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  1. Tajna Policja Państwowa. Oddział w Sieradzu Selected records of the Secret State Police. Branch in Sieradz Geheime Staatspolizei. Aussendienststelle Schieratz (Sygn. GK 707),

    This collection contains instructions, correspondence, minutes and reports on searching for escaped prisoners of war, deserters and criminals (events of "special importance”). The records relate to religious matters and persecution of Jews, anti-German offences, the transport of detainees to concentration camps, hostile attitudes towards Germans, avoidance of work, refusals to sign Volksliste, sabotage, assaults, the resistance movement, passport matters and prisoners of war.

  2. Teitz family papers

    1. Walter Teitz Collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Teitz family of Fürth, Germany including pre-war life in Germany, their emigration from Germany to England and the United States, the care of their physically disabled son Werner in the Netherlands and the post-war search for his fate, and restitution claims. Included are biographical documents, immigration papers, correspondence, and photographs. Biographical material consists of identification documents, a family book, poems and writings by Emil and others, and restitution paperwork. Papers of Emil include identification documents,...

  3. Child's wicker chair received by Louise Lawrence-Israels for her birthday while in hiding

    1. Louise Lawrence-Israels collection

    Wicker basket chair given to Louise Israels by her parents on her second birthday, July 30, 1944, while the family was living in hiding in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Louise also received a doll for her birthday. The chair may have been for the doll, but Louise was small enough to sit in it. Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. By 1942, deportations of Jews to extermination camps were occurring regularly. Louise, her two-year-old brother, their parents, and grandparents decided to go into hiding. No one except her father ever left their small attic hiding place. He snuck out after curf...

  4. US Army pouch for a shoe shine kit issued to Milton Emont

    1. Marietta Gruenbaum collection

    United States Army pouch for a shoe shine kit, issued to Milton Emont, a Jewish American World War II veteran. Milton was born to Polish parents in Paterson, New Jersey. He showed an aptitude for languages at a young age, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish. Milton registered for the draft in 1942, and entered active service on March 5, 1943. In the Army, Milton served 22 months in the 3189th Signal Service Battalion. As a translator and teletype operator, he was responsible for sending and receiving messages in Section Headquarters located in both France and Germany. In ...

  5. Black yarmulke owned by Milton Emont and likely used during World War II

    1. Marietta Gruenbaum collection

    Cloth yarmulke, likely used during World War II, belonging to Milton Emont, a Jewish American World War II veteran. Milton was born to Polish parents in Paterson, New Jersey. He showed an aptitude for languages at a young age, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish. Milton registered for the draft in 1942, and entered active service on March 5, 1943. In the Army, Milton served 22 months in the 3189th Signal Service Battalion. As a translator and teletype operator, he was responsible for sending and receiving messages in Section Headquarters located in both France and Germany...

  6. Vamos family papers

    1. Vamos family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Arthur and Ruth Vamos, originally of Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as they emigrated from Germany to Glasgow, Scotland in 1939 and to the United States in 1946. The collection includes biographical material such as identification papers, marriage certificates, and Arthur’s British Army papers; immigration documents; correspondence; restitution paperwork; photographs; and two publications. Correspondence includes letters written to Arthur and Ruth from his parents still in Breslau, a letter from Arthur to Ruth while he was s...

  7. Korman and Maizel families collection

    1. Korman and Maizels families collection

    Contains photographs of the Korman family in Krasnik, Poland, sent to family in the United States before the Holocaust; documents issued by the Committee of Liberated Political Prisoners in Germany, including identification documents issued to Szlama Majzels and Runia Majzels; a driver’s license issued to Szlama Majzels; death certificates for Abraham Korman (Runia’s brother), Kiwa Korman (Runia’s father), Ezril Majzels (Szlama’s father), and Hanna Korman Kucheik (Szlama’s sister), all of whom were murdered in the Budzyn slave labor camp in November 1942; a certificate of eligibility issued...

