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  1. UNRRA selected records AG-018-026 : Poland Mission

    Consists of the Central Registry-Subject Files: correspondence and cables; reports of the office of the Chief Mission Welfare and Repatriation Division; financial documents of the Department of Finance, and reports and correspondence of the Departments of Supply. Records relate to welfare of displaced persons, child care and maternal welfare, movement of Jewish children to France and Belgium, 1944-1949; repatriation from Germany; welfare activities of the International Student Service, Save the Children Fund, Unitarian Service Committee, Quakers and other organizations.

  2. UNRRA selected records AG-018-024 : Luxembourg Mission

    Consists of correspondence and reports of the mission. Records relate to tracing of displaced persons, settlement of non-repatriable Poles, and help to deported Jews.

  3. UNRRA selected records AG-018-016 : Czechoslovakia Mission

    Consists of correspondence, reports, transport lists, and forms of individual case of repatriated persons. Records relate to repatriation of Chinese nationals, Czechoslovakian, German and Polish Jews, Poles, Greek nationals, and unaccompanied children. Contains correspondence, reports, transport lists, and individual cases of repatriated German Jews.

  4. UNRRA selected records AG-018-023 : Hungary Mission

    Consist of correspondence, reports, statistics, newspaper clippings, and articles relating to welfare programs of various agencies, displaced persons in Hungary, and repatriation of Hungarians from Palestine, welfare institutions and projects in Budapest, and to Hungarian journalists.

  5. UNRRA selected records AG-018-017 : Denmark Mission

    Consists of monthly reports, statistics, financial records and correspondence relating to assistance to displaced persons, repatriation cases, tracing of war victims, and welfare activities of the Danish Red Cross and other voluntary agencies.

  6. UNRRA selected records AG-018-033 : India Mission

    Consist of general files relating to displaced persons.

  7. Passport holder, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish woman

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    Passport case belonging to Hedwig Brilling and carried from Rastenburg, Germany to Ecuador in 1939. Following Adolf Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees and persecution made life in Germany increasingly difficult. Early in 1939, Isidor acquired visas for the family to immigrate to Uruguay. Shortly thereafter, their house, accounts, and assets were seized by the government, and they lost the crates of belongings they had shipped to South America. Shortly before leaving, however, they were notified that their visas were forgeries. After several we...

  8. Ilse and Horst Abraham papers

    1. Ilse and Horst (Harry) Abraham collection

    The Ilse and Horst Abraham papers include biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting Ilse Abraham from Rastenburg, Germany, Horst (Harry) Abraham from Leipzig, Germany, their families, their immigration to Ecuador in the late 1930s, their daughter, Ruth, and their immigration to the United States in 1948. Biographical materials include Ilse Abraham’s personal narrative about her years in Germany and South America and immigration to the United States in 1948, and a passport, birth certificate, family tree, and three mourning books documenting Ilse’s family in Germany...

  9. 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...

  10. Scene still for the film “The Illegals” (1948)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    American scene still for the film, “The Illegals,” which was released in the United States in July 1948. The docudrama depicts the attempted illegal immigration of Jewish refugees from Poland, through Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, and Italy to Palestine. Before reaching its destination, the ship is captured by the British and redirected to Cyprus. “The Illegals” was filmed on-location over a six-month period, about two months before the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the establishment of the state of Israel in May 1948. Britain had been given control of Palestine following...

  11. Poster for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    U.S. one sheet poster for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. 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 Desert” was the first film made in Hollywood that depicted the Jewish struggle to establish the state of Israel in May 1948. Britain was...

  12. Insert poster for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    U.S. insert poster for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. Insert posters were a popular size of film posters, often framed and used in special, small displays within a theater lobby. 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 Desert” was th...

  13. Set of eight lobby cards for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn692997
    • 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) .4: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .5: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .6: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .7: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .8: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)

    Set of eight lobby cards for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. Lobby cards are promotional materials placed in theater lobby windows to highlight specific movie scenes, rather than the broader themes often depicted on posters. 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 es...

  14. Pair of modern color proofs of advertisements for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn692999
    • English
    • .1: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) .2: Height: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Pair of modern printing color proofs for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. Color proofs display exactly how the colors will look before the final print job is produced. 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 Desert” was the first film ...

  15. Set of four magazine advertisements for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn693000
    • English
    • .1: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) .2: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) .3: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) .4: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)

    Set of four, identical full-page magazine advertisements for the film, “Sword in the Desert,” released in the United States in August 1949. 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 Desert” was the first film made in Hollywood that depicted the Jewish struggle to establish the state...

  16. 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...

  19. Hildegard Simon papers

    The Hildegard Simon papers include biographical material, correspondence, poesie albums, and photographs relating to Hildegard “Hilde” Hanna Simon and her family’s prewar and wartime life in Cloppenburg, Germany, Hilde’s Kindertransport, and postwar restitution claims. Biographical material includes certified copies of Hilde’s birth certificates, a certificate of identity for immigration, a declaration of intent to become a naturalized citizen, a vaccination certificate, and a typed personal narrative. Correspondence includes copies of letters from Selma to Hilde and Ruth, a letter from Kar...