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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Jacket

    Worn after liberation in 1945 by Misha Mielup. Originally worn by Jewish police, 1943, St. Ottilien, Germany. Given to Misha Meilup while at hospital, St. Ottilien, Germany.

  2. Jacket issued as a uniform to an inmate in the Dachau concentration camp

    Issued to Alex Jacquemart.

  3. Jackie Deslauriers collection

    The collection consists of NSDAP (Nazi Party) newspapers published in Germany during the government of the Third Reich.

  4. Jackson accuses defense counsel of antisemitism at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 95) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 10, 1946. MLS, Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson telling the Tribunal that Dr. Alfred Thoma, defense counselor for Rosenberg, had translated sections of documents in an antisemitic character. Jackson charges that the defense is trying to disseminate antisemitic propaganda. Dr. Rudolf Dix, counselor for Schacht, defends before the Tribunal the entire defense staff whom he feels has been accused by Jackson. Note: Camera did not catch all of Jackson's charge. Jackson holds up the stencils involved in his accusation.

  5. Jackson addresses German criminal code at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 16) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 28, 1946. MLS, front view, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson speaking about organizations within the Nazi government and their members. Jackson deals at length with the German criminal code of 1871.

  6. Jackson in his office

    (Munich 135) Justice Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg, Germany, May 2, 1946. US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson seated at desk in his private office talking with Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor. Same setting, Jackson talking with Thomas J. Dodd, assistant prosecutor. CU, Jackson speaking. CU, Dodd. Jackson's secretary Mrs. Douglas handing him some papers. MS, Jackson reviewing and signing the papers.

  7. Jackson raises international law issue at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson addressing the Tribunal on a point of international law. Goering sits in the witness box and his attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer stands alongside him. Justice Lawrence answers Jackson. LS, defense counselors talking excitedly to the prisoners about Jackson's statement. MS, Jackson, defense counselors, and interpreters discuss the issue.

  8. Jackson reads Accusation Act at Nuremberg Trial

    Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 21, 1945. MCU, Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, addresses the court. Rear view, Chief U.S. Prosecutor Robert H Jackson reads the Accusation Act, including names of the defendants, history of the Nazi Party, and the annexation of Austria. MS, Goering and Hess in box. VS, courtroom and lawyers listening to Jackson.

  9. Jackson speaks about Nazi organizations at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 16) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany. HS, Front view, a defense attorney, Dr. Martin Horne, speaking to Tribunal. Horne repeats the request of the defense to admit Winston Churchill as a witness - the court had already decided against that before the defense could bring it up. 01:39:43 LHSs, MSs, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson delivers the prosecution's case against certain organizations in the Nazi Government and emphasizes their criminality. 01:43:29 Jackson says, "A thousand little Fuehrers dictated, a thousand imitation Goerings strutted, a thousand Schirachs incited...

  10. Jacky and Lisa Comforty collection

    Oral histories from the Jacky and Lisa Comforty collection

  11. Jacob and Frida Lewinter papers

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the postwar lives of Jacob and Frida Lewinter and their children Sophia and Milka in Saint Petersburg, Wrocław, Poland, and Israel. Biographical materials include photocopies of identification papers, genealogical materials, and financial documents. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Jacob and Frida from their daughter Sophia and her then-husband Arthur Segal. Photographs and albums include portraits and travel photographs of the family in Russia, Poland, and Israel.

  12. Jacob and Nehemiah Robinson collection

    The collection consists of a typewriter, correspondence, documents, identity paperwork, notes, photographs, and published material related to the experiences of Jacob and Nehemiah Robinson and their family before the Holocaust in the Soviet Union and Lithuania and during and after the Holocaust in Lithuania and the United States, where they emigrated in 1940.

  13. Jacob and Rita Litman papers, including Samuel Golfard diary

    The collection includes biographical material, restitution files, and photographs primarily documenting Jacob and Rita Litman’s experiences at the displaced persons camp at Bayerisch Gmain, Germany, from 1946 to 1949, their immigration to the United States, and efforts to obtain restitutions as well as extensive post-war correspondence from Tadeusz Jankiewicz, who helped Jacob escape, and other Poles who knew and helped Jacob during the war. The collection also includes the diary of Samuel Golfard, which was written during Samuel's internment as a Jewish forced laborer in and around Przemys...

  14. Jacob Arnon

    Jacob Arnon was a Dutch Jew and leader of a Zionist student organization. Arnon's uncle was one of the chairmen of the Jewish Council [Judenrat] in Amsterdam, and though he admired his uncle greatly, he condemns the Council's actions, especially their choice of whom to deport. Arnon's uncle survived the war but the two never spoke again. FILM ID 3265 -- Camera Rolls #1-3 -- 01:00:18 to 01:29:12 [CLIP 1 BEGINS] Mr. Jacob (Ya'akov) Arnon, born Jaap van Amerongen, sits outside on a balcony and holds a pipe. There are some construction and other noises in the background. The image is soft when ...

  15. Jacob Avni papers

    Consist of photocopies of a memoir, news article, names lists of survivors, and other miscellaneous charts, correspondence, etc, in Hungarian, Hebrew, and/or Yiddish, written and compiled by Jacob Avni (born Gyoergy Steiner) in 1993.

  16. Jacob Barosin collection

    The collection consists of artwork, a Star of David badge, documents, and photographic materials relating to the experiences of Jacob Barosin during and after World War II when he was a prisoner in Gurs internment camp and Langlade forced labor camp and lived in hiding in Paris, France.

  17. Jacob Beser collection

    The Jacob Beser collection consists of meeting minutes of the German-Jewish Children's Aid, Inc., Baltimore Branch, from 1934-1941. The organization sought to bring German-Jewish children to the United States during the Nazi era, with the hope of eventually reuniting them with their birth families.

  18. Jacob Birnbaum papers

    The Jacob Birnbaum papers consist of an identification card documenting Jacob Birnbaum’s status as a concentration camp survivor and letters Jacob wrote to Rose (Róża) Strzegowska (later Rose Rothschild), an inmate at the women’s camp, while both were imprisoned at Langenbielau concentration camp, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen, during the Holocaust. Birnbaum had been exchanging letters with Rose’s twin sister, Eve (Ewa), until Eve became too sick to write. Jacob’s letters describe the terrible living and working conditions at Langenbielau, insufficient food and his efforts to obtain more food, ...

  19. Jacob David Watton postcard

