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Language of Description: English
Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Transit camp in Eindhoven

    Scenes from a transit camp located in the Philips factory in Eindhoven, Netherlands. According to the IWM record, the camp was run by the 506 Detachment, Civil Affairs, and the nationalities of the laborers include Dutch, French, Polish, and Russian. Adult and children civilians (former foreign forced laborers) and British soldiers in front of military trucks. CUs of a woman talking and laughing with a British soldier. Military truck carrying civilians enters a gated compound. Passengers disembark from the back of the truck. Quick shot of slate indicating 3/15/1945 and cameraman Sgt. Collin...

  14. Trunk sent to an Austrian Jewish youth after he fled

    Trunk sent to Rudolf Lappe, 19, who fled Chemnitz, Germany, for Great Britain not long after Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933. Rudolf left without any prior preparation in order to get out before the borders were closed in April 1933. Later that year his father sent him this trunk with clothing in it. His father was imprisoned on racial grounds. He was released after several weeks, but was not allowed to practice his profession of law. He emigrated to England in May 1939. Rudolf returned in 1948 to the Soviet occupied zone.

  19. Paul Fraser collection

  20. M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters

    M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters Established under the terms of the Public Record Office Act of 1838, the Public Record Office (PRO) was the official archive of the government of Great Britain. Court documents were originally stored at the archive, however, from the middle of the 19th century, government documents were transferred there, and the law was adapted accordingly. The archive was located in the Rolls Building in the center of London from 1854. In 2003, the PRO was combined with a number of other bodies, and today it is known as The Na...