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  1. Kenneth L. Schwartz collection

    Contains correspondence addressed to Jakob Schwarz in the United Kingdom from his mother, Taube Schwarz, in Vienna, Austria, including numerous Red Cross letters, and correspondence to Jakob from his brother Norbert in Vienna, before Norbert's emigration from Vienna. Includes report cards for Jakob in Viennese Jewish Torah School.

  2. Weil and Oppenheimer family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the experiences of the Weil and Oppenheimer families from Landau in der Pfalz and Koblenz, Germany. Isidor and Auguste Weil were deported to Gurs internment camp where Isidor died on January 6, 1941; their three sons: Heinz, Louis, and Ernst were able to reach the US with the help of a distant relative and their mother arrived in the US in 1941.

  3. Notice restricting opening of Jewish store

    Notice restricting the opening of a Jewish shop in Berlin, Germany.

  4. Charles Martin Roman papers

    The Charles Martin Roman collection consists of photographs, documents, and identity paperwork related to the Holocaust experiences of Carl (Carlo) Roman, now Charles Roman. The photographs depict his pre-war life in Vienna, images of Carl and his mother with a group of Jews on an escape over the Alps to Italy from the Italian-occupied zone of France in September 1943, family photographs, and photographs of the OSE-run Font-Romeu camp and Montintin children's home. Includes Carl's identity paperwork, a falsified document stating that Marianne Roman authorized Carl to leave the OSE children'...

  5. Baby Babeta and Lieberman family in prewar Poland; Hanna plays in the river

    Thomas stands near a baby carriage with young Babeta laying inside. Shots of baby Babeta. Numerous Lieberman family members pose for the camera with the baby sitting up in the carriage. Includes view of Grandfather Sperber (older man with a beard). The Lieberman family is now at a river, probably near Chryplin, swimming.

  6. Goebbels visits troops in the last days

    Goebbels visits the front town of Lauban (Luban, Poland) on March 6th, 1945. He meets with General Ferdinand Schoerner. Goebbels greets troops, including 16 year old Hitler Youth member Wilhelm Huebner, on the market square of the town. View of the square shot through a broken window pane. Goebbels speaks to the soldiers. Graphic shots of dead civilians from the same area. The narrator describes the perpetrators as Untermenschen and the associates of Roosevelt's Christian soldiers. Original sound of Goebbels giving a speech in Goerlitz. He says that the German soldiers will show no mercy to...

  7. Czech recruits swear allegiance to Hitler

    Somewhat dark shots of German officials saluting Czech recruits. The officials watch as the recruits sign an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler as Protector of Bohemia and Moravia according to a decree of 8 March 1940. CU of the oath reveals that it is written in both Czech and German.

  8. American POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge

    Capture of American POWs at the Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944. The soldiers exit a house with their hands raised. Destroyed tanks, one of which bears the motto "America First." Sepp Dietrich at the front. A field littered with war materiel, including destroyed Sherman tanks. American POWs, some of them wounded, struggle through the mud. Germans shoot at American bombers. Children wave at a passing German tank in a "German village." General Walther Model directs his troops in various activities. A column of American POWs trudges past the camera. The camera lingers on the faces of Afr...

  9. Children bathe and play outdoors; Benedikt and Ella wade in a cold river; Hanna scoots around

    The two children, Thomas and Hanna, are in the wash tub, playing and splashing. Hanna gets out and is put into a little robe, which she quickly loses after the nurse empties the tub and flips it over. They play on top of the overturned wash tub. Now dressed, they are carried around by their parents. Benedikt and Ella, the parents, are at the bank of a small river, attempting to endure the cold water. They wade out further. Cut to Hanna scooting herself around on a short stool, learning how to use a potty.

  10. Family car and women knitting in prewar Vienna

    The family car (new?), which was later confiscated by the Nazis, along with a revolver and some gold coins. Peter rides a toy car and plays ball. Sign reads "19. Hannplatz." CUs, women knit.

