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  1. Poland uniform patch worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    Uniform patch issued to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus when he served in the 2nd Polish Corps from 1941-1945. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and seventeen days later, the Soviet Army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Polish POWs were released to join the fighting. Lusthaus joined the volunteer Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army. In August 1942, the unit left Soviet territory and became the 2nd Polish Corps, British A...

  2. UNRRA selected records AG-018-009 : Italy Mission

    Correspondence, memos, statistics, publications, circulars, bulletins, financial documents, and reports relating to the Displaced Persons Operations, medical care, education and recreation, vocational trainings, emigration and resettlement.

  3. Schiffer children in Budapest

    Snowy, Schiffer family walks toward the camera, including János and Éva (ages 5 and 2 in 1935), and their grandmother. (01:19) Different season, shots of children outdoors on a grassy knoll, some people laying on the ground and others walking. (02:30) Group gathered around a table outside, including grandmother, Bözske, Gyuri, and others. János shows off his sunglasses, others pose for the camera. Leisure time in the wooded area, the children poke at their mother Bözske resting on blanket. (05:06) Dark shots of a car (could be the family car, an Opel purchased around 1937). (05:31) At Szech...

  4. Prewar Jewish family life in Budapest

    Boy and girl (the Szondi children?) play in a park, with a child’s harness and toys, probably in October 1933 [Dr. Szondi was a famous psychiatrist and friend of Ernö Schiffer’s]. (02:34) Toddlers (János and friend from Mohacs, Zsuzsi Sarvari) play in City Park (Városliget) and pose with their moms for the camera. Boy digs in the dirt. The toddlers run in the grass. János embraces and kisses Zsuzsi; they continue to play in park, dog. (06:26) Marcsa Schiffer (visiting from NY) and other women walking along a path in the park in August 1933 in Janoshegy. Brief view of Gyuri Pinter, the photo...

  5. Ansbacher family papers

    1. Ansbacher family collection

    The Ansbacher family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting the Ansbacher family from Dinkelsbühl, Germany, Sigrid Ansbacher’s deportation to Theresienstadt with her parents, Sigrid’s transfer to Auschwitz, her recuperation from typhus in Sweden after liberation, and her immigration to the United States in 1946 to rejoin her parents. The papers include documents from the family’s internment in Theresienstadt, a postcard Selma Ansbacher wrote pleading that Sigrid be spared from the Auschwitz convoy, and a postcard Sigrid wrote...

  6. Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate given to a US soldier after the liberation of Paris

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7086
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) b: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) c: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm)

    Nazi propaganda leaflet resembling a US dollar bill given to US Army Colonel Lewis H. Weinstein in Paris on the day of liberation, August 25, 1944. His jeep was surrounded by thousands of grateful Parisians near the Montparnasse railroad station. An emaciated man with a Star of David badge pushed his way forward and asked him if he was Jewish. Weinstein said yes and the man blurted out: “ I’m the last of my family. The rest went to Drancy.” He tore off his badge and handed it and an envelope with the leaflet to Weinstein, and disappeared. These leaflets were dropped from planes over Paris i...

  7. Łódź becomes Litzmannstadt

    Germans build new planned city for German Volk. Łódź before and after being "rebuilt." Stroll through town, labor camps, city street. LS panorama of city. Animap highlights darkened area "Wandalen" (early history of Vandals and Germanic occupation of area). CU stone surrounding circular metal object, pull out to reveal museum (archeological?) cases of vases. "Das Gefaess Aus Biala..." label on one of the vases. Swastika carved into urn. CU of ornamental crosses and other objects, spearheads, helmets. Map of Sudetenland and Warthegau, extreme Eastern edge, points to Litzmannstadt (Łódź), arr...

  8. Lore and Simon Rosen family papers

    Identification documents, military records, immigration documents, postcards, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Lore (née Baron) and Simon Rosen, both of whom survived in England. Documents include is Lore’s 1939 Kindertransport identification card, British Army pay books and Soldier’s Release Books, Simon’s British passport, documents related to the Rosen’s immigration to Canada from Israel in 1954, and a copy of Simon’s relative Edna Rosine’s immigration paperwork to Liverpool, England in 1918. Also included are postcards of Malemort-sur-Corrèze, France, where L...

  9. Deportation of Jews from Thrace

    The deportation of the Jewish communities of Kavala, Seres, and Drama from Thrace, an area under Bulgarian military administration (now Northern Greece), carried out by the Bulgarians in spring 1943. Nearly seven minutes of film footage recorded by cameramen from Bulgarska delo document this deportation consisting of approximately 3,000 Jews. It was not possible to shoot without some official permission, for example at the request of the Bulgarian commissar of Jewish Affairs, but no records about it have been found. The film material was not used in a newsreel, nor in any film at the time. ...

