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  1. Wolf and Schlesinger families papers

    The collection documents the pre-war lives of Rudolf Wolf and Gretel Schlesinger Wolf and their families in Frankfurt, Germany, as well as their immigration and post-war experiences in the United States. Included are biographical materials such as identification papers, diaries, and genealogical research; pre-war correspondence along with war-time letters written from family and friends in Germany as well as those who fled; immigration papers; restitution papers; and pre-war and post-war photographs of family and friends in Frankfurt and the United States. The biographical materials primari...

  2. Ursula Nelson collection

    Photographs (two albums, two loose photographs) and certificate from the Deutscher Makkabikreise, 1938, both related to Ursula Kantorowicz (later Nelson), documenting her childhood in Germany and young-adult years as an emigre in England. Photograph albums include images of Nelson's parents and relatives in Germany, childhood friends, her life in Britain after emigration, including her friends and work, and her first husband, Leslie Smith.

  3. Leah Press Kalina photographs

    The Leah Press Kalina photographs contain photographic prints, photographic postcards, and Rosh Hashanah cards documenting the post-war experiences of Leah Press Kalina, her sister Ruchel, and friends. The majority of the images in this collection depict Leah in the Deggendorf displaced persons camp between 1946 and 1947. Images include daily activities within the camp, friends, weddings, and Leah in a uniform. Also included are photographs of Leah with friends and several images of a friend named Saul Eckstein in Rome and Israel after the war. Pre-war images depict Gershon Press and his mo...

  4. Selected records of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Poland Prokuratoria Generalna RP (Sygn. 347)

    Statements of death, with accompanying investigative documentation, issued by the Office of General Prosecutor in Kielce. Majority of records relate to Kielce Jews from the years of German occupation. Prosecutor's investigations cover the period from 1945 until 1951. Included are persecution of civilians, descriptions of the deaths of individuals and groups of people murdered by the occupier, deaths of Poles who perished in labor camps, concentration camps, and displacements, and the persecution of Jews. Most of investigations of the Attorney General (General Prosecutor) in Kielce relate to...

  5. Flemish SS volunteers

    Flemish youth organization AVNS. Funeral ceremony. Flemish SS volunteers at Brussels.

  6. Headquarters; exercises of Nazi workers

    Private films with German intertitles. Group headquarters in Hilchenbach and Siegen. Exercises. Mess hall. Gauleiter Wagner. Dr. Decker.... Continues in next reels.

  7. Nasielski family correspondence

    Contains 12 postcards sent by various members of the Nasielski family, from the Łódź ghetto, during the German occupation of Poland during World War II. The postcards were all addressed to Dudek Nasielski, who was living in Tashkent, in Soviet Central Asia. Those who wrote to him included his parents, his sisters Ruta, Fela, his brother Scholek, and his sister and brother-in-law, Tusia and Joszef Luft. In the correspondence, various family members ask after his health and well-being, report on the illness of their mother, and that they are unable to work at that time. There are also sever...

  9. Activities of the 257th German Infantry

    With German intertitles. Scenes filmed by Lieutenant Edgar Forsberg of the 257 German Infantry following the collapse of the Polish army on October 6, 1939. Men working in a quarry, soldiers eating, exploring, playing soccer, training, testing weapons, examining a destroyed bridge, bouncing on broken traintracks.

  10. Huguette Frank papers

    The collection primarily contains documents, correspondence, and photographs that document the wartime experiences of Huguette Salomon Frank of Paris, France in Marseille, France; Drancy transit camp; Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp; Ravensbrück concentration camp; and one of the Bunzlau subcamps of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. Included are some photographs and documents relating to the pre-war lives of the Salomon family, and Huguette’s post-war life with her husband Werner Frank.

