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  1. Zionism; Travel to Palestine

    A 1934 newsreel, and "advertisement" to persuade Jews from Europe to travel to Palestine via ship from Constanza (Romania). Original archive copy has title and censor's permission for showing in British occupied Palestine (can be viewed briefly in this video, in a few frames at the beginning of the story: TC 03:52:45:19). Segment depicts the first voyage of a Polish ocean liner to Palestine. The film contains crudely edited footage of the embarkation at the Black Sea port of Constanza, the passengers enjoying the pleasures of the open sea, the recitation of Yom Kippur prayers on deck, an ex...

  2. UJA relief efforts

    Title card reads, "UJA Report from Israel." Immigrants wave from a ship's deck while the narrator explains that these are Holocaust survivors arriving in Israel from Europe. Survivors disembark in Haifa as a crowd waits on the dock behind a fence. People sort through luggage and other belongings. A man stacks blankets and a woman searches for her baby carriage among several others. Items are loaded onto a truck which then takes immigrants to a camp. Dramatic CU of International Herald Tribune headlines: "Heavy Burden Of Immigrants Strains Israel," "Situation Called Explosive,"(article writt...

  3. Harry Schiller collection

    Consists of two report cards from the Prague English Grammar School, issued to Harry Schiller, and three picture postcards depicting Harry Schiller and his brother, Gustav (born 23 October 1923).

  4. Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers

    The Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers include letters and telegrams from Gertrude’s mother in Brünn (now Brno) and brother in Lvov (now L’viv) documenting their efforts to emigrate and scrapbook pages containing photographs of Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz and their family members in Czechoslovakia as well as French identification papers for the couple documenting their brief stay in Paris and their immigration to the United States. Most of the correspondence in the collection is written to Gertrude Schwarz and her family from Gertrude’s mother, who describes the difficult sale of her h...

  5. Itzhak Karpman photograph collection

    The Itzhak Karpman collection consists of photographs of Itzhak Karpman and his work with Hashomer Hatzair, Hashomer Haleumi, and Hanoar Hatzioni, and his work in hachsharot in Poland; and his life in Palestine after emigrating there in 1936.

  6. History of Zionism; development of Israel

    Part Two - The film's finale and rallying cry for Jews to come to Palestine. Introductory titles provided by NCJF accompany this film (their restored version): "This film has no other aim except to be a collection of documents. It demonstrates what Zionists desire to accomplish in the rebuilding of Palestine and their accomplishments in the span of some 20 years. It shows this in pictures of the past. The contemporary character has not been altered through retouching or other changes. The film bears the name Hatikvah: the Hope. And even though the sources may seem matter of fact or primitiv...

  7. "Mit dem Führer" photograph album

    Consists of a photograph album with an embossed leather cover "Mit dem/Führer/unterwegs" containing 230 black and white images of Hitler, including his entries into Austria, Italy and Poland. The photographer is purportedly Heinrich Hoffman, and there are hand-lettered captions in German; dated circa 1936-1944. The album was recovered by paratrooper Carl J. Walkup in Berchtesgaden, Germany and was purchased by the donor at auction in 1977.

  8. Adam Gicz collection

    The collection includes biographical material, identification documents, school records, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Holocaust experiences of Amalia Schwimmer and Michal Gicz. Amalia survived the Stanisławów ghetto and was hidden by Michal Gicz for one and a half years.

  9. Pollak family papers

    The Pollak family papers consists of civil documents, diplomas, photographs and memorial albums relating to the Pollak family of Liptovsky Svaty Mikulaš, Czechoslovakia before, during, and after the war. Also included are images of Albert Pollak and other Slovakian Jews performing forced labor in a Slovak Labor Battalion in Svety Jan, Czechoslovakia, circa 1940-41.

