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  1. Amszterdami főkonzulátus iratai, 1924-1945

    • Records of the Hungarian Consulate General in Amsterdam, 1924-1945

    Records of the Hungarian Consulate General in Amsterdam, the capital city of Netherlands contain considerable material concerning Hungarian Jews, especially from the period 1938 to 1944, the era of anti-Jewish laws in Hungary and the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust in the Netherlands. Relevant parts of the collection include in large quantities citizenship cases and visa-related documents of the Hungarian Jews residing in the Netherlands. After the German occupation in May 1940, Jews were subjected to various anti-Jewish measures. In this context different types of records can be found in...

  2. Haber-Margulier family. Collection

    The photos in this collection depict the following : Israel (Isy) Haber's Bar Mitzvah ; the Haber-Margulier family as refugees in Nice, 1942 ; Zallel Haber in his army uniform as a soldier during World War I ; Sender Haber, cousin of Zallel Haber, as a liaison officer during World War I ; pre-war photos of Israel (Isy) and Dora (Dolly) Haber ; Dora (Dolly) Haber as a dancer ; the Haber and Margulier grandparents. The collection also contains two fragile precious prints that were not digitized, but which are accessible at the Kazerne Dossin documentation centre : "Auto-Emanzipation" (preface...

  3. Provincial President in Brno, Administration by the Order of the Reich (1939–1945)

    This fonds is important for finding out about the political, cultural and economic history of occupied Moravia. It contains plans for the gradual Germanisation and liquidation of the Czech nation, and in it we find records about the Aryanization of Jewish property and establishment of forced administrators. The following archival records relate to the Jewish history: In the presidium files marked PA (timeframe not given) – Regulation on Jewish houses in Moravská Ostrava for the needs of the Protectorate police; Investigation of Jewish origin of Dr. Felix Riess from Nový Jičín. Information a...

  4. Radnički pokret: zbirka fotografija

    • Worker's movement: photo collection

    Systematic gathering of photos for the Museum collection as primary museum documents began with the foundation of the Museum in 1947. The collection of photographs has been created by systematic gathering: Gifts, purchase, storage, exchange with other institutions and collectors (such as the EU Commission on War Crimes, individuals, associations of veterans of World War II, military organizations and some brigades, participants in the National Struggle for Liberation and their descendants , as well as gifts and exchanges with museum institutions in Zagreb, Belgrade, and Novi Sad. The Museum...

  5. German Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND): Records related to War Crime Trials, German Federal Archives Koblenz (BND B 206)

    Consists of documents collected by the German Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) after 1945. 10 files are on the identification of Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbie.

  6. When Jews laugh Antisemitic Der Stürmer advertising flier showing several Jewish people smiling

    1. Poster collection

    Antisemitic flier for the Der Stürmer newspaper showing photographic images of the “devilish grins” of Jews. The text claims that Jews are born criminals, who are incapable of laughter, and can only smile nefariously, which implies their untrustworthy nature. Two versions of the flier were published: this one with red lettering and an advertisement on the bottom, and one with black-and-white text without a bottom advertisement. The antisemitic newspaper was founded by Julius Streicher and published from 1923 to 1945. Striecher used the paper as a platform to foment public hatred of the Jewi...

  7. Avraham B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Avraham B., who was born in Koněšín, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (presently Czech Republic) in 1906, one of five brothers. He recounts moving to Kunowitz; learning songs from soldiers during World War I; attending school in Uherské Hradiště; participating in Zionist youth groups, including Tehelet Lavan, Makkabi Hatsair, and Maccabi; cordial realtions with non-Jews; studying law in Brno; military training in Litoměrǐce and Terezín; practicing law; German invasion; his father's death; moving to Prague in 1939; working with Jacob Edelstein in the Jewish Agency fo...

  8. Fredrich H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Fredrich H., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1919. He recalls participating in a socialist youth group; his sister's marriage to a non-Jew; pervasive antisemitism; the Anschluss; a futile attempt to smuggle himself to Czechoslovakia; obtaining a visa for Luxembourg; being refused entry; brief imprisonment in Germany; release on the condition he leave Germany; smuggling himself to Luxembourg; his parents joining him; moving to Brussels with his parents, sister, and her husband; arranging emigration to the Dominican Republic; German invasion preventing their departur...

  9. Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection

    The Jan Zlotkiewicz photograph collection consists of photographs depicting Jan Zlotkiewicz (born Jakub Salomon Zlotkiewicz) during his military service in the Polish Army.

  10. Aleksander Herszkowicz collection

    Consists of three handwritten songs written and performed by Jankel Herszkowicz in the Łódź ghetto; ten group photographic portraits of Jankel Herszkowicz with his family and friends in Łódź, Poland, circa 1960; three photographs of Jankel Herszkowicz with Josef Wajsblat and friends at the Łódź Jewish cemetery, circa 1960; an ID photograph of Majer Herszkowicz, Jankel’s brother; a photographic portrait of Cudyk Herszkowicz, Jankel’s brother; c. 1930, in Opatow, Poland; a military ID; issued to Jankiel Herszkowicz in 1949 in Łódź, Poland; and two audio cassettes consisting of recording...

