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  1. Diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia to Kelman Charles Mincberg. Item

    A diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia, represented by Baron O. de Bogaerde, Minister Plenipotentiary, to Kelman Charles Mincberg, granting him diplomatic immunity and allowing them to travel to Spain and Portugal.

  2. Passport of Heyman Roet and Catharina Freso. Item

    A Dutch passport issued in October 1940 by the Vice-consul for the Netherlands in Toulouse, France, to Heyman Roet and his wife Catharina Freso. The document contains a photo of both spouses and visa for Spain and Portugal as well as for the United Kingdom

  3. Paul Bucholz. Interview Peisach Bucholz. Interview

    In this interview Peisach alias Paul Bucholz talks about: his youth in Antwerp, Belgium ; his father's fate working as a forced labourer for Organisation Todt in France ; going into hiding with his mother Basze Laie Bucholz and younger brother Salomon in Silsburg in 1942 ; the separation of his youngest brother Jakob who was placed in hiding in Forest, Brussels ; his uncle Simon Bucholz fleeing to Spain ; the escape attempts of his uncle Aron Bucholz from the Dossin barracks and Transport XX.

  4. Diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia to Matus Kugel. Item

    A diplomatic service passport issued by the Republic of Liberia, represented by Baron O. de Bogaerde, Minister Plenipotentiary, to Matus and Chaja Kugel-Rubin, granting them diplomatic immunity and allowing them to travel to Spain and Portugal. The passport also contains wartime visa for Italy and Monaco.

  5. P.21 - Collection of Ilya Ehrenburg, author and member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC), 1941-1967

    P.21 - Collection of Ilya Ehrenburg, author and member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC), 1941-1967 Ilya Ehrenburg was born into a Jewish family in Kiev in 1891. He was exiled to France in 1908 after being arrested for his activities against the Czarist regime. In Paris, he gradually dissociated himself from the Bolsheviks, associating himself with modern artists, publishing his poems and working at translation. After the Socialist revolution in 1917, he returned to his native country. From 1923 Ehrenburg worked as a journalist for the "Izvestia" newspaper. The Soviet authorities u...

  6. Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950

    Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950 Official documentation of the Commissie-Clevering committee, established by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands in 1946 for the purpose of examining the attitude of the embassies toward Dutch citizens who escaped to Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and other countries during the war period: Included in the collection: Testimonies of: A. Cohen E. Elzas L. Flesseman M.H. Gans A.J. Goedkoop E.H. van Hasselt M.H.J. Hedeman-Joosten J.M. Kijzer J. P...

  7. P.11 - Moshe Keller Collection: The Finaly Children Affair

    P.11 -The Moshe Keller Collection: The Finaly Children Affair The event known as the "Finaly Children Affair" took place in France in the early 1950s. Jewish relatives of two orphaned Jewish brothers who had been baptized as Catholics and were living in a monastery in Spain, demanded that they be given custody of the children. The Catholic Church used the baptism as justification for letting the children remain in the Catholic faith. After a struggle mounted by the relatives against the French authorities, the Church finally gave up its demands, and the children were turned over to their Je...

  8. Collection of J. G. Van Niftrik, an activist in the Netherlands and Switzerland in the transfer of intelligence and the smuggle of underground people and Jews from the Netherlands to England during 1942-1945

    Collection of J. G. Van Niftrik, an activist in the Netherlands and Switzerland in the transfer of intelligence and the smuggle of underground people and Jews from the Netherlands to England during 1942-1945 Van Niftrik was an activist in the Dutch underground who was forced to escape from the Germans; he arrived to Switzerland and established the Zwitserse Weg B, for the purpose of smuggling people in the underground to England and other destinations, and he helped Jews who escaped from the Netherlands to arrive to shelter in other countries; upon his return to the Netherlands after the wa...

  9. Hitler imitates Torquemada

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The article compares Torquemada, the head of the Spanish inquisition to Hitler, demonstrating the similarities of their conduct and how they were perceived by their followers. According to the author, the implications of expelling the Jews from Spain were its decline as a world power. The same might hold true for Germany.

  10. Lieder des anderen Deutschland

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The brochure is a collection of Anti-fascist songs created during imprisonment and the fight in Spain. Many of them were part of the canon of East Germany. Songs included are the Buchenwald march, the Thälmann Kolonne a. o.

