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  1. Germans and Ukrainians at an agricultural fair in the Ukraine

    CU of sign indicating the town of Radomyschl (German spelling for Radomysl or Radomyshl, Ukraine). German officials and Ukrainian civilians inspecting tractors and other equipment at a German agricultural show in the Ukraine. Ukrainians look at models with German and Russian labels. A row of different sized sheaves of grain. Small swastika flags decorate the exhibit. CU on bees on a honeycomb. A young boy inspects fish in tanks. 01:19:57 Horses gallop across a field at a stud farm in Italy. The horses drink from a large trough. Footage cuts off abruptly. (Not ordered by USHMM)

  2. Germans dig defensive trench

    Hitler Youth on bicycles riding down a road. Shirtless boys with shovels jump into a trench and start digging enthusiastically. Civilians, including women, also dig. The narration says that members of Hitler Youth (HJ), Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) and civilians are helping to dig anti-tank trenches at the Eastern front. An old man smoking a pipe wipes his brow. Views shot from the window of a low-flying plane show the extent and zigzag pattern of the trench.

  3. Hitler Youth at the 1933 Reich Party Day

    Hitler speaks to Hitler Youth at the 1933 Party Day rally at the Nuremberg stadium. He tells them that they are the German future: that they are "of our blood, our flesh, our spirit." CUs of Hitler and handsome Aryan boys while he speaks. Hitler leads the crowd in a chorus of "Heils."

  4. French Fascist rally in the Velodrome d'Hiver

    Mass rally of Légion des Volontaires Français [Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism] in Paris. Crowds outside the Vélodrôme d'Hiver. A group of women enter the building. Prominent attendees include Ambassador de Brinon, Colonel Edgar Puaud and Capitaine Jean Bassompierre. Overhead shot of the crowded stadium. Banners read "Il faut des actes de soldat" and "Le combat seul conduit à la vie." Parti Populaire Français leader Jacques Doriot gives a speech. A banner behind him features the swastika and the symbol for the LVF. According to the Imperial War Museum record, Doriot praises t...

  5. Gaye Granet papers

    Contains forty (40) black and white photographs, various images of immediate post-war Europe, shot in conjunction with the film "Berlin Express."

  6. Fighting in North Africa and USSR

    Animated map of North Africa. German soldiers on lookout from a rocky hilltop. German planes drop bombs. German soldiers fire artillery into a valley and move across the desert in tanks. Shot of a destroyed American tank. Luftwaffe bearers of Knight's Cross and paratroopers walk along the road, smiling. British and American POWs surrender their weapons. CUs of POWs. German soldiers move down a road, passing two dead Allied soldiers. Destroyed and abandoned war materiel on the ground and in a trench. German soldiers climb on and inspect destroyed tanks. 01:13:23 Animated map showing Moscow, ...

  7. Unrest in Palestine and Exodus ship

    A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1947 with English titles: "British royal family in Africa. 5,000 Zulu warriors stage unique demonstration." "A reigning British monarch visits Dark Continent for the first time in history." "Costumes in Korea! Natives stage fierce riots as political unrest spreads!" "Korea strives for independence after 40 years of Jap slavery." 01:01:30 "Terror grips Palestine! Zionist underground widens its resistance!" Jewish Brigade troops, destroyed building, caring for the wounded. "A refugee ship reaches Haifa after gun battle at sea!" MS, Haganah s...

  8. William Weeg family papers

    Collection of documents, correspondence and photographs that document the experiences of the Weeg family in India, England, and the United States.

  9. Himmler in Posen

    Himmler at a parade in Posen. Saluting BDM girls and Hitler Youth march down the street playing drums and trumpets adorned with SS symbols. Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) members carry shovels. CU of Himmler watching the parade. Nice panning shot of the parade and the crowd.

  10. Germans and Russians meet at Brest-Litovsk

    Polish tanks and other weapons destroyed or captured by the invading Germans. A pile of captured gas mask and a pile of rifles. Panning shot of dead horses and wrecked military vehicles in and near the Vistula River. German and Russian forces meet at Brest-Litovsk. Junior officers of both Armies salute and shake hands, while German soldiers hand out cigarettes to the Soviets. A Sovier officer hands a German officer a document written in Cyrillic. Soviet and German troops line a road and watch formations from both armies drive past. General Heinz Guderian and General Semyon Krivoshein salute...