  10. Imperial Japan, 5 yen note, issued in occupied China acquired by a US soldier

    1. James Edward Kirkebo collection

    Japanese 5 yen note acquired by Captain James (Jim) Edward Kirkebo, who served in the US Army from 1940-1945, and fought in Europe with the Thunderbolt Division from December 1944-May 1945. This type of currency was issued by the Bank of Japan but then used as a military banknote as Japan expanded their occupation of China in 1938. This note does not have the military seals. Kirkebo, 19, enlisted in the US Army in 1940 and, in August 1942, 2nd Lt. Kirkebo became commanding officer, C Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division. In December 1944, Kirkebo's unit landed in ...

  11. US Combat Infantryman Badge in silver bullion awarded to a US soldier

    1. James Edward Kirkebo collection

    US Combat Infantryman Badge issued to Captain James (Jim) Edward Kirkebo, who served in the US Army from 1940-1945, and fought in Europe in from December 1944-May 1945. The badge has a model of a 1795 Springfield Arsenal musket, the first official US shoulder arm, on an infantry blue field, over an oak leaf wreath, symbolizing strength and loyalty. It is awarded for performing duties while under fire in active ground combat. Kirkebo, 19, enlisted in the US Army in 1940 and, in August 1942, 2nd Lt. Kirkebo became commanding officer, C Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Di...

  12. Isaac Kraicer papers

    1. Isaac Kraicer collection

    Consists of twenty-one photographs depicting Isaac Kraicer in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp and during his work for the "Bricha" in Berlin as well as one certificate issued by ORT to Rachel Kraicer, Isaac's wife, in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp.

  13. Children at Belsen

    Multiple shots of a set of three swings, children playing on swings, British troops push the swings. CU of (unnamed) soldier pushing swing. MCU of children crowded on jeep, moving through camp. CU of boy's face as he sits on the hood of the jeep. Children eating soup. Shot as children file from left to right, given biscuits and chocolate. Russian Jewish woman (former internee, wearing Red Cross uniform) ringing bell as children, smiling, swarm past her, entering doorway. CU of woman (unnamed). Row of six swings set up by REME. Children playing on swings. Two close up shots of young girls sm...

  14. UNRRA selected records AG-018-013 : Bureau of Services

    Consist of correspondence, trainning materials, statistics, memorandums, reports of operations, newspapers in DP camps. Records relete to repatriation, welfare services, trainings and education, health of displaced persons, cooperation with the international organizations, health services for military, immigration of European children to USA, and matters of Jewish and other refugees.

  15. Swimming in Budapest; zoo visit

    The Schiffers put coats on and children play on a grassy hillside. (01:30) Anni and János swim with Ernö at Szecheny bath/pools in Budapest in July 1934. (02:42) At a restaurant on Lake Balaton. The family takes a boat trip, views of water, horizon, sailboat. (05:11) At Szecheny bath, swimming, including János, Anni, Bözske, Alice, Gyuri, and nurse-maid Tete. (06:20) Trip to the zoo that includes elephants, camels, zebras, and other animals. János and others ride ponies and horses at the zoo. (09:20) They greet more animals, including peacocks, tigers, and bears. (10:02) Newborn Éva (János’...

  16. Elisabeth Orsten papers

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    The Elisabeth Orsten papers include an autograph book, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, photographs, printed materials, and school records documenting her childhood in Vienna, her departure for England on a Kindertransport with her brother, Georg, their care and education in England, the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States, and her grandparents’ continued suffering in Vienna. The autograph book contains illustrations and signed poems by Elisabeth Orsten’s parents and friends in Vienna. Correspondence primarily documents arrangements for Elisabeth’s care in Eng...

  17. Gisela Eden papers

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection

    The Gisela Eden papers consists of correspondence, restitution paperwork, a poesie book, a diary, and family photographs relating to the experiences of Gisela Eden (née Marx) who traveled to England from Germany on a Kindertransport. The correspondence includes letters and postcards written by family and friends in Germany to Gisela Marx while she was living in England, 1939-1957. The letters, largely written by her parents, Leopold and Erna Marx, and relatives are written in German. The restitution paperwork is directed to Gisela Eden and relates to the Marx family. The paperwork includes ...

  18. Set of three scene stills for the film “The Last Chance” (1945)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn692968
    • English
    • .1: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .2: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .3: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Set of three scene stills for the film, “The Last Chance,” released in the United States in February 1945. Scene stills are photographs taken on or off the set of a motion picture and are then used as marketing and advertising tools. The film was originally released in Switzerland under the German title, “Die Letzte Chance,” in May 1945, and won the Grand Prize and the International Peace Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. The film is set in German-occupied Italy in 1943, and focuses on three Allied soldiers who escape a prisoner-of-war camp and join a group of 14 refugees making a ...

  19. Jewish Brigade Group uniform patch with 1 red stripe worn by a Brigade soldier

    1. Fanny and Leo Englard collection

    Uniform patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit erved in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each other ...

  20. Jewish Brigade Group arm patch with 4 red chevrons worn by a soldier in the Brigade

    1. Fanny and Leo Englard collection

    Chevron patch worn by Leo Englard when he served as a soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group during World War II. The British Army established the group in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The unit served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946. Leo remained in Palestine and married Fanny Dominitz, a German Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Palestine in 1947. The couple had known each other...