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  1. Touring Northern Spain and the French riviera

    With intertitles in English. Shots from up above of the coast and a village below. 0:41 “Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Garde at Marseilles- France.” Shots of the cathedral, two fashionably-dressed women pose and smile for the camera in front of the beach. 1:02 “In the Courtyard of a former Count’s Estate.” The same two women and a man stand before a building with a large rose window. 1:19 “Hotel D’Angleterre in Biarritz.” A well-dressed woman and man exit the Hotel D’Angleterre and walk around the gardens. 2:00 “A drive to St. Jean Pied de Port.” Shot of a flowing river. Car stopped on the ...

  2. Giorgio Perlasca correspondence with Eva and Pál Lang

    Correspondence, sent between Giorgio Perlasca, of Padua, Italy, and Eva and Pál Lang, of Budapest, Hungary, 1988-1992. and with Perlasca's family, 1992-1997. The Langs, who were among the Jews saved by Perlasca's actions in Budapest in 1944-1945, when Perlasca provided over 5,000 people with safe conduct passes through the Spanish legation in Budapest to prevent their deportation by the Nazis, contacted him in 1988 to express their gratitude. The Langs remained in contact with Perlasca in the following years, visiting him in Italy and hosting visits in Hungary, which are documented in this ...

  3. Enslein family collection

    Contains photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Jakob Enslein and his wife, Margarete Einstein Enslei, and their two children Kurt and Hans Gerd [donor, b. 1929]. Gerd was born in Cologne, Germany, and in 1932 his parents relocated the family first to Belgium then in 1933 to France, first to Paris and then Collias, Nimes and Perigaux, before eventually fleeing through Spain and arriving in the United States in early May 1941.

  4. Ship SS France; Visiting Morocco and Spain

    With intertitles in English. “Europe and the North Coast of Africa, 1929. Before sailing on deck of ‘SS France’” Large group of well-dressed men and women gather on the deck of the SS France for a group shot. 1.11 Man leans on the railing looking out. Other groups of people gather for group shots, laughing and embracing each other. A final large group of people form a line, walking on the deck of the ship. 1:47 “Dropping the Pilot.” Overhead shot of a small paddle boat and shots of the open water. 2:18 “Advertising the races during 5 o’clock tea.” Men in uniform carry large cutouts of horse...

  5. Herbert Kline papers

    Correspondence, documents, and photographs, related to the work of American documentary filmmaker Herbert Kline, and in particular his work on films documenting political crises in Europe in the late 1930s and early 1940s, in particular the film "Crisis," which treated the subject of Czechoslovakia during the Sudeten crisis of 1938. Includes scripts, correspondence with film companies, letters of reference, news clippings, and other materials related to the production and distribution of "Crisis," as well as material related to a film about the Spanish Civil War, "Heart of Spain" and a subs...

  6. Vakar family collection

    The Vakar family papers consist of correspondence, memoirs, manuscripts, news clippings, postcards, and other documents and materials related to the immigration of the Vakar family from France to the United States in 1940-1941, as well as the role of the American aid workers who helped them, Martha and Waitstill Sharp. Collection includes postcards and correspondence from the period of their immigration, later memoirs written by various members of the family recounting their experiences during their escape and their arrival in the United States, as well as news clippings and other material ...

  7. Nachmias family papers

    The Nachmias family papers consist of documents related to the immigration of Jacob Nachmias (born 1928), and his parents and sister, from Sofia, Bulgaria to the United States in 1939, as well as biographical documents pertaining to various generations of the Nachmias family of Russe, Bulgaria, between the 1870s and 1910s. Included are letters written by Jacob Nachmias to his father in the summer of 1939, prior to emigration from Bulgaria, and a journal kept by Jacob recounting events on their voyage in August and September 1939. Genealogical documents pertaining to the Nachmias family incl...

  8. Nazi parade in Berlin

    Nazi party flags hanging from the side of a building along the Pariser Platz in Berlin. Crowd. People lineup, awaiting the parade. More Nazi flags. Pan up to sky and back to more flags and spectators standing. A colonnade has been erected in the middle of the street. This is Unter den Linden, a boulevard in Berlin. Swastikas top the first two columns. 10:01:42 The Brandenburg Gate, with people lining up in preparation for the parade. Huge crowds move through the square. Cars drive through the gate, spectators wave. CU of the car passengers. Luftwaffe planes fly in formation overhead. More p...

  9. Jewish Communities in Hamburg Jüdische Gemeinden Hamburg (522-1)

    Files for the administration and organization of the municipalities of the Jewish communities in Hamburg, the Religious Association ("Religionsverband") and the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany ( "Reichsvereinigung"), as well as personal files of its members. Files contain information on daily life and the treatment of Jews in Germany before and during the Nazi era (including deportations, administration of Jewish assets and correspondences). This collection contains mixed collections of original documents and reproductions which reside half at the Hamburg State Archive and half at ...

  10. UNRRA selected records AG-018-028 : Switzerland Mission

    Selected files of the Switzerland Mission (S-1405), 1944-1949: Records include statistics, correspondence, files of displaced persons, lists of children, offers of temporary asylum for children, movement of children to Switzerland, Red Cross actions and personal inquires requesting tracing of individuals, as well as reports on activities of the UN relating to refugees and displaced persons.

