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  1. enquête de la Sûreté nationale (commissions rogatoires des 18 décembre 1946 et 14 février 1947) La ténébreuse affaire du Massilia. Une page d'histoire (18 juin 1940 - octobre 1940) 471 Edouard Barthe " "

    1. Haute Cour de justice. Volume 7 Haute Cour de justice. Rép. num. détaillé dact., par M.-Th. Chabord, 11 vol., 2420 p. Volume 7 : 3w/217-3w/250
    2. 1 Adrien MARQUET maire de Bordeaux ministre de l'Intérieur, 27 juin - 7 septembre 1940
    3. Adrien Marquet. Dossier II

    enquête de la Sûreté nationale (commissions rogatoires des 18 décembre 1946 et 14 février 1947) La ténébreuse affaire du Massilia. Une page d'histoire (18 juin 1940 - octobre 1940) 471 Edouard Barthe " ", 46 p. Bordeaux 40 ou Bazaine II, 12-29 juin 1940. Extraits de quelques souvenirs de Ch. Pomaret 472 Charles Pomuret " ", 132 p. 473 à 491 dossier Marquet, pièces cotées 128 à 145 (bordereau énumératif sur la chemise du dossier) : affaires Mandel, Daladier, Paul Reynaud, général Gamelin 473 avis de départ du Maroc de M. Mondanel mission accomplie, 10 septembre 1940 474 communication télépho...

  2. Nekvasil portable chess set used by an Austrian Jewish refugee

    1. Salomon and Berg families collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn525821
    • English
    • a: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) d: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) e: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) f: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) g: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) h: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) i: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) j: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) k: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) l: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) m: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) n: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) o: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) p: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) q: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) r: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) s: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) t: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) u: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) v: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) w: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) x: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) y: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) z: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) aa: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) ab: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) ac: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) ad: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) ae: Height: 2.325 inches (5.905 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) af: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

    Nekvasil portable chess set brought to the United States from Vienna by Alfred Berg, an Austrian Jewish refugee, in 1939. Nekvasil was a game and toy manufacturer in the Ottakring District of Vienna that was known primarily for making chess sets. Alfred was a teenage boy living in Vienna with his parents and younger sister Charlotte when Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss on March 13, 1938. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Alfred was targeted by bullies because of his Jewish heritage and on November 9-10 during the Kristallnacht pogrom, h...

  3. German Rentenbank, 1 Rentenmark note, acquired by a Polish Jewish survivor

    1. Regina and Halina Goldwag collection

    Rentenbank note, valued at 1 Rentenmark, acquired by Regina Zak Goldwag or her daughter Halina while in Germany during or after World War II. The money was distributed for use in Germany from January 1937 to 1948. Regina and her two children, Halina and Ludwik, were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the sum...

  4. Ministère des Finances. Archives de Carl Requette, liquidateur du Commissariat belge au rapatriement

    • Ministry of Finance. Carl Requette Archives, liquidator of the Belgian Repatriation Commission

    The documents in this fonds are either the specific products of Carl Requette's activity as liquidator or copies and original documents collected by him to serve as debt instruments or documentation. They come from the archives of the Belgian Commission for Repatriation (C.B.R.) as well as files transmitted by the Ministry of Public Health concerning Minister Marteaux's "hospital re-equipment" operation. Within its limited volume, the fonds has a considerable documentary value. It shines a light on Carl Requette's work as liquidator, but also that of the C.B.R. By including the documents th...

  5. Medal honoring soldiers killed during the invasion issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Medal honoring soldiers who died in the May 1940 invasion, with shield and broken sword, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. The six medals in the series honor the following: 1. For the soldiers who fell in the May 1940 invasion [this medal, 1990.23.240.3]; 2. For those who endured the bombardments and attacks (1990.23.240.3; 3. For victims of torture and betrayal (1990.23.240.3]; 4. For those who suffered in the concentration camps (1990.23.240.3; 5. For those who w...

  6. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 20 (zwanzig) kronen, acquired by Flory Cohen Levi, who survived in hiding in her native Netherlands during the war. This type of scrip was distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp from May 1943-April 1945 in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Flory met Felix Levi, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, in the mid-1930s. After Germany invaded Poland, Felix convinced Flora to flee. In November 1939, they sailed for South America aboard the SS Simon Bolivar, which was sunk by German mines. They were rescued by the British military and taken to a hospital...