  11. Family takes a walk in prewar Polish town and children play with a wagon

    An older man and a woman walk down a road, with horse carts parked on either side of them. Another man walks with Hanna, who quickly becomes interested in the carts. 01:08:44 The family is on the porch of their home again. Hanna has a toy wheelbarrow and begins playing. Thomas has a wooden wagon, and as soon as he leaves it, Hanna takes it and gets in it as Thomas looks on. Thomas finally begins to pull Hanna around in the wagon.

  12. Hanni Krispin collection

    Collection of materials documenting the experiences of the Kolumbus family (donor's family) before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes photographs, documents, and letters from the donor's grandmother Ella, who was living in Palestine, addressed to her daughter in Poland, as well as responses from Hanni and her mother in Melmel and Kovno. Also includes letters from them in the Feldafing displaced persons camp.

  13. LfQ office; SA march; track and field events

    Handwritten slates in the old German Suetterlin Schrift. "Einige Aufnahmen aus dem Wirkungskreis der LfQ" INTs of an office showing civilian workers (men and women) at their desks with papers, pens, telephone, etc. There is a map on the office wall in the BG. More views of the employees. [LfQ may stand for Landesinstitut fuer Qualifizierung, the State Institute for Qualifications] 01:03:30 "Und nun Kaempfe um das S.A. Sportabzeichen" A group of SA men marching in town on cobblestone streets. Closer shots of the men. 01:04:41 "Der Leichtathlet" A man in exercise clothing throws a ball. "Die ...

  14. Speiller family papers

    Documents, correspondence and photographs regarding Liba and Pejsach Rzeznikiewicz in Kolnie, Poland. Included is correspondence sent from Kolnie to family in the United States by Liba and Pejsach, who along with their children Aron and Mirjam, did not survive the Holocaust.

  15. Hanna plays in the garden of her home in prewar Poland

    Hanna stands in a tree and then sits on a wicker chair in the garden in the buff. Her mother Ella comes and talks to her as she walks around the garden with a measuring tape, and then a watering can, drawing water and then watering the grass.

  16. Mr. Dario Navarra negatives

    Contains photographic negatives from La Scuolo di via Epili in Milan, Italy (1941-1942). The Jewish school was opened after racial laws forbade Jewish children from attending public schools.

  17. Forcing Jews to wash the street

    "Reibpartie", a man (Jew?) is forced to wash the street. Victim is in a suit, and looks up at the filmmaker's lens. A second victim, in shirt and vest on his knees, frantically cleaning the street, feet of onlookers are visible to the right and in BG. Cut back to victim 1 with CU of hands. Counter-shot of young woman in a coat being "showcased" to the filmmaker. Behind her a SA man and a civilian hold hands to shut her off from the crowd in the BG. Crowd cheering while SA man grabs her right arm. Woman (Jew?) is made to hold a broom up in her right, makes an embarrassed gesture with her lef...

  18. Children with their grandfather on the terrace of their home in prewar Poland

    An older man, Grandfather Filip Lieberman, holds a young Hanna and eventually a young Thomas. They are babies. In washed out footage, you can see them standing in a playpen.

  19. Resistance activities in Denmark

    Film title on screen: Le DANEMARK LUTTE POUR SA LIBERTÉ 1943-44 (Denmark's Fight for Freedom), followed by two screens of French text. The film depicts events in Denmark during the occupation. Some of the footage was shot clandestinely by the Danish resistance. Brief shot of a church and birds in the sky, followed by scenes of German soldiers and sailors marching through the streets. Different views of a building set on fire by the Danish resistance. A crowd of civilians in the street, many with bicycles, during a general strike. Large crowd of people outdoors at a funeral/memorial service ...

  20. Von Ribbentrop flies to Moscow

    Joachim von Ribbentrop leaves Tempelhof airport for Moscow with Soviet Ambassador Schwartzev (?). Von Ribbentrop arrives at the airport and is met by several men holding cameras. Von Ribbentrop greets Ambassador Schwartzev and other Soviet officials and both sides stand around smiling. Several men wearing civilian clothes accompany von Ribbentrop as he steps aboard a Focke-Wulf 200A-04 (D-ACVH) plane with "Grenzmark" written on the side. Shot of the plane taking off.