  11. Fred Strauss papers

    The Fred Strauss papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials documenting Fred Strauss’ attendance at the Israelitische Waisenanstalt school in Frankfurt, his inclusion in a Kindertransport from Frankfurt to Paris in 1939, his life as a child refugee in OSE homes in France, his immigration to the United States as part of an USCOM children’s transport from Lisbon in June 1941, his mother’s death in 1943, his move to New York, and his enlistment in the United States Army. Biographical materials include identification papers, travel papers, and m...

  12. Identification case used by a German Jewish boy while on a refugee transport

    Slim, rectangular leather identification card case received by Fritz (later Fred) Strauss while part of a refugee transport of children from Germany between 1939 and 1941. In response to the 1935 Nuremberg Laws and growing anti-Semitism in their small town, Fritz’s mother sent him, in 1936, to Frankfurt to attend school at a large Jewish orphanage. Within three years, anti-Semitism in Frankfurt had grown, and on March 8, 1939, Fritz was sent on a transport to Paris, France, with ten other children. Fritz and the other Orthodox children moved to new towns multiple times in the area around Pa...

  13. Gertrud Oppenheimer collection

    Collection of documents, manuscript, photographs and prayer book relating to Leo and Gertrud Oppenheimer and their families, who were deported in October 1940 from western Germany to Camp de Gurs in southwest France in 1940. Gertrude worked there as a nurse and had access to members of her family. In May 1941 Leo Oppenheimer was transferred to Camp Les Milles, close to Marseille, Gertrude and Leo received permits to move to a transit camp in Marseille. In January 1942 Leo was transferred to a forced labor camp in Augagne, and in July he came to Marseille directly to a hospital. In August 19...

  14. Rollin Kirby political cartoon comparing US isolationism to the Spanish Inquisition

    Editorial cartoon, Torquemada, created by Rollin Kirby and probably published in the New York Post. The drawing portrays the isolationist US Senator Gerald Nye as a modern day Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor who cleansed Spain of Jews in the 15th century. In Kirby's portrayal, Nye, in judicial robes, is accusing a movie producer of hating Hitler. Nye chaired a committee in the 1930s that sought to tie US entry into World War I (1914-1918) to the influence of war profiteers. He was strongly opposed to US involvement in any foreign wars and was a drafter of the 1936 Neutrality Act forbidding...

  15. John Henry Weidner papers

    Correspondence, speeches and writings, government documents, printed matter, audiovisual material and memorabilia, relating to an escape route through the Netherlands and France from Nazi-occupied Europe, for political refugees, Jews, and Allied servicemen, which was under the leadership of John Henry (Johan Hendrik) Weidner (1912-1994). The collection consists of microfilm copies of the originals, which are owned by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University.

  16. Alfred and Hertha Friedheim collection

    Diaries kept by Alfred and Hertha Friedheim, with some loose documents inserted between pages; dated 1939-1941; in French and English. The Friedheims were passengers on board the MS St. Louis in May 1939. When the ship returned to Europe they disembarked in France, and were in the Rieucros concentration camp in Lozere, France before getting American visas. They set sail in May 1941 on board the SS Winnipeg, but were detained in Port of Spain, Trinidad after the ship was commandeered by the Dutch navy. While in Port of Spain, their US visas expired. They were successful in getting their visa...

  17. Minutes of the Commission of Spain Procès-verbaux de la Commission d'Espagne (B CR 212 PV)

    Records related to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formed the so-called Commission d'Espagne (Commission of Spain) on August 26, 1936 which directed and coordinated all of the ICRC's humanitarian activities and operations within both the Republican and Nationalist territories. The collection covers the ICRC's humanitarian activities in Spain and consists of correspondence, reports and minutes of the Commission. Contains documentation on military and civilian prisoners, visits to the internment...

  18. Lazega family collection

    Documents, photographs, papers, correspondence documenting the experiences of Jacob and Leah Lazega, and their children Fanny (donor), Eva, and Max before, during, and after the Holocaust. The Lazega family fled their home in Brussels during the German invasion of Belgium and went to Paris temporarily. When the Germans arrived in Paris, the family fled first to Vannes and then south to Marseilles. Jacob was taken to Camp des Milles, where the family could occasionally visit and bring him food and supplies. Leah was able to help her husband escape from the camp, and he then went into hiding....

  19. ICRC, Spanish Civil War Guerre d'Espagne (C ESCI)

    Records related to the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formed the so-called Commission d'Espagne (Commission of Spain) on August 26, 1936 which directed and coordinated all of the ICRC's humanitarian activities and operations within both the Republican and Nationalist territories. The collection covers the ICRC's humanitarian activities in Spain, in particular its work to identify prisoners and missing persons, facilitate prisoner exchanges, reunite families, and convey personal messages. Contains...

  20. Michael Kay collection

    Consists of postwar papers and photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Michael Kay, originally of Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania. In 1933, Michael moved to Paris, then relocated to Bourbon-L'Archambault, France, and, in 1942, fled across the Spanish border and joined the British Army, participating in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Includes photographs of Kay's parents, his "Autobiographical Sketch," documents related to his immigration and naturalization, as well as a copy of the Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine of April 3, 1983, containing an article written by Joan Kay about...