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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. 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...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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...

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Our Great Escape: The Story of a Dutch Family's Flight from Persecution

    PDF of an expanded version of Alexander Silbiger's memoir, Our Great Escape: The Story of a Dutch Family's Flight from Persecution, 1942-1943 (2020), 73 pages. Alexander Silbiger, originally of The Hague, The Netherlands, describes his family's attempts to escape the Nazi regime in 1942, by traveling through Belgium and France before finally leaving Europe. The family first went to Jamaica and then spent the rest of the war in Curacao. The original version of this memoir was previously accessioned as 2006.27

  16. 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.

  17. Association of former Participants of the Fight for Freedom of Spain (Dąbrowszczaków Association) Związek byłych Uczestników Walk o Wolność Hiszpanii (Związek Dąbrowszczaków) (Sygn. 1485)

    Records of the Związek Dąbrowszczaków (Association "Dąbrowszczaków" related to participation of Polish people in the civil war in Spain, 1936-1939. Includes reports, statutes, correspondence, minutes, financial books, and poems, list of members and their families, personal files of participants of the civil war in Spain, photographs, ID cards and other documents. Many of the fighters were Polish citizens of Jewish origin.

  18. Selected records from the French Diplomatic Archives Nantes : Embassies and Consulates

    Consists of selected records related to “Jewish affairs” as documented in French embassies and consulates all over the world, from the Treaty of Versailles to 1956, including: Ankara, Berlin, Bern, Beirut, Bonn, Bucharest, Cairo, Jerusalem, Havana, the Syria-Lebanon Mandate, London, Madrid, Munich, Rome-the Holy See, San Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Tangier, Tripoli, Vienna, and Warsaw. Records include reports on anti-Semitism during the pre-WW II years, applications for visas or French papers in consulates around the world, conflict in the Middle East, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and his ...

  19. Ralph Steinhart papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Ralph Steinhart, originally of Hannover, Germany, including his pre-war life in Germany and his immigration to the United States in 1941. Included are a United States alien registration card issued to Rolf Steinhart, 1942; a plastic case to hold the registration card; Ralph’s certificate of naturalization,1950; and pre-war family photographs.

  20. Delegation for Commerce, Shipping and Trade II 371-8 II Deputation für Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe II

    Selected records of the Deputation für Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe (Delegation for Commerce, Shipping and Trade) relating to overall management of trade and shipping. Consists of files of rental and purchase of land, installation of shipyards, communications with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, business operations of emigrants and agents (1903-1937), a concession of the HH-America line and the Norddt.Lloyd and other transatlantic shipping companies, statistical reports from the Reich Migration Office (1918-1939), monthly reports of the Reichskommissare for the emigration in Hamburg and ...