  10. Immigration to Israel

    Notes from NCJF documentation: A group of people await the arrival of relatives and friends at the dock in Haifa. While they wait they share their stories. They represent the many different groups who came to Israel and the various and difficult adjustment problems they all faced, from those shared by the Yemenite Jews to those who came from Europe. The film is introduced by blowing the shofar, marking the beginning of the year 5721. "THEODORE HERZL" ship docks in Haifa, Israel. Immigrants getting off ship with nothing but "a lump in their throat and hope in their heart." People waiting for...

  11. Certificate

    Commemorative coin certificate issued on fiftieth anniversary of the deportation of the Jewish population from Kolin, Czech Republic.

  12. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, .50 Reichsmark

    .50 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Ar...

  13. Frank Liebermann family papers

    The Frank Liebermann family papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and restitution files documenting the lives of the Liebermann and Orgler families in Upper Silesia before and during the Holocaust; Frank Liebermann’s family’s immigration to the United States and their lives during and after the war in Dayton, OH; and their efforts to obtain restitution for losses and damages suffered under the Nazi regime. Biographical materials include records documenting the lives of Hans, Lotte, and Frank Liebermann; Fritz Liebrecht; and Alfred, Helmut, an...

  14. Leo Ross photograph collection

    Consists of slides and photographs of various camps after liberation; many of the images were taken by Leo Ross, who was with the First U.S. Army.

  15. Liberation; strafing; VE Day in England

    GSAP strafing marshalling yards and rockets firing at factory area. MS of pilots firing on range. Crowds of people outside of Buckingham Palace on VE day. GSAP strafing trains and vehicles on road. Outdoor pilot briefing. GSAP dive bombing town and marshalling yards, rockets firing. Formation of P-47s flying over airfield.

  16. History of Zionism; growth and development in Israel

    Part One. Travelogue shots of landscape-swamp, desert, etc. Aerial and panoramic views of a number of different cities in Palestine. Buildings, camels, Jews praying in a yeshiva and at the Wailing Wall. Brief history of Zionism with images of Professor Chaim Weizmann, President of the Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency, as well as Nahum Sokolow who was present at the Zionist's First Congress. Also featured: Leo Moltkin, Menachem Ussishkin, Louis Marshall, Henrietta Szold, Rabbi Uziel, Professor Brodetski, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Achad Ha-Am, Sir Herbert Samuel. Construction underway, ...

  17. Krakow, Poland

    German-produced documentary, scenes of life in Krakow. Mostly exterior shots of streets, streetcars, people involved in their daily activities- on the move with bikes, carts, on foot, etc. Various high angle shots of public squares, statues/monuments and architecture. Contrasted with various shots of a market, most likely in the Krakow ghetto, MCUs of bearded and /or bespectacled men dressed in tattered clothing, photographed in stereotypically "Jewish" poses. Trains pulling into a station, where Nazi flags are displayed on the building, uniformed man in FG as train enters station.

  18. Roger Bordage papers

    Consists of a letter inscribed on pre-printed stationery from Roger Bordage to his mother Yvonne Bordage in Paris, France. The letter was written while Roger was interned in Oranienburg concentration camp, dated 3 October 1943. This letter was contained in an offical government envelope addressed to "Madame Bordagh" [sic] [donor's mother] in Paris; no signature on note or envelope, dated 28 April 1943. Also in the envelope is a typewritten note by a railroad worker explaining how he retrieved an additional note from Roger Bordage (not in the collection) when it was thrown out of a train ont...

  19. Robert Carty photograph collection

    Consists of five photographs taken by Robert Carty in April 1945 depicting dozens of victims of Nazi atrocities laid out on the ground near row of buildings. Some of the photographs are labeled "Nordhausen" on the verso. Carty took the photographs while a member of the 1st Platoon, Company A, 750th Tank Batallion, 104th Infantry ("Timberwolf") Division, United States Army.

  20. Lucille Weener collection

    Consists of one photograph, which depicts Rifka Rochel Orlinsky seated and surrounded by her eight grandchildren. All of those depicted in the photograph perished in the Holocaust, except Marsha Senderowski (now Taplin) who is seated at the far left in the center row. Inscription on verso in Yiddish.