  8. Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Closing statement of the Defense

    Session 114. The Judges say they are ready to hear the summing up by the Defense. Dr. Servatius says that the accusations of the Attorney General Hausner, if true, would be worthy of a monument to Jew-haters, saying that Eichmann was some superman able to commit all of these atrocities. Instead, he says, it was the top brass that decided that Eichmann would be the scapegoat for their actions (duplicate footage from Tape 2232). 00:04:18 Tape jumps, and the Judges enter the courtroom and tell Dr. Servatius to continue his summing up. Servatius comes to the main count of the case, the charge o...

  9. Alexander Bachnár papers

    The Alexander Bachnár papers consist of correspondence and biographical, photographic, and printed materials documenting Bachnár’s forced work on Sixth Labor Battalion (VI Prapor) in Slovakia during World War II, his confinement to the Nováky labor camp for Jews, his participation in armed resistance with partisans, awards he received for his wartime service, and his work as a journalist after the war. Biographical materials include certificates, correspondence, lists, speeches, and an interview documenting Alexander Bachnár, his forced work on the Slovak Jewish labor battalion, his confine...

  10. Miniature ivory penknife carried by an Austrian refugee family

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    Miniature penknife given to 13 year old Elisabeth Ornstein by her parents Hilda and Paul after they were reunited in New York in 1940 during the war. Elisabeth and her family were from Vienna where the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 led to severe anti-Semitic persecution. Although they were practicing Catholics and did not identify themselves as Jews, they were Jews under Nazi law. After Kristallnacht in November 9, 1938, Elisabeth's parents decided to send the children out of the country. Elisabeth and Georg, 9 years, were given passage on a Kindertransport to England by the Quak...

  11. Silver locket with an engraved monogram and an infant's photo saved by an Austrian refugee family

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    Locket with her baby photo and her mother's initials given to 13 year old Elisabeth [Liesl] Ornstein by her mother Hilda after they were reunited in New York in 1940 during the war. Elisabeth and her family were from Vienna where the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 led to severe anti-Semitic persecution. Although they were practicing Catholics and did not identify themselves as Jews, they were Jews under Nazi law. After Kristallnacht in November 9, 1938, Elisabeth's parents decided to send the children out of the country. Elisabeth and Georg, 9 years, were given passage on a Kinder...

  12. Miniature mother of pearl compass carried by an Austrian refugee family

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    Miniature compass given to Elisabeth [Liesl] Ornstein, 13, by her parents Hilda and Paul after they were reunited in New York in 1940 during the war. Elisabeth and her family were from Vienna where the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 led to severe anti-Jewish persecution. Although they were practicing Catholics and did not identify themselves as Jews, they were Jews under Nazi law. After Kristallnacht in November 9, 1938, Elisabeth's parents decided to send the children out of the country. Elisabeth and Georg, 9, were given passage on a Kindertransport to England by the Quakers in ...

  13. Silver floral embossed candlestick acquired by a former Kindertransport refugee

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection

    Silver embossed candlestick, one of a pair, with 2013.476.4, owned by John Peter Eden (formerly Hans Eibuschitz), who escaped Czechoslovakia on a Kindertransport in 1939. The candlesticks were possibly brought to the United States before the war by John’s grandmother. After Germany invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia in March 1939, 12 year old Hans, and 9 year old brother Steven were sent to Great Britain on a Kindertransport. Hans was placed in private boarding schools. After graduation, he attended the London School of Economics to study actuarial science. In 1944 or 1945, he began trainin...

  14. Silver floral embossed candlestick acquired by a former Kindertransport refugee

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection

    Silver embossed candlestick, one of a pair, with 2013.476.3, owned by John Peter Eden (formerly Hans Eibuschitz), who escaped Czechoslovakia on a Kindertransport in 1939. The candlesticks were possibly brought to the United States before the war by John’s grandmother and given to him later. After Germany invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia in March 1939, 12 year old Hans, and 9 year old brother Steven were sent to Great Britain on a Kindertransport. Hans was placed in private boarding schools. After graduation, he attended the London School of Economics to study actuarial science. In 1944 or...