  11. Warsaw uprising underground press Prasa konspiracyjna Powstania Warszawskiego

    Contains an underground press collection of 106 titles issued during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, mostly by resistance organizations. Among other publishers are the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), the Armia Ludowa (People’s Army), the Polska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party), and the Stronnictwo Narodowe (National Party).

  12. Concentration camps: Collection of documents Obozy koncentracyjne-Zbiór akt (Sygn.1333 )

    Contains correspondence, lists of prisoners, and memoirs concerning different ghettos, concentration camps, and death camps in Poland.

  13. Collection of files relating to Nazi crimes in Poland Zbiór materiałów dotycza̧cych zbrodni hitlerowskich w Polsce (Sygn. 1348)

    Contains various documents related to the activities of the Polish Courts and the Main Commissions for Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland after World War II. The documents supplement records kept in the Archives of the Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance) in Warsaw, Poland.

  14. Volodymyr Liker papers

    The papers mainly consist of individual studio portraits and informal group photographs depicting Volodymyr Liker and his family before and after World War II in Kiev, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) as well as a Soviet soccer team. The papers also include a modern document identifying Volodymyr Liker as a member of a Holocaust survivors organization in Kiev, Ukraine.

  15. Gessner visits Italy

    In Pompeii, three men, two in uniform and one in a suit outside of the entrance. The building reads “ENTRATA IN POMPEI”. 01:02:53 A man in a suit (friend of Gessner) walks along the entry road to Pompeii. 01:03:01 Gessner faces the camera and takes a photo before walking up the road and waving for the his friend to follow him. The friend stands in the ruins of the basilica at Pompeii. 01:03:15 Gessner in the ruins of the basilica. 01:03:25 Sign reads “TEMPLUM APOLLINIS”, the Temple of Apollo. Gessner stands on a block next to a colonnade, bronze sculpture. The other man walks across elevate...

  16. Black ink sketch of the cast clothes man

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Ink drawing depicting an old clothes peddler with a sack slung over his back. He has a large, pointed nose and fleshy lips, both stereotypical physical features commonly attributed to Jewish men. The large sack slung over the man’s back is commonly used to identify peddlers or old clothes dealers. Peddlers were itinerant vendors who sold goods to the public. They usually traveled alone and carried their goods with them as they went. Clothes peddlers dealt in old garments they bought, cleaned and repaired, and then sold for profit. Peddling was a common occupation for Jewish men during the 1...

  17. Richard and Ernestine Benes papers

    The Richard and Ernestine Benes papers contains a diary, biographical material, and emigration and immigration documents relating to Richard and Ernestine Benes attempts to emigrate from Austria to the United States. The diary was written by Richard from June 6 - July 4 1941. In the diary Richard writes about their emigration from Austria to Prague, Berlin, Paris, and Spain as well as their time aboard the ship and arriving in New York City. Biographical materials include birth and baptism certificates, a marriage certificate, proof of citizenship, identification cards, passports (Reisepass...

  18. Metal ashtray in the form of a Jewish man holding a tray

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Metal ashtray from the 19th century, in the form of a Jewish peddler holding an empty tray. The man has several stereotypical physical features commonly attributed to Jewish men: a large nose, hooded eyes, sidelocks, and a beard. Peddlers were itinerant vendors who traveled the countryside and sold goods to the public. They usually travelled alone and carried their goods with them as they went. Peddling was a common occupation for young Jewish men during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most peddlers hoped their hard work would serve as a springboard to more lucrative and comfortable occupation...

  19. Bronze dish of a Jewish peddler at an open window

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Bronze-plated metal dish, possibly used as an ashtray, with a bas relief of a Jewish peddler calling at an open window. Peddlers were vendors who traveled the countryside and sold goods to the public. They usually traveled alone and carried their goods with them as they went. Peddling was a common occupation for young Jewish men during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most peddlers hoped their hard work would serve as a springboard to more lucrative and comfortable occupations. However, old prejudices formed an antisemitic stereotype of the Jewish peddler. The stereotype originated from the eco...

  20. Brass figure of a Jewish peddler

    1. Katz Ehrenthal collection

    Nineteenth-century brass figure of a Jewish peddler carrying a sack of goods on his back. Peddlers were itinerant vendors who traveled the countryside and sold goods to the public. Peddling was a common occupation for young Jewish men during the 18th and 19th centuries. Most peddlers hoped their hard work would serve as a springboard to more lucrative and comfortable occupations. However, old prejudices formed an antisemitic stereotype of the Jewish peddler. The stereotype originated from the economic and professional restrictions placed on early European Jews. They were barred from owning ...