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  1. German soldiers in Paris, 1941; cinemas

    REX building with painted sign: “REX DEUTSCHES SOLDATENKINO”. This is a cinema for German soldiers in German-occupied Paris. People walk by marketplace stalls. “LA VACHE QUI RIT.” Pont au Change of the Conciergerie. A truck, a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians move across the bridge. Théâtre de la Ville: “Châtelet.” Notre-Dame de Paris. Statue in the Place de Clichy. “Gillette” building displays sign: “Soldatenheim lese-und schreibzimmer.” Gaumont cinema on Rue Caulaincourt. Le Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris. A street lined with trees. Woman steps out with two dogs. She holds ...

  2. Gendarmerie County of Ciechanów Żandarmeria Powiat Ciechanów (Sygn. 499)

    Reports on activities and functions of the gendarmerie, regulations and other documents.

  3. Archive of the City of Velké Meziříčí Archiv města Velké Meziříčí

    A registry of Jews born in Velké Meziříčí in the 19th century, a town in the Vysočina region. The expropriation and sale of the Jewish cemetery by the Auswanderungsfonds für Böhmen und Mähren (Emigration Fund for Bohemia and Moravia) to the municipality of Velké Meziříčí, 1943 to 1944.

  4. Erwin Stern collection

    Documents and photographs illustrating the experiences of Erwin Stern, born in Rechnitz, Germany and later of Vienna until 1939, when he and his sister Theresa were sent to France and hidden in the Château du Masgelier children's home. They came to the United States in June 1941 through a transport organized by the United States Committee for the Care of European Children. Includes documentaiton compiled in preparation for that journey, such as an affidavit in lieu of passport.

  5. General Directorate of Studies and Investigations : Special Section devoted to Germany Direction generale des etudes et recherches : Section Speciale Allemagne (SSA) (GR 28 P 7)

    The collection contains the archives of the SSA and primarily documents the organization and personnel of the German special services (RSHA and Abwehr) during World War II. The archives come from two different sources: 1) the archives “ DALO” from the Bureau of Documention in Germany (Bdoc 9000) and to which the second office gave a classification scheme of two to seven digits beginning with 4, and 2) the archives “K” arranged thematically. The collection includes reports on the German special services and documents pertaining to the Abwehr and the SIPO-SD/ RSHA, collaboration, the Wehrmach...

  6. Antisemitic propaganda handbill warning Americans that Jews are against serving in the military

    Handbill, printed in New York City, with fraudulent quotes on the front and an antisemitic cartoon on the back. The cartoon shows two men with stereotypical Jewish features outfitting a Christian American man for combat, while the radio broadcasts Jewish pro-war messages. The Talmud quote is ripped from its original context and used to legitimize the antisemitic canard that Jews sought exemption from military service, while simultaneously advocating American intervention in World War II. The handbill’s purpose was to provoke anti-Jewish sentiment in the United States by perpetuating the myt...

  7. Fedde and Albert Gozen Van Terwisga collection

    Contains two death announcements for father and son, Fedde and Albert Gozen Van Terwisga, who were not Jewish but but imprisoned in Herzogenbusch in the Netherlands and then deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Family death announcements stating Albert "died February 9, 1945" and Fedde "died" March 5, 1945, both at the Dachau concentration camp, victims of Nazism.

  8. Proclamations regarding boycott of German products and the Transfer Agreements

    Contains seven proclamations regarding the boycott of German products and the Transfer Agreements, printed in Palestine; undated, likely 1930s. Includes propaganda and publicity handbills regarding the ban which the Yishuv imposed on German products. The proclamations are (in translation): "Begone German products!", advertisement for Velux razor blades made in Switzerland which "declared that it will protect all Jews"; a blank form addressed to the survey committee "regarding the Transfer and the boycott of German products"; "Until when will the Yishuv support Hitler?" proclamation calling ...

  9. Stolz and White families papers

    The Stolz and White families papers include biographical material, correspondence, school records, writings, restitution material, and photographs relating to the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Erika Stolz and her parents, Leon and Rosa, originally of Vienna, Austria. At the beginning of the war Erika was sent on a Kinderstransport to Christian boarding school in England. Leon and Rosa were divorced in Austria before the war. During the war, Leon and his future-wife Hermine fled to Italy and then Shanghai, where they remained until the invasion of the Japanese Imperial Army. ...