  15. Royal Air Force sweetheart's wings pin acquired by a Czech Jewish Kindertransport refugee

    1. John and Gisela Marx Eden collection

    Sterling silver Royal Air Force sweetheart's wings pin acquired by 17 year old Hans Eibuschitz, a Jewish Czech refugee, while he was in training with the British Royal Air Force from about 1944 to 1945. A sweetheart pin was given to loved ones by soldiers, and were not issued by the RAF. After Germany invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia in March 1939, 12 year old Hans, and his 9 year old brother Steven were sent to Great Britain on a Kindertransport. Hans was placed in private boarding schools. After graduation, he attended the London School of Economics to study actuarial science. In 1944 o...

  16. Pair of scene stills for the film “Reason and Emotion” (1943)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693090
    • 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)

    Two scene stills from the animated short film, “Reason and Emotion,” released by RKO Radio Pictures in August 1943. Scene stills are photographs relating to the film and used as marketing and advertising tools. The film was nominated for the 1943 Academy Award for best cartoon short. Created by Walt Disney Productions, the film features the characters “Reason” and “Emotion,” personified by stereotypes of an intellectual and a caveman. They are introduced in the mind of a toddler, and accompany him into his adult years. Reason and Emotion are also shown in the mind of a woman, and in an idea...

  17. Set of three scene stills for the film “I'll Never Heil Again” (1941)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693061
    • English
    • .1: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) .2: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) .3: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Set of three scene stills for the Three Stooges short satire, “I’ll Never Heil Again,” released by Columbia Pictures, in July 1941. 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 the Stooges’ first sequel, a follow up to the 1940 short, “You Nazty Spy.” In “I’ll Never Heil Again,” the Stooges (who were Jewish) play parodies of Hitler, Göring, and Goebbels, as Dictator Heilstone, Field Marshal Herring, and the Minister of Propaganda. They have taken control of the country of “Moronica,” and along wit...

  18. Set of three lobby cards for the film “Espionage Agent" (1939)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693052
    • English
    • .1: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .2: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .3: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)

    Lobby cards for the American feature film “Espionage Agent” released by Warner Bros. Pictures in September 1939. Lobby cards are promotional materials placed in theater lobby windows to highlight specific movie scenes, rather than the broader themes often depicted on posters. In “Espionage Agent,” Barry Corvall is a rookie diplomat who discovers that his new bride has been serving as an undercover agent for the Germans. He resigns from the diplomatic service, and the couple travels to Europe to expose a German spy ring. This was the first American film to utilize the premise of compromised ...

  19. Set of Canadian newsprint advertisements for the film “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” (1939)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693030
    • English
    • 1939
    • .1: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) .2: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)

    Canadian newspaper advertisements for the American feature film “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” released by Warner Bros. Pictures in May 1939. The film was chosen as Best Picture of the Year by the National Board of Review in 1939. Based on articles written in the New York Post by ex-agent Leon G. Turrou, the film recounts a fictionalized version of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Rumrich Nazi Spy Case (1938). The film follows FBI agent Edward Renard’s investigation of Nazi spies affiliated with the German-American Bund as they work to steal American military secrets in the late 193...

  20. English-language international herald for the film “The Last Chance” (1945)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    British-Indian herald for the film, “The Last Chance,” originally released in March 1945 in Switzerland as, “Die Letzte Chance.” Heralds were small, inexpensive flyers usually included as part of a film’s press kit. The film won the Grand Prize and the International Peace Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946, the first after the end of the war. Great Britain ruled three-fifths of the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947, and during World War II, received monetary and military support from their allies in the region. The film is set in German-occupied Italy in 1943, and focuses on thre...