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  1. Base of a machine gun spare barrel case recovered postwar at a mass execution site

    1. The Yahad-In Unum Collection at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Base of a spare barrel carrier for the MG 34 (Maschinengewehr 34) and the MG 42 excavated by Yahad-In Unum from a mass execution and grave site in Ukraine uncovered by their research into atrocities committed by Nazi Germany against the Jewish population during WWII. It held and protected barrels that were replaced often to avoid overheating. The German Army issued the MG 34 in 1934. It was the primary infantry machine gun used in the war until it was replaced by the MG 42, which had similar features, but a higher rate of fire. In early September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and a few ...

  2. Film compiled by German showing Leipzig before and after WW2

    Intertitle: “W.L Film 70.” “Leipzig in Frieden u. Krieg.” “Von Walther Lenger Leipzig.” “Walter Lenger zeigt seinen GroR-Film: Leipzig in Frieden, Krieg. Und Wiederaufbau.” Walter Lenger loads a film reel. “Streiflichter.” The woman and man who were eating a seaside lunch in Film 37 in front of the tower with the fire burning at the top. Split screen shots of buildings in Leipzig. Words on the train station read, “BAYRISCHER BAHNHOF.” Troops march through the streets. Men in canoes. One hangs from the rafters of a bridge. 10:42:22 Intertitle: “Leipziger Messe.” A building reads, “AUSSTELLUN...

  3. Szyfra Majranc papers

    1. Steffa Horowitz Mairanz collection

    The Szyfra Majranc papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries and other personal writings, photographs, and printed materials documenting Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc, their Horowitz and Majranc relatives, their prewar lives in Łódź and Sanok, and hiding and living under false identities in Rzeszów. Biographical materials include an invitation to Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc’s wedding annotated by Szyfra Majranc and Rabbi Tuvia Horowitz as well as certificates issues by the Polish Embassy in Rome stating that Szyfra and Nechemia Majranc’s Polish citizenship was being ve...

  4. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Danish woman who rescued several 100 people

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41818
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1993 of Dr. Ebba Lund, a member of Holger Danske resistance group. College student Ebba was the export leader and organized daytime rescue operations. She was known as the Girl with the Red Cap, in reference to the hat she wore as a signal to Jews that she was their contact. She walked them to the boats, paid the fisherman, and with the cooperation of the Danish coast guard and German soldiers, made sure that they made it to neutral Sweden without incident. Ebba rescued between 500-800 Jews. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 19...

  5. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of founding member of Danish resistance

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41809
    • English
    • 1993
    • overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 9.120 inches (23.165 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1993 of Frode Jakobsen, a Danish resistance leader. Frode founded the largest underground rescue group, the Ringen [The Ring], and co-founded the Danish Freedom Council to coordinate the efforts of different resistance groups. Frode remained active in the resistance until Denmark was liberated in May 1945. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 a...

  6. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of a Jewish Danish refugee

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41832
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.120 inches (15.545 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Victor Borge, a Danish humorist and pianist. Throughout the 1930s, Victor toured Europe; he played music and told anti-Nazi jokes. When the Germans invaded Denmark, Victor was performing in Sweden. He did not return to Denmark, but sailed from Finland on the USS American Legion, arriving in the United States on August 28, 1940. Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, but allowed the Danish government to retain control of domestic affairs. Jews were not molested and the German presence was limited. After the Germans inva...

  7. Portrait photograph by Judy Glickman of Jewish man sitting rescued as a boy

    1. Judith Ellis Glickman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41830
    • English
    • 1992
    • overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Width: 6.380 inches (16.205 cm)

    Black and white photographic print taken by Judy Glickman in 1992 of Herbert Pundik, a Jew rescued as a young man by Danish civilians. The day before the Germans began to deport Danish Jews to concentration camps, 16 year old Herbert was pulled out of school and sent home, warned by the principal that Jews were in danger. His family packed and fled, finding shelter with a couple for 2 nights, until they boarded a fishing boat and set off across the Sound. In 1945, he joined the Danish voluntary forces and returned to Denmark after liberation and finished high school. Germany occupied Denmar...

  8. Yellow Star of David badge with Jude worn by a young German Jewish boy

    1. Klaus Zwilsky family collection

    Star of David badge issued to 9 year old Klaus Zwilsky in 1941 in Berlin where he lived with his parents, Erich and Ruth. In September 1941, Jews in Germany were ordered to wear a Judenstern [Jewish star] badge on their clothing at all times. In October 1943, the family was forced to live in the Jewish Hospital because Erich was the only remaining pharmacist. Ruth was a forced laborer and then worked in the hospital as a pharmacist. The hospital was liberated by the Soviet Army in April 1945. Erich was appointed Director and the family continued to live in the hospital until, at Ruth's insi...

  9. ORT vocational schools

    A film about the ORT vocational schools in the US Zone of Germany. Introduction by Jacob Oleiski, US zone director of ORT, including English subtitles. VAR scenes of survivors in vocational training programs. Men and women working on machinery, furniture making, sewing, women's clothing, etc. in Landsberg, Germany. 22:09:31 Max (Mordchai) Rubin, a chemistry teacher at ORT Munich, is visible, along with his student Adi Rubin (Ribon) at 22:09:37. ORT UNRRA Vocation School sign. MCU young men entering building. Oleiski speaking again, with English subtitles.

  10. Ordedienst orange armband worn by a Dutch rescuer after the war

    1. Alice and Paul Paulus collection

    Ordedienst [Order Service] armband issued in Harderwijk, Netherlands, and worn by Paul Paulus after liberation in April 1945. It identified Paul as an official civilian authority. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, May 1940-April 1945, Paul and his wife, Aaltje, who lived in Ermelo, aided resistance efforts by hiding Jews in their home. In October 1942, they gave refuge to a Jewish couple, Michel and Saartje Nathans, from Amsterdam, whose young daughter, Anita, was hidden in a different home. Paul built a hidden chamber in the attic bedroom where Michel and Saartje stayed. He ...