  10. Gold bracelet made from melted-down coins owned by an Austrian Lutheran émigré

    Gold bracelet designed by Elizabeth Deutschhausen and commissioned by her parents before she fled Vienna, Austria in 1939. The bracelet was made using 98.6-percent gold from Austrian ducats (coins), which were melted-down and repurposed into panels depicting different Alpine flowers. Elizabeth and her husband, Lutheran Pastor Wilhelm Deutschhausen, were living in Vienna when Germany annexed Austria during the March 1938 “Anschluss.” Many in the Austrian Protestant Church, which included Lutheranism, supported the creation of the “Reich Church” in Germany and a “nazified” version of Christia...

  11. District Authority Valašské Meziříčí Okresní úřad Valašské Meziříčí

    Administrative records of Valašské Meziříčí (German: Wallachisch Meseritsch, colloquially Valmez), a town in the Zlín region. Features records pertaining to the Jewish community in Vsetín, police matters concerning Jews, anti-Jewish measures, the expropriation of Jewish properties and assets including the appointment of commissioners, the treatment of refugees, and other relevant records.

  12. Breth family papers

    The Breth family papers include biographical materials, correspondence, and a photograph album. The biographical materials document Czech Holocaust survivor Fred Breth and his wife and son, Adele and Steven, who fled Czechoslovakia for Sweden and America. Correspondence consists of letters between Fred and Adele and Fred’s parents, Ernst and Hermine Breth, and his sister and brother, Gertrude and Hans, who were still in Czechoslovakia. The photograph album contains photographs by Adele documenting her and Fred’s prewar travels. Biographical materials include birth certificates, education an...

  13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Internal political conditions. Deported communists (Group 120 D.4-5)

    Records relating to the arrest and detention of Danish communists and others in June 1941, the illegal printing of "Land og folk," shipping of food packages, medicine to Danish communists transferred to German prisons, correspondence with relatives, some single case files, as well as relating to the visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to concentration camps in Germany and Theresienstadt.

  14. District National Committee Velké Meziříčí Okresní národní výbor Velké Meziříčí

    Administrative records of Velké Meziříčí, a town in the Vysočina region pertaining to the post-war restitution of Jewish property. Features citizenship lists and post-war records pertaining to the restitution and confiscation of expropriated Jewish properties under Act 108/1945.

  15. Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz Selected records of the Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice Zarząd Prowincjonalny Górnego Śląska w Katowicach (Sygn. 118)

    Selected records of the Provinzialverwaltung Oberschlesien in Kattowitz (Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice) relating to the region of two regencies: Regierung Kattowitz and Regierung Oppeln. Consists of correspondence, reports, bills, photographs, newspaper clippings and schedules for trainings. Records relate to organizational and general matters of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) and Hitler-Jugend parties on these territories. Included are lists of members of the Hitler Jugend organization.

  16. Albert Ehrlich collection

    Collection of a document and photographs which were acquired and captioned by Staff Sgt. Albert Ehrlich (donor’s father) during his service with the US Army in Europe during WWII. Includes documenta from the hotel they stayed in, a photo of SS troops, a SS troop’s wedding photo, image of the atrocities at Gardelegen, and a photo of Albert Ehrlich sitting on an Army jeep.

  17. Selected records of the Provincial Headquarters of the State Police in Łódź Komenda Wojewódzka Policji Państwowej w Łodzi (Sygn.183) : Wybrane materialy

    Police reports, include name lists of police officers, surveys and surveillance journals, arrest warrants, and photographs of detainees from the register of the State Police, 1938-1939.

  19. Schutzpass

    Contains a Swedish protective passport (Schutz-Pass) issued to Ernst Vidor in Budapest, dated 26 September 1944; endorsed by Carl Ivan Danielsson, head of the Swedish legation in Budapest. Single printed page with typed entries, original signatures and bearer’s photograph. Text in German and Hungarian. Numbered 82/31. Central heavy creases, extremities with chips and some tears, old tape repair on verso.

  20. Police headquarters in Bratislava, Passport administration Policajné riaditeľstvo v Bratislave, Pasová agenda

    Passports and passport applications with supporting documents of Jewish applicants from the Bratislava region, 1939 to 1945. Included are also files of Slovak perpetrators and war criminals. This is an ongoing project.