  11. Der Krieg und die Kommunistische Internationale

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication is an “open letter” of the International Organisation of the Communist Opposition (IVKO). It is based on a discussion held among the various affiliated associations, aiming to articulate their position on the question of war and its consequences for the international worker’s movement. Motivations, contradictions, differing viewpoints in various countries and conclusions are presented. A postscript from May 1937 including recent developments (Abyssinia, Spain) is attached.

  12. The workers' next stop against fascism

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication contains a statement to all working men and women on how to address and fight the rise of fascism which is spreading even in Great Britain. An overview of Fascism in Action is provided. The political situation in Italy, Germany, Austria, France and Spain is explained. The term “Monopoly Capital” is introduced and its meaning analyzed, as well as its connection to fascism.

  13. Hitler contre la paix

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication "Hitler against peace – response to the Nuremberg Congress" is an analysis by German pacifists published in French. It is meant to shed light on the true intentions of the National Socialists, revealing their imperialistic ambitions and proclivity for war. It summarizes the events of the 8th Party congress in Nuremberg ((Reichsparteitag der Ehre, 8–14 September, 1936), its program, supporters and the consequences of Hitler's policies for France. The conclusion is that a war is planned against France. Hitler is quoted from "Mein Kampf". Nazi activities in Spain are discussed ...

  14. Das antifaschistische Kriegsziel

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The paper is an issue of the weekly “Freies Deutschland” which was published until 1939 in France. In the end of August 1939, it could not continue its work in France and was published in Sweden. The article discusses the outbreak of the war, the civil war in Spain, and the role of the Sowjetunion. The Molotow-Rippentrop pact is criticized, and its consequences are analyzed. The role of the Western powers and their goals are subject of the second article “Das Antifaschistische Kriegsziel – (The anti-fascistic War Aims)”. The last article discusses the role of the German people and its posit...

  15. Der Kampf geht weiter

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication was printed for the Memorial Day of the victims of fascism on September 14th, 1947. It includes poems, essays, short stories about the fight in Spain and France, and letters of former inmates to their comrades in Germany. It also includes pictures of resistance papers, caricatures and photos. Short biographies of convicted resisters of the Nazi regime highlight their heroism and unbroken spirit.

  16. German newsreel excerpts: Gen. Franco; Mussolini; Winter Aid; British air raids

    Reel 1, Part 1, General Franco and German officials visit the Alcazar in Seville, and review Moorish guards, Part 2, Mussolini decorates Italian airmen and reviews troops in Rome. Part 3, crowds, including children, attend a military, exhibit in Vienna. Contributions for "winter aid" are collected. Part 4, Flemish musicians perform in a Berlin cabaret. Part 5, a wedding is performed in Le Meuse, France. Part 6, factory workers attend a concert performed by the Berlin Philharmonic. Part 7, cultural and religious monuments in Lubeck, Germany, rubbled by British air raids.

  17. Calisthenics; German refugees; Hitler walking his dog; German troops advance; wounded

    Reel 1, Part 1 shows tuna fishing off the Spanish coast. Part 2, youths dig irrigation channels in Serbia. Part 3, athletes participate in mass calisthenics and sports events in Breslau. Part 4, wrecked U.S. bombers. Part 5, German refugees eat at a field kitchen, are given clothing, are evacuated by boat and train, and are cared for at a hospital. Part 6, Hitler walks his dog and stops to talk with Himmler and Mannstein. Shows Hitler, Jodl, Goring, and Keitel in conference. Part 7, German troops move up on the Russian front. A Russian attack is repulsed with artillery, rocket launchers, an...

  18. Ernest Chambré postcards

    Three (3) postcards sent to Ernest Chambré in Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel), from multiple authors in France. The postcards are dated January 23, 1945, September 24, 1945, and September 23, 1946.

  19. Eva and Otto Pfister papers

    Accretion to the Eva and Otto Pfister Papers including correspondence, documents, booklet, papers, clippings, translations, pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, writings, tickets, passes, photos, and other materials.

  20. Schwarz family papers

    The collection documents the Hungarian Holocaust-era experiences of the extended Schwarz family, including George and Magdolna Schwarz, their daughter Mariette, and Magdolna’s sister Klári Kovács (née Haberfeld) and her husband László Kovács. Included are identification papers, immigration documents, and photographs.