  11. Files of the bailiff of Grójec Akta komornicze w Grójcu (Sygn.1325)

    Files of the bailiffs of Grójec region, Poland, related to the recovery of Jewish debts. Selected cases relate to Jews from different towns and villages of the Grójec county (Mogielnica, Zbrosza Duża, Błędów, Broniszew, Winiary, Głowaczów, Jadwiga, Otalążka, Miechowiec,Tarczyn, Goszczyn, Ryszki, Łatanka, Daszew, Wola Karolewska, Tomaszów gmina Konie, Trzylatków, Dąbrówka Stara, Dobiecin, Pielinów, Wilhelmów,Goliany, Worów, Świdno, Daszewice, Łychów and other places, as well as from the Grójec itself). The files generally contain documents typical for the execution of debt: a motion to the C...

  12. Bleier and Weisz families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of the Bleier family of Budapest, Hungary and the Weisz family of Baia Mare, Romania. Included are biographical papers, correspondence, immigration documents, writings, clippings, and photographs. The material primarily focuses on the wartime and post-war experiences of Zoltan Weisz and Gisela Bleier, who met and married in Baia Mare after the war. The biographical material primarily contains identification papers, genealogy research, and birth, marriage, and death certificates. Included with the biographical material are exhibition and pre...

  13. State Attorney Hamburg Staatsanwaltschaft Landgericht (213-12)

    Court proceedings relating to post-war Nazi court cases after 1945. Files mostly contain documents concerning preliminary research, state attorney, court proceedings, and sentences. The collections contains 3,451 procedures, 1946-1995 and 320 charges against 598 persons.

  14. Pre-war holiday in Tyrol

    color film. Vacation in the Tyrol District.

  15. Graf Zeppelin; Leipzig fair; 35th birthday

    AGFA. Title “W.L. Film 1” with silhouette of Walther Lenger’s face. “Leipziger Allerlei!” “Leipziger Fahresschau” “W L 1934, Ein Bild-Bericht von Walther Lenger” “Camera…. Bearbeitung Walther Lenger Projektor….” Lenger works with film reels. “1930” with Walter Lenger film logo. “April 1930: Gelehriger Affe Im Waldrafe.” A small monkey with a chain around its neck eats food. A man in Lederhosen leads it around by the chain. 10:01:53 “5. Oktober 1930: Graf Zeppelin besught Leipzig.” A zeppelin flies over Leipzig. Multiple shots of the Zeppelin in the air. Crowds of people below watch as it la...

  16. Selected records of the commune Radoszyce Akta gminy Radoszyce (Sygn. 532)

    Registers, statistics, census related to the Jewish dwellers of Radoszyce dating from the early 30s, including are: register books, records of inhabitants, lists of births, marriages and deaths, and German ordinances regarding dead penalty to all Polish people who are helping Jews, etc. Includes books of permanent residents (until 1932) containing information on emigration, passport numbers, and decisions on withdrawal of citizenship.

  17. Anti-Hitler propaganda flyer

    Contains a flyer or broadside with Yiddish poem against Hitler, wishing and praying for his downfall. Privately published by a I. Green matrimonial agent (traditional shadchan), 146 Norfolk Street NY; Stamp on verso dated March 19, 1939.

  18. Felix Rosenthal papers

    The collection includes typescript memoirs and essays written by Felix Rosenthal describing his childhood in Germany, his emigration from Germany in 1933, his stay in Italy and eventual immigration to the United States, and his service in the United States Army as a “Ritchie Boy” during World War II. The collection also contains other essays and reflections from Felix’s experiences in the Army, including during his time serving with occupation forces in Germany from 1945-1947.

  19. Leipzig Zoo; Autobahn; Berlin Olympics

    Intertitle: “WL Film 37,” “Walther Lenger zeight: Leipziger Fahresschau 1936.” “April 1936: Die Kleinmesse am neuen Platz (Cottarueg).” The fair ride “Roll Lauf” in a town square in Leipzig. View from a wooden rollercoaster. People smile, sitting in gondolas on a zeppelin-style ride. “Juli 1936: Ein Besuch im Leipziger Zoo.” Flamingos, Ostriches, Giraffes, lions, elephants, bears, hippos, seals and other animals in the Leipzig zoo. Intertitle: “Oktober 1936 Erste Fahrt auf der Reichs-Autobahn.” A man and woman step into the back of a car. The driver takes off down the road. A man runs at th...

  20. Presentation by Hilda Montelmacher