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  1. "Hitler's Hangman" promotional photograph

    Promotional photograph depicting a scene from the film “Hitler’s Hangman.” The film was retitled “Hitler’s Madman” and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1943. The film is a fictionalized portrayal of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and its aftermath. Heydrich was Heinrich Himmler’s second-in-command and chief of the Reich Security Main office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA), which was the major implementer of the systematic murder of European Jews. He was especially brutal, earning the nicknames “The Hangman of Europe” and “Hitler’s Hangman.” Under Heydrich’s leadership, ove...

  2. Exit papers collection

    Collection of Jewish exit papers from Nazi-occupied Poland in Warsaw involving a husband and wife

  3. Polish Police Headquarters of the City of Warsaw Komenda Policji Polskiej miasta Warszawy (Sygn. 1710)

    The collection contains materials on the organization of the Polish, so-called Blue Police in Warsaw during the German occupation, operational activities of police officers, and lists of officers.

  4. Heimann family collection

    Consists of Heimann family photographs, including a framed photo of Herman Heimann and Julie (Samson) Heiman, which was damaged by a bayonet on Kristallnacht. Also includes identification documents, such as several reisepass, or German passports, and the Wehrpass and United States immigrant ID card belonging to Julius Waixel's (Weichsel). Julius Waixel was the father of the donor, and Herman and Julie Heiman were the paternal grandparents of the donor's mother, Julie (Heimann) Waixel (Weichsel),

  5. Interior Ministry: General administration Selected Records from the French National Archives: F1a Ministère de l'Intérieur/Administration Générale

    The collection contains selections from the French Interior Ministry’s Delegation in the occupied zone, Department of Worship, and Interior Commission of Algiers documenting the status of Jews, religious worship, and deportations. Records include reports and circulars about the application of laws governing secret societies, the employment status of Jews, the operational status of Jewish organizations, descriptions of German-occupied France and anti-Jewish measures in occupied Europe, French attitudes towards obligatory labor service in Germany, the internment of Jews, and official French n...

  6. Peace Court in Skarżysko-Kamienna Sąd Pokoju w Skarżysku-Kamiennej (Sygn. 2924)

    Files of court cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. The cases concerned, among others, payment of debt, rent, division of inheritance, compensation, termination of the contract and other disputes.

  8. Freddy Schumer collection

    Comprised primarily of school documents, such as report cards, exam booklets, rosters, and a dossier, relating to the experiences of Freddy Schumer (formerly Siegfried Schumer, b. 1929) as a student in Malonne, Belgium at the Institut Saint-Berthuin under the false identity "Francois Demblon" while he resided at an orphanage with his younger brother, who also adopted a false identity, "Jacques Demblon." Additional documents include postcards, postwar packs of letters and information about Jewish orphans, and handwritten and typed correspondence with US Army Chaplains Judah Nadich, Morris Sa...

  9. Hecht family collection

    The collection documents the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of Arthur Hecht and his family, who primarily lived in Hörstein, Germany prior to WWII. Documents include birth and death certificates, a naturalization certificate, military discharge papers, a track award, and a 1946 clipping documenting Arthur’s reunification with his parents after their immigration to the United States. Original and copy print photographs include depictions of pre-war family life in Germany and life in the United States after immigrating, including Arthur’s time in the military.

  10. Files of the Ciepielów commune Akta Gminy Ciepielów (Sygn. 2809)

    Files on various orders of the Kreishauptmann in Starachowice-Wierzbnik County, including information on the method of appointing the Jewish Council and its competences; list of people elected to the Council in Ciepielów (includes 16 names). List of all Jews living in the Jewish religious community in Ciepielów (the list includes 510 names). In the post-war records information on Jewish properties.

  11. Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú

    Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú (Israelite Society of Paysandú), Uruguay. Includes correspondence, minutes of sessions; reports and other office documents, 1945-1948.

  12. Oral history interview with Lajos Sághy

  13. Ernest N. Strauss collection

    Documents and photographs of Ernest N. Strauss and family from Europe, immigration to the United States and his military service as a Ritchie Boy.

  14. Erna Wimbley photograph collection

    Collection of photographs of German citizens entrusted to Erna Wimbley by an American serviceman that depict German citizens exhuming victims immediately following WWII.

  15. Oral history interview with Leo Parenti

  16. Geheime Staatspolizei Neustadt records

    Contains three interrelated collections pertaining to the Gestapo headquarters in the city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Gestapostelle Neustadt). These Gestapo records cover the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.The three collections are as follows (a. - c.): a. Bestand H90 (Geheime Staatspolizei Neustadt-Verwaltung): Administrative files of the Gestapo headquarters in Neustadt. Contains financial records, building plans, rules and regulations, and records pertaining to the monitoring of the French border, the transfer of political prisoners to the concentration camp Neustadt, registra...

  17. Marc de Klijn photograph collection

    4 photographs

  18. Okresný úrad vo Vranove nad Topľou District Office in Vranov nad Topľou

    Contains documents of the District Office in Vranov nad Topľou which was the regional state administration body. Besides documents about various social and economic issues, this fond features records on the persecution of the Jews living in the territory of the district of Vranov nad Topľou in 1938-1945. It includes documents on the appointment of governmental trustees of Jewish-owned properties and businesses, records on the dismissal of Jews from public service, and essential documents on the registration of Jews in preparation for their deportation from Slovakia in 1942 such as the only ...

  19. Gurs Machzor

    Gurs Machzor of Jacob Rothschild, Gurs 1941, 6 pages

  20. Suchostaw Association gatherings in New York

    Suchostaw Landsmanshaften association events in New York City filmed by Nathan Okon, including a welcome-home dance for service men after World War II. Film ID 4594 - Suchostower Association, Part I Film ID 4595 - Suchostower Association, Part II (color) Film ID 4596 - Suchostower Association, Part III (30th Anniversary) Film ID 4597 - Suchostower Association, 1941-1946 (color) Film ID 4598 - Suchostower Association, 1942-1946