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  2. Kevin Q. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Kevin Q., a Catholic, who was born in Bronx, New York in 1918, left training for the priesthood in 1941, enlisted in 1942, and served in the United States Army 45th Infantry Division in World War II. He recounts deployment in Normandy; the Battle of the Bulge; entering Dachau five days after its liberation; being emotionally overwhelmed; chaotic conditions; corpses scattered everywhere; soldiers sharing rations with prisoners resulting in their deaths; speaking with Catholic clergy in Latin; discovering German doctors disguised as inmates to evade incarceration as pot...

  3. Abe S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abe S., who was born in Be?dzin, Poland in 1922. He recalls his family's poverty; their inability to feed him; working in a meatpacking house beginning at age twelve; German invasion; forced labor in several villages from August 1940 to September 1941; transfer to a weaving factory; sharing extra food with an older man; meeting his future wife (his second cousin); transfer to another camp in 1942; slave labor cutting down trees; a death march to Buchenwald in 1944; veteran prisoners asking him and others to kill two "green triangles" (criminals); receiving extra food ...

  4. Soroca Gendarmes Legions, County Sections and Posts

    • Legiunile de jandarmi, secţiile şi posturile judeţene Soroca
    • Жандармский легион, секций и посты Сорокского уезда
    • Zhandarmskij legion, sectsij i posty Sorokskogo uezda

    Data on moral and political mood of the residents of Soroca county; data on criminal prosecution of communist movements in Ataca village; circulars of Soroca legion from 1939-1940; order of taking necessary measures to prevent anti-Romanian propaganda; lists of individuals who belong to various organizations and parties; lists of Jews who were under the supervision of the gendarmerie in 1937-1938; lists of Jews who illegally crossed Romania's border in 1927; personal files of criminals of Jewish origin (Şmillia Roitburt) accused of theft and murder; information provided by the hotel owners ...

  5. War crimes trials: Document transcripts and other papers

    This collection consists of trial transcripts and copy documents relating to the trial proceedings at Nuremberg, which followed the trial of the major war criminals. The papers in this collection comprise copy trial transcripts, and reports and correspondence relating to some of the 'subsequent trials' mentioned above. It is worth noting that the trial transcripts are verbatim whereas those in the published version are often abridged or extracted.

  6. Joseph Sheldon: account re the liberation of Esterwege concentration camp

    This collection comprises an account by Joseph Sheldon, formerly Jozef Szwarcman, a medical officer holding the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Polish Armoured Division, of his experiences shortly after the liberation of Esterwege concentration camp, Lower Saxony,and a page torn from a volume which listed details of inmates of that camp.

  8. Affidavit re: Schacht presented at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 489) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Lt. Bryson, US prosecutor, presents charges against Hjalmar Schacht. Prosecutor (from behind) reads an affidavit of someone defending Schacht. During the speech are shots of Joachim von Ribbentrop whispering to Rudolf Hess in prisoners' box and MSs of Hans Frick, Julius Streicher, Walther Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Frank. He quotes from a document saying that Schacht warned both British and Americans about the Nazis, and disapproved with basically everything the Nazis were doing. Prosecutor quo...

  9. Exterior scenes, Nuremberg Palace of Justice; Judge Birkett reading part of judgment at Nuremberg Trial

    Judgment of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Germany, 30 September 1946. (Mute) Exteriors, good atmosphere in streets. MS of MP checking pass of soldier on a motorcycle. Shots of guards in truck, armored cars and on foot, around the palace. Scenes of MP directing traffic, and civilians having passes checked 04:12:20. CU of sign: " STOP, DETOUR". Shots of the facade of the Palace of Justice. (Mute) MS, Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Hjalmar Schacht, Albert Speer, Karl Doenitz and Erich Raeder. 04:15:57 All stand in court as justic...

  10. Reports and investigative materials compiled by the Military Commissions of the Red (Soviet) Army related to the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators on the occupied territories of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during WWII

    The collection consists of the investigative materials, reports and statements compiled by the military commissions of the Red (Soviet) Army established for the investigation of the crimes committed by the Nazis and their collaborators on the occupied territories of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during WWII.

  13. County Command of the State Police in Opatów Komenda Powiatowa Policji Państwowej w Opatowie (Sygn. 1186)

    Reports and information from police informers relating to political, social and labor organizations, correspondence and various records related to Communist activities among Jews in Opatów.

  16. War Crimes Trial: Franz Strasser

    Summary: Austrian Franz Strasser is tried for the murder of Lt E Warren Woodruff and an unknown airman. His testimony is in German. Cpl. Henry Halperin is the interpreter for all witnesses; Sgt. Sessler interprets for Franz Strasser.The six-officer Army Military Commission included Capt. Victor Miles, Lt. Harvey Szanger, and Col. Raymond E. Zickel. Reel 2: Defense attorneys questioning, listening. Pan, Commissioners to Pusch testifying. Back view: Reichl, Halperin. Prosecutor in BG. Pan. Strasser sitting with his attorneys; being sworn in; at table as his attorneys speak to others; attorney...

  17. Selected records of the Court of the First Instance in Chęciny Sąd Grodzki w Chęcinach (Sygn. 1155)

    Records of the Court Grodzki in Chęciny related to Jews. Files usually consist of the following information: the date of the trial, the plaintiff’s name, the defendant’s name, a short description of the cause of litigation, the date of verdict, etc., as well as information about the trials in which Jews from Chęciny were participants.

  18. Press Conference; Hadamar Murder Trial

    Welt im Film. Issue no. 93 01:07:14 General McNarney's Press Conference. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney holds press conference in Berlin at which German journalists participate for the first time. Cut-ins, German newspapermen taking notes. 01:08:08 Hadamar Mass Murder Trial. INTs, Frankfurt Provincial Court. 27 doctors, nurses, and attendants who participated in the mass killings of 70,000 people are on trial. MCUs many of those on trial. Prosecutor explains method by which disappearance of victims was accomplished. Cut-ins prisoners and others in courtroom.

  19. French awards; Factories destroyed; Indictment of Dachau perpetrators

    02:00:41 (Paris 352) French Awards to Three Army Officers, Bad Tolz, Germany, November 13, 1945. SEQ: At the 3rd US Army HQ, a formation composed of French troops of the 27th Div Infantry Alpine and Co "A", 503rd MP Bn, 3rd US Army, are inspected by Gen. Lucian K. Truscott and French Gen. Marie Emile Bethouart. The French general awards the Legion of Honor and Croix-de-Guerre to Brig. Gen. A F Kingman, CG, 79th Inf Div and Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating, CG, 102nd Airborne Div. The third officer receiving an award is unidentified. 02:02:59 (Paris 353) Destruction of War Factories, Ebenhausen, G...