  11. Polish Home Army commemorative armband issued to veteran of Warsaw Insurrection

    1. Eve and Richard Przemyski collection

    Red and white armband commemorating the Warsaw Insurrection issued to Ryszard Przemyski, a member of the underground resistance group, Armia Krajowa [Home Army], known as A.K. The armband has his group number VII, pseudonym Ruczaj, A.K., and the date. The Warsaw Rising or Insurrection, August 1-October 5, 1944, was the attempt by the Polish Home Army to retake Warsaw from the German occupying forces. They retook much of the city, but without the promised aid from Western Allies or the Soviet Union, whose forces were within sight of the city, the resistance was crushed. The Germans massacred...

  12. Gripper pliers brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Baer family collection

    Small pair of gripper pliers brought to the United States on October 3, 1940, by Berthold Baer, his wife Hilde, and son Hans (later Larry) from Frankfurt, Germany via the Netherlands and England. Berthold was a bank official in Frankfurt when Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933. By 1938 the German authorities had passed many anti-Semitic laws that isolated and restricted the everyday lives of the Jews. Berthold was legally barred from working and during Kristallnacht on November 9, he was arrested. On November 13 he was imprisoned for two weeks in Buchenwald concentrati...

  13. C. Seelbach Co. gripper pliers brought to the US by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Baer family collection

    Large pair of C Seelbach Co. gripper pliers brought to the United States on October 3, 1940, by Berthold Baer, his wife Hilde, and son Hans (later Larry) from Frankfurt, Germany, via the Netherlands and England. Berthold was a bank official in Frankfurt when Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933. By 1938 the German authorities had passed many anti-Semitic laws that isolated and restricted the everyday lives of the Jews. Berthold was legally barred from working and during Kristallnacht on November 9, he was arrested. On November 13 he was imprisoned for two weeks in Buchen...

  14. French Croix de Guerre with bronze palm awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Henri Engel collection

    French Cross of War medal with bronze palm awarded posthumously to 18 year old Henri Engel, a German Jew living in France, who died while fighting with the French resistance during World War II. It was awarded by the French National Committee of Liberation to honor remarkable acts of faith and courage by the French people. It was awarded to Henri in 1960, and his sister, Margot, accepted it on his behalf in 1961. In September 1939, Henri and his mother, Lucie, were in Lyon, France, when Germany invaded Poland, prompting France and Great Britain to declare war against Germany. They were from...

  15. French Médaille de la Résistance with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish resistance fighter

    1. Henri Engel collection

    French Resistance Medal awarded posthumously to 18 year old Henri Engel, a German Jew living in France, who died while fighting with the French resistance during World War II. It was awarded by the French National Committee of Liberation to honor remarkable acts of faith and courage by the French people. It was awarded to Henri in 1960, and his sister, Margot, accepted it on his behalf in 1961. In September 1939, Henri and his mother, Lucie, were in Lyon, France, when Germany invaded Poland, prompting France and Great Britain to declare war against Germany. They were from Berlin, but were n...

  16. W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence

    Manchester Guardian This series comprises the confidential foreign affairs correspondence of W.P. Crozier. Many of the materials are bundles of correspondence and reports sent to Crozier by correspondents. Crozier collected these materials, adding his own notes and materials about the editorial and business affairs of the . Most of the materials are marked confidential or secret. Many have been translated from Hebrew and a small number are in French, German, and Hebrew. The correspondence is largely concerned with the Zionist movement, particularly in Palestine. There are significant materi...

  17. Amerikanische Kriegsgefangenschaft; Verteidigung im Nürnberger OKW-Prozess (Fall XII)

    1. Sammlungen
    2. Busse, Theodor (OKW- u. Manstein-Prozess/ Betreuung verurteilte Generäle)

    Angaben zur eigenen Laufbahn; Lebenslauf, 02. Juni 1947; masch. und handschr. Verzeichnisse der inhaftierten Wehrmachtoffiziere in den PoW Camps / Internierungslagern Neu-Ulm, 21. Juni 1946, Dachau, 24. Juni 1946, und Zedelghem (bei Brügge), o.D.; Zertifikate, 21. Juni 1947 u. o.D.; Rundbriefe der amerikanischen Besatzungsbehörde bezügl. der Mitarbeit bei der Erschließung historischer Tatsachen, 25. Oktober 1947 u. Weihnachten 1947; Schreiben Hans Speidel, 12.10.1947; Schreiben Kurt von Storch [revers Notizen], 25. September 1947 [vgl. Bände 17-19]; handschr. und masch. Eidesstattliche Erkl...

  18. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier

    1. Alfred Hirschfeld family collection

    SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...

  19. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier

    1. Alfred Hirschfeld family collection

    SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and, from 1941-1945, served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans iden...

  20. Pressed aluminum cap badge with Nazi insignia acquired by a German Jewish refugee and US soldier

    1. Alfred Hirschfeld family collection

    SS cap badge with an eagle and oak wreath owned by Hans Hirschfeld, who left Germany at age twenty in 1939 for the US and later served in the US Army. From 1936 to 1945, this type of cap badge was worn by the SS-Ordnungspolizei, or order police, the regular uniformed police force in Germany, which included municipal and rural police, firemen, and the coast guard. When Hitler came to power in January 1933, Hans and his parents, Alfred and Maria, lived in Breslau, Germany, where Alfred was Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Maria was Protestant and Alfred was Jewish and Hans identified hims...