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  1. Wawel castle; Zakopane carriages

    Flag on pole. Guard on duty protects a government (?) building. Wawel Castle exteriors with automobile parked - Hans Frank set up residence in Wawel Castle after being named Governor General of the German-occupied Polish territories in October 1939. 01:18:40 Zakopane sign. People in the city square. Carriages wait for passengers. Street with horse and buggy traffic.

  2. Czechs in Mladá Vožice; local Nazi collaborators beaten; portaits of Czech resistance heroes; Soviet liberators

    “Mladá Vožice” (a town in the South Bohemian region of Czechoslovakia) “Za kvěnové revoluce a v prvých měsících osvobozené republiky” Hay fields move in the wind, farmland in the BG. Houses on a small hill, grove of trees. In the small Czech town, clocktower next to a building: "JG. SYNEK.” Small statue. Large white building, people walk up the front path. A horse and wagon along a road, a woman walks behind. Two church domes above the treetops. People in another part of town. Church from a different angle. Man walks toward the camera, bell-tower. Houses. Trees. Church. Clouds roll overhead...

  3. Lucie Ulin collection

    Contains a photograph of Herman and Helen Weissbard and their daughter Lucie (donor), aboard a train in Bremerhaven, Bramen, Germany during their postwar emigration from Germany to the United States. Herman and Helen had been interned in the Sambor ghetto and then as slave laborers in Sambor, Poland (present day Ukraine). After their liberation they were in Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp; dated circa 1948.

  4. Norway 1940/1941

  5. Circular patch with a yellow Star of David worn by a Jewish Romanian woman

    Handmade, Star of David patch on a black background that belonged to Pincu Kaiserman’s sister, likely Rosa, in Romania, sometime between September 10, 1941 and 1943. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group of Nazi collaborators. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg Laws. On June 26, 1941, Romanian authorities accused members of the Iași Jewish community, where the Kaiserman family lived, o...

  6. Reich party day, Nuremberg

    Reich Party Day in Nuremberg, Day of the Wehrmacht, 1936 or 1937. Soldiers engage in military maneuvers. 10:15:44 Arrival on the stage of Goering, Rudolf Hess, military men, Martin Bormann, SA- Obergruppenfuehrer Wilhelm Brueckner. Hitler at the podium in the Zeppelinfield, upper commander of all armed forces greeting Hitler as they pass by, Hitler greets with salute. (Film runs much too fast) - parade, marching band, Army. Pan of Hitler and the officers and functionaries standing behind the stage, among them SA group leader Wilhelm Brueckner appears large in FG. 10:17:33 Large marching ban...

  7. Leon Buchholz collection

    Collection of documents, newspapers and correspondence concerning the Union Générale des Israélites de France [UGIF], for whom Leon Buchholz (donor's great uncle) worked during World War II. Included in the collection is almost a complete weekly newspaper series issued by the UGIF entitled "Bulletin," as well as correspondence received by the UGIF, unused stationary for the American Joint Distribution Committee, receipts of packages sent from UGIF, and reports of Viennese Jewish Community and deportees.

  8. Americans vacation in France and Italy

    With intertitles in English. Pan of a city from up above. A man and a woman pose on an outside patio overlooking the coast. Views of the city. 0:45 “Cap D’Antibes and a British Flotilla.” Coastal views with ships in the distance. 1:05 “The Funicular Railway down to Cannes.” Shots of the railway. A woman walks towards the camera from an upscale home. 1:25 “Hotel Imperiale and Gardens in Mentone.” A woman walks in front of luxurious hotel; walks around the gardens, stopping to smell a flower. The same woman sits at a table and then again walks around the gardens. 2:30 “Venice, Italy. St. Mark...

  9. German Warships

    Warships, torpedo launch, radio control unit, naval mines, anti aircraft missile, sports festival, Goering in Kiel

  10. UNRRA selected records AG-018-011 : European Regional Office (ERO). Subject Files

    Selected files relating to displaced persons operations in British Zone (BAOR) and the Australian United Jewish Overseas Relief Team: correspondence, statements of accounts.

  11. Raphael Allie photograph collection

    Collection of photographs, copy prints, and photographic postcards documenting the Dachau concentration camp and other locations, and American GIs after liberation. Possibly images of the 3rd Armored Division. First Sgt. Raphael "Ray" Allie, a member of the 3rd Armored Division, brought these photographs home after his military service during WWII.

  12. OSE home for Jewish boys

    OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) home for Jewish boys in Ecouis, France. The teenage boys had been liberated from Buchenwald just three months prior. The boys dance. 00:02:46 The boy carrying a suitcase is Israel Meir Lau. The teenage boys engage in sports, visit the city and some board a bus and wave goodbye, perhaps emigrating to Palestine or other places. A memorial service/parade and display of models the boys made in a woodworking class. They socialize with girls and build a fire.

  13. Skiing

    A large group is gathered outdoors in winter to watch skiers; a horse pulls several people on a sleigh, including Sonja de Kadt; close-up of Willie in her stroller and on a rocking horse

  14. From Vienna to Greece

    Troop transport from Vienna to Greece, Drill with gas masks

  15. Aircraft defense unit 4/1945; Würzburg in ruins 1946/47

    vapor trails of American aircraft in sky, flak helper, church in Geldersheim, boys with steel helmets, several girls in uniform, burning buildings, bombing, Wurzburg ruins, various pictures of destroyed churches, civilians on a country road, view from the mountain on the main, rubble, various settings and details of destroyed homes and church buildings

  16. Mutual Credit Bank in Kielce. A Cooperative Ltd. Kielecki Wzajemny Kredyt Spółdzielnia z o.o. (Sygn. 1405)

    Financial records of one of the Jewish banks in Kielce, including are: a statute, minutes of the General Assembly of the Supervisory Board and Board of Directors, minutes of sessions of the Board of Cooperative, books of registers and shares, and a cash book.

  18. 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 ...

  19. Color film of Arnstadt, Wartha, Dresden (pan shot)

    Arnstadt, city tower, Landhaus Wartha, Dresden, swing over Elbe and city panorama

  20. Wooden sculpture of a grieving woman made by a Lithuanian Jewish artist

    Wooden sculpture depicting a woman grieving over a loved one’s body carved by Jakovas Bunka to commemorate the Jews who were massacred in Plungė, Lithuania in 1941. In August 1940, Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, German forces invaded Soviet-occupied Lithuania, and Jakovas’ family fled east into the Soviet Union. Many Jews from Plungė were unable to flee, and within days local collaborators locked them all in the Great Synagogue with no food, water or fresh air. On Sunday, July 15, the Jews were marched to a forest where the adults were shot by drunken guards ...