  11. Commemoration of the death of Milan Stefanik

    A ceremony commemorates the death of Slovak general Milan Stefanik, who was an instrumental figure in the cause of Czechoslovak sovereignty. Crowds gathered on a hilltop near a memorial tomb for Stefanik. Shot of soldiers standing watch at the memorial, looking down at the crowd. A minster speaks to the crowd as soldiers stand at attention. CUs of officers and civilians. Shots of women in traditional dress as planes fly overhead. Portrait of Stefanik fades to reveal shot of the memorial tomb.

  12. Denmark under occupation

    Ufa logo onscreen. View of the Royal Palace in Copenhagen. Guards march on the snow-covered courtyard. Cars arrive for a traditional New Year's reception with the king (the king is not seen). One of the cars carries a German general in the backseat. Changing of the guard, then shots of men in bowler hats walking toward the palace. A man drives a horse-drawn carriage through the courtyard.

  13. Book

    Children's book, Der Struwwelpeter, read by 11year old Beatrice (Trixie) Westheimer when she was a hidden child in German occupied Belgium. It was originally written in 1945 and is a series of illustrated rhymes that tell fables about the unfortunate consequences that befall ill-behaved children. Trixie and her family fled Germany in 1939, joining relatives in Belgium. In May 1940, Germany occupied Belgium and in July 1942, the family went into hiding. Trixie and her cousin Henri were hidden on a farm and baptized as Catholics. In February1943, her parents Julius and Meta were deported; her...

  14. Four Americans visit Lake Lucerne

    The four friends pose in a doorway at Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, numbered 4 Haldenstrassen. At a pier from which they would take a ferry across Lake Lucerne, views of the mountains.

  15. Jews in Vilna

    Sound is a bit scratchy at certain points. Crowds of people at the annual Kaziukas craft fair in Vilna. Horses stand on muddy ground. Vendors sell round pretzel-like bread (Kaziukas bread?). A woman with a fur collared coat buys strands of the round bread from a smiling vendor. CUs of nicely decorated cookies and sugar hearts. Visitors to the fair look at paintings, caged birds, rocking horses, and other items for sale. View of giant crosses on a hilltop and aerial views of the city. Picturesque shots of alleys, cobblestone streets, and archways, while the narrator describes the city as a "...

  16. Two clips from an anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda film, Jud Süß

    01:11:19 to 01:11:33 Suess and the Duke watch a ballet rehearsal from a balcony. The Duke orders his secretary to go and fetch one of the ballet dancers for him. 01:11:39 to 01:11:47 Suess and the Duke at a ball at the palace. A woman lifts the skirt of another woman to show off the second woman's legs to the Duke. Suess smiles at the girl and the Duke removes her mask and asks her why she is crying. [Suess has arranged for the young pretty girls to be separated from the others at the ball so that the Duke can have his choice. Suess himself dances with and attempts to seduce Dorothea].

  17. Hanna playing indoors in prewar Poland

    Hanna jumps in her bed, which has netting around the side.

  18. Roundup of Jews and Poles after the invasion of Poland

    Shot of a group of civilian men arrested by the invading German troops. The narrator claims that they were involved in an atrocity against ethnic Germans in Bromberg [Bydgoszcz]. The soldiers search one of the men. Much-used shot of the man in a hat with his hands raised being marched across the street by German soldiers. A column of Polish prisoners under guard, including some Jews, walk along a road. The next shot shows Jews, some of them old men, being lined up against a wall. A group of religious Jews crowded into the open bed of a truck. The camera pans slowly along a line of religious...

  19. Touring Volendam

    LS of the four American travelers posing beside a tree in front of an unidentified building, probably in Amsterdam on July 31 or August 1, 1938. Louis Malina is smoking and waving to the camera. Street life in Volendam, Netherlands. Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes. Pan views of boats docked in the Volendam harbor. People and children, some ...

  20. Touring Volendam and Brussels

    Girls dressed in Dutch costume in Volendam, Netherlands. Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes. The four friends sit outside Cafe Spaander in Volendam, probably on August 1. Signpost shows where folks gather to return to "Amsterdam". CUs, women with children. The Americans walk in gardens in Brussels, most likely on August 2, 1938, dressed the sa...