  7. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  8. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  9. World Jewish Congress Submissions to the United Nations and Other Agencies

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Political Department/Department of International Affairs

    Consists of memoranda, applications and reports prepared by the WJC and submitted to the UN and other agencies. These submissions pertain to issues such as human rights, statelessness, refugees, etc. Box B139. Folder 12. Index of United Nations chronological file, 1945-1949, undated Box B139. Folder 13. Memorandum Submitted to the United Nations Conference of International Organization at San Francisco, 1945 Box B139. Folder 14. Report of Executive of the United Nation Preparatory Committee, 1945 November Box B139. Folder 15. Stein, Kalman, Jewish Displaced Persons, answer from Sorieri, A.A...

  10. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  11. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  12. Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman papers

    Contains photographs and documents relating to Vera Lechtman's parents, Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman, before World War II in Vienna, Austria, and in Łódź, Poland; their immigration to Palestine in 1936; and their subsequent immigration to Europe in 1938. Includes photogaphs of Sioma Lechtman in the Gurs concentration camp in France, where he was interned after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

  13. Black and white patterned case for medals awarded postwar to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Fitted case for a set of 6 medals issued to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  14. Embossing tool with 3 wheel attachments used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army

    1. Simon Gelbart collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn522352
    • English
    • 1925-1951
    • a: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) b: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) c: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) d: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)

    Embossing tool with a 2 piece wooden handle with a removable hollow base and three fluted wheel carriage attachments used by Simon Gelbart, who was conscripted into the Soviet Army from 1943-1945 because of his shoemaking skills. Simon was a master shoemaker and kept his shoemaking kit with him all through the war. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Simon kept moving his family, his wife, Sara, and sons David, 9, and Haim, 5, east to escape persecution. Soon after they reached Soviet territory, the family was arrested and sent to Siberian Labor Camp #70, where a daughter was bo...

  15. Forced laborer identification badge worn by a Polish Jewish woman using a false identity

    1. Regina and Halina Goldwag collection

    Identification badge worn by Regina Zak Goldwag, or her daughter Halina, while working as forced laborers at the Dr. Gaspary & Co. factory in Markranstädt, Germany, at the end of World War II. Regina and her two children, Halina and Ludwik, were living in Warsaw when the German army invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939. Ludwik soon left to join the Polish army, but after Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned Poland, he got stuck behind the Soviet border. In October 1940, Regina and Halina were forced to relocate to Warsaw’s newly established Jewish ghetto. In the summer of 1942, they...

  16. Award certificate issued postwar with 6 medals to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Certificate for a set of 6 medals issued to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  17. Set of twelve scene stills for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693001
    • English
    • .1: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 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) .4: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .5: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .6: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) .7: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .8: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .9: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) .10: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) .11: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .12: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Set of twelve scene stills for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. 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 follows an American cargo ship captain who finds himself stranded in a Jewish settlement after smuggling a group of illegal Jewish immigrants to British-controlled Palestine. Initially self-interested and unsympathetic to the refugees, the captain has a change in heart after he is captured, imprisoned, and later escapes with them. “Sword in the Dese...

  18. Commemorative medal issued to a Dutch resistance leader

    1. Felix and Flory Van Beek collection

    Commemorative medal, one of six, awarded to Piet Brandsen by Stichting 1940-1945 for his bravery and resistance activities during the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940-May 1945. Stichting 1940-1945 was a foundation created during the war to provide aid to resistance members and their families. After Netherlands was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Piet and his wife Dina, devout Christians, joined the resistance. Piet helped many Jewish people go into hiding, in his own home and with other resistance members. He also provided false identities and food coupons. He was arrested...

  19. Green knapsack used by a Hungarian Jewish man in forced labor

    Large, two pocket rucksack used by Elek Brust while a forced laborer from 1941 and 1943-1944 in Hungary. He then used it while living in hiding with his family during the German occupation through February 1945. Elek was a manufacturer and prominent member of the Jewish community in Budapest where he lived with his wife Lilly and young daughter Eva. In 1941, Jewish males were required to do forced labor service and Elek was sent to a labor camp. Lilly obtained his release a few months later with black market papers. In 1943, Elek was again drafted, and not released until March 1944. On Marc...

  20. Straight razor with an offwhite plastic handle used by a Polish Jewish refugee conscripted as a shoemaker by the Soviet Army

    1. Simon Gelbart collection

    Straight razor with a plastic handle used by Simon Gelbart, who was conscripted into the Soviet Army from 1943-1945 because of his shoemaking skills. In January 1940, after the Germans detained the family within a barbed wire enclosure for deportation from Kalisz, Poland, Simon realized he had forgotten his razor and whetstone. His 9 year son David snuck through the fence, into their boarded up house, and then back into the prison with the retrieved items. Simon was a master shoemaker and kept his shoemaking kit with him all through the war. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, S...