenthal's initials and given to Henry Rosenthal

    1. Henry Rosenthal collection

    Embroidered napkin packed by Hedwig Auerbach Rosenthal for her son, Henry Rosenthal, to take with him when he immigrated to the United States in August 1941. The napkin bears Hedwig's initials, and she packed it in case Henry needed to sell it for money after his arrival in New York.

  17. Tablecloth embroidered with Hedwig Rosenthal's initials and given to Henry Rosenthal

    1. Henry Rosenthal collection

    Embroidered tablecloth packed by Hedwig Auerbach Rosenthal for her son, Henry Rosenthal, to take with him when he immigrated to the United States in August 1941. The tablecloth bears Hedwig's initials, and she packed it in case Henry needed to sell it for money after his arrival in New York.

  18. Napkin embroidered with Hedwig Rosenthal's initials and given to Henry Rosenthal

    1. Henry Rosenthal collection

    Embroidered napkin packed by Hedwig Auerbach Rosenthal for her son, Henry Rosenthal, to take with him when he immigrated to the United States in August 1941. The napkin bears Hedwig's initials, and she packed it in case Henry needed to sell it for money after his arrival in New York.

  19. Napkin embroidered with Hedwig Rosenthal's initials and given to Henry Rosenthal

    1. Henry Rosenthal collection

    Embroidered napkin packed by Hedwig Auerbach Rosenthal for her son, Henry Rosenthal, to take with him when he immigrated to the United States in August 1941. The napkin bears Hedwig's initials, and she packed it in case Henry needed to sell it for money after his arrival in New York.