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  1. Martin M. West letter

    Contains a letter written by Sergeant Martin M. West of the U.S. Army's 4th Armored Division, to his family in the United States, dated June 11, 1945. The letter is written on the back of a handbill depicting corpses stacked at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Transcription letter: verso: black ink; "Helen return this back please./I want you to see it./June-11.-45/Dearest one an son/Hi kid will try an write you a few lines to night an let you know I am ok I know you waunt think mutch of the paper I am writing on But this is what I have seen that why I am writing on it I want to see for my...

  2. Lwòw branch office of administration for emigration Ekspozytura Urzedu Emigracyjnego we Lwowie (Fond 422, opis 1)

    Consists of various reports, statistical information, records related to organization and administration emigration and repatriation, finance and transportation. It also includes correspondence with shipping companies.The bulk of this collection relates to the administration of emigration and is arranged in alphabetical order (Ukrainian) according to designated countries of emigration, e.g. Australia, Austria, etc.

  3. Testimonies and transcripts of World War II Jewish veterans

    Contains transcripts of interviews and articles regarding Jewish World War II veterans provided by the staff of the Judaica Institute in Kiev. Although the documents are primarily transcribed interviews of the veterans, there are some first and third person biographical accounts. In addition to extensive detail about their military service during the war, there is some information about daily life, religious activities, family life and educational attainment before and after the war.

  4. Selected records from the General State Archives of Greece in Athens

    Selected records from the Archive of Athens Court's Specials Section active between 1962‐1965. It contains decisions of the Athens Court related to the review of applications and compensation awarded to the Holocaust survivors and victims who suffered German persecution, arrest, killing, imprisonment and deportations to concentration and labor camps in the German occupied Europe.

  5. Construction and industry views; airship

    Man cementing a low wall, possibly in Berlin. WS of industrial area with tall smokestacks. Close views of construction of framework for airship, inside hangar in Friedrichshafen. Hangar doors opened to reveal nose of airship (dirigible). Men working on propeller in Berlin. Man working on tail flaps, marked with swastika.

  6. Files of the Rudnik Wielki commune Akta urzedu gminy Rudnik Wielki (Sygn. 124)

    This collection contains selected records of the commune Rudnik Wielki, related to population control of its inhabitant. Included are registration books of the permanent inhabitants of the villages: Cynków, Gniazdów, Rudnik Mały and Siedlce, and the commune Rudnik Wielki, 1923-1930. Contains also many other name indexes, registration books, lists of army recruits and other books of population control. Additionally there is also an identification document with a photo of Chana Sara Grancajger (alias Sommerstein) issued by German authorities on Dec. 15, 1941.

  7. Records of the regional headquarters of the Jewish Youth Organization "Hanoar Hazioni" (Fond 337, opis 1)

    The collection contains correspondence of the Jewish Youth Organization " Hanoar Hazioni” in Warsaw with the Zionist organizations in Poland and worldwide. Records relate to the activities of the branches of the organization throughout Eastern Galicia (arranged alphabetically by locality, Russian alphabet). Contains financial, membership records, including various lists of members, representatives, questionnaires, and lists of young Jews making "aliyah" to Palestine.

  8. Crowd outside of synagogue in Moscow

    People of all ages stand on the steps outside of Choral Synagogue in Moscow, located at Bolshoy Spasoglinishchevskiy lane, 10, during the High Holidays. Multiple people wear the tallit. A man using crutches moves down the front steps of the building, unable to use the lower part of his right leg. People move out of the synagogue, men put out their hands, begging for money and some give. As more people file out of the synagogue, the beggars continue to put out their hands, becoming very aggressive with one woman. She attempts to push them back. People stand in the streets while others keep m...

  9. Fascist recruits from various countries

    Sequence of images of SS volunteers from several countries. The shots change quickly from one location to the next so the time codes given may not be entirely accurate. Estonian SS volunteers at roll call (induction?). Men in civilian clothes and in uniform. CU of a patch on one man's arm that reads "Estland." An older officer wears a cap with a Death's Head insignia. 01:05:29 Ukrainian volunteers stand at attention holding banners. Men holding banners, one written in Ukrainian flanked by two banners with SS insignia. Men, some of them in native dress, march down the street holding swastika...

  10. Dyrekcja Policji Kryminalnej w Warszawie Kriminaldirektion Warschau (GK 714)

    Orders, and reports regarding officers and employees of the Criminal Police in Warsaw, diagrams showing the organizational structure of various divisions of the Police in Warsaw, correspondence in personnel matters, as well as investigations regarding forgery of money.

  11. Nazi propaganda

    CU, book. CUs "Der Stuermer".

  12. Wertheimer family papers

    The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to Samuel and Frajdla Wertheimer and their families in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; and Nowy Sącz, Poland.

  13. "Survival in the Lion's Den"

    Contains information about the experiences of Fred Angress's family during resettlement in Amsterdam and their life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The testimony draws from Angress' personal diary and other published sources, all of which are listed in a short bibliography. The testimony is dedicated to Nelly Gispen, a close friend of the author during the Holocaust era.

  14. Licco Haim and friends at leisure in Spring 1940

    AGFA 8 1940. Handwritten title "Früjahr 1940". Title with 5 May date and names, "Panagiurishte" (a town in central Bulgaria). The friends - Paula, Hans, Kete, Anny, Fredy, Anny, and Licco, playfully goof-off, dance, and play games outside. 01:01:02 Licco with a girlfriend. CUs. 01:05:56 Title with 12 May date and names, "Petrohan" (a passage in the West Balkan mountains). The friends, Anny, Fredy, Kete, Hans, Zdravka, Paula, Anny, and Licco, play on a grassy hillside near their car. 01:09:41 Licco on top of the car, jumping. 01:10:00 Title with 9 June date and names, "On the Liulin Mountain...

  15. Letters concerning Betty Katz and the home for the blind in Terezin

    Consists of original letters (accompanied by English translations) concerning Betty Falk Katz and the home for blind persons in Theresienstadt (Terezin). The letters describe the conditions for Jews in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust, the deportation of Katz and patients of the Institute for Jewish Blinds to Terezin, and the death of Katz in Terezin. Also included are photographs of Katz's grave in Theresienstadt and a sketch of Katz completed by her son, Lothar Katz.

  16. German siege of Warsaw, Poland 1939

    EXT, VS night time scenes of the Jewish quarter of Warsaw on fire. This event occurred on September 16, 1939 during Rosh Hashanah. The Germans deliberately chose this day to set the Jewish quarter on fire, burning and destroying more than 20 full city blocks. Camera pans, but it is difficult to make out the shadows, at 01:16:45:14 there is a more vivid shot of the flames, illuminating a street lamp.

  17. Selected records from the Central State Archives of the Republic Mordovia, Russian Federation

    Contains selected records related to evacuation of various groups of Soviet citizens and relocation to Republic of Mordovia from 1939 to 1944. Includes various lists of evacuated Jews, communists, political refugees, specialized workers and members of their families. Also includes correspondence pertaining to allocation of food, improvement of living conditions, and maintenance of orphanages etc.

  18. Collection of 269 titles of Polish underground newspapers

    Contains of 269 titles of the Polish World War II underground newspapers.

  19. Articles concerning the liberation of Landsberg and Hurlach

    Consists of copies of several articles published circa 1983 concerning the liberation of Landsberg, Hurlach, and other camps in the area of Dachau concentration camp. The articles describe the conditions in Landsberg and other Dachau sub-camps at the time of liberation, lists statistics for Jews killed in the Dachau camps, and quotes the eyewitness accounts of American liberators present at the Landsberg liberation.

  20. Anne G. Holocaust testimony

    Video testimony of Anne G., who was born in a small town in Germany in 1910, moved to Ludwigshafen am Rhein, and then to Mannheim in 1932. She recalls anti-Semitic incidents; attending a speech by Hitler in Mannheim; her father leaving for France; and her fiance's attempt to leave Germany. She describes Crystal Night, detailing atrocities she witnessed; her conflict due to her love for Germany; being incarcerated in Mannheim prison; and obtaining papers enabling her to emigrate to England. Mrs. G. describes the painful departure from her mother and grandmother; her reunion with her fiance i...