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  1. Switzerland in the 1930s; Hungary 1945

    Twelve films by Carl Lutz documenting life in Switzerland and Hungary: Nr. 295 A Swiss Travel Film by Charles R. Lutz (Film Nr. 35) [ca. 1933] (10:52) Nr. 319 Trachtenfest 1939 (Film Nr. 32) [1939] (09:27) Nr. 320 In the Bernese Oberland (Film Nr. 17) [ca. 1935] (10:59) Nr. 321 A Swiss Travel Film - From Lauterbrunnen to Jungfraujoch I (Film Nr. 29) [ca. 1935] (16:22) Nr. 322 From Lauterbrunnen to Jungfraujoch Part II (Film Nr. 30) [ca. 1935] (11:48) Nr. 325 Winzerfest Lugano - Skiferien (Film Nr. 34) [1949-1950] (11:21) Nr. 326 Narcissus Festival Montreux - Jodelfest Interlaken (1933) - Wi...

  2. Slow-motion dancing scenes

    A study of the cinematic filming of movement (dancing) in slow-motion. This reel was located among Lizzy Kessler's personal amateur recordings.

  3. Seitel and Knoll families papers

    The Seitel and Knoll families papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Seitel and Knoll families from Nadwórna, Poland, before the Holocaust and Chaim Eli and Frieda Knoll Seitel’s immigration to Palestine around 1939. Biographical materials include Frieda’s Nadwórna elementary school report cards, Chaim’s military document, their marriage certificate, a ketubah, receipts documenting the couple’s support of the Jewish National Fund and World Zionist Organization, and information about their baby boy, Eliezer. This series also includes a noteb...

  4. International Worker's Day poster

    Poster for May 1st, on behalf of the Histradrut (General Organization of Jewish Workers in Palestine). Lin. Z. Bergman, "Achdut" printing press, Tel Aviv, 1943. Illustration of red hammer inscribed "1943 1 May" striking and breaking a swastika in flames

  5. Edwin Allan diary and photographs

    The collection includes a diary kept by Edwin Allan after he was captured during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the French port of Dunkirk in 1940. The diary documents his experiences starting in January 1942 as a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-C. Other POWs, including members of the Jewish Brigade, added their names, address, and sometimes a messages to the diary. Next to some names there are dates of their death written by Edwin. The collection also includes photographs depicting the British POWs in Stalag IX-C, including Allen.

  6. Youth Aliyah and "Tehran Children" photographs

    Consists of 11 photographs documenting the arrival of Jewish children and youths in Palestine who were assisted in fleeing Nazi Europe with help from the Youth Aliyah organization founded by Recha Freier and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. Select photographs depict the arrival of the so-called "Tehran children" who lived as refugees in Iran prior to their immigration to Palestine.

  7. Teodor Diamant papers

    The collection documents the experiences of Teodor Diamant, originally of Turčiansky Svätý Martin (Martin, Slovakia), on the SS Pentcho, its shipwreck on the uninhabited island of Kamilonissi, while en route to Palestine, and his internment at a concentration camp on Rhodes and then the Ferramonti concentration camp in Tarsia, Italy. Included is a photograph album documenting his voyage on the ship and his internment in the camps. Other photographs document his military experience with a Czech unit in Great Britain, family and friends, and post-war experiences in London and the United State...

  8. Selected records from State Archive Potenza

    Selected records concerning the discrimination and persecution of Jews in Italy in the community of Potenza, including a census of the Jews and records of the Police headquarters relating to citizens of Jewish origin.

  9. Anne Heineman-Beer collection

    Collection of documents, receipts, correspondence and other papers relating to the restitution claims of Anne Heineman-Beer (donor's grandmother) and her family's experiences during the Holocaust.

  11. Star of David window from Velikiy Komjati / Magyarkomjat synagogue

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn676559
    • English
    • a: Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Diameter: 35.375 inches (89.853 cm) b: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)

    Star of David window from Velikiy Komjati / Magyarkomjat synagogue. The local Jews were rounded up in the synagogue before they were transported to the regional ghetto. They were eventually deported to Auschwitz.

  12. To you all: Merry Christmas WWII Public Utilities Commission broadside

    Broadside, "Keep Calm/Keep Cool/Jitters Help Hitler" on one side, and "To you all: Merry Christmas" on the other side.

  13. Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Consulate General in Frankfurt Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej we Franfurcie nad Menem (Sygn.635)

    Correspondence, passports, photographs, questionnaires, certifications related to the establishment of Polish citizenship, and issue extension of passports to Jews born in Poland but living in Germany.

  14. August Bohny-Reiter papers Nachlass August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016)

    Private papers of August Bohny-Reiter (1919-2016), a refugee aid worker and teacher. The collection consists of Bohny-Reiter biographical materials: photographs, records of civilian and military service, honors,and a diploma from Yad Vashem (1990); reports, correspondence, clippings, articles, publications and photographs relating to aid to refugees and refugee children in France and Switzerland, the founding of the Pestalozzi Children's Village, and cooperation with the Red Cross.

  15. Watercolor

    Watercolor that forms part of a portfolio depicting the Officer's Quarters in Dachau, Germany. The watercolor is titled, "Bedroom", and depicts a bed and other furniture within the room. The watercolor is initialed "H" and dated February 1946, in the lower right corner of the verso.

  16. Angela Schwartz diary

    The collection includes a booklet created in Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, by Angela Schwartz from 1944-1945. The booklet was made from materials in the munitions factory such as paint and paper and includes poems.

  17. Wooden clothing hanger

    Wooden hanger from the clothing store of Siegmund Pressman in 1930s Berlin

  18. Luise Wetter papers Nachlass Luise Wetter (1917-1991)

    Private papers of Luise Wetter (1917-1991), a Swiss aid worker for refugee children during and after the war, including Jewish children from Vienna in the Pestalozzi children's home (1945 to 1947). The collection consists of biographical materials of Luise Wetter, a resume, personal documents and photographs; correspondence and letters from supervised children from Vienna and Nice; letters from Ida Koplik; "thank you" letters to Martin Wetter (Luise's brother); photographs relating to aid to refugee children, their activities in the Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) children's camps in Vien...

  19. Photographic print of Jewish children in Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613485
    • English
    • overall: Height: 13.940 inches (35.408 cm) | Width: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Gelatin silver print depicting two children standing on a street in Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  20. Market scenes in Tirana

    "ALBANIA" "Streets and Bazaars of Tirana" Street scenes in Tirana. Craftsmen line up across from the Et'hem Bey mosque (in front of what is now the entrance to the National Library). Shop with three boys. Cobblers making traditional wooden shoes called "nallane". MCUs, market, merchants selling wares. Artisans making "qeleshe", the traditional Albanian cap. Pottery-making. The old bazaar - crowded outdoor market. Pan up, Xhamia e Kokonozit mosque (torn down by the communists in 1967). 01:02:59 Street scenes with pedestrians and building (what is now the Avni Rustemi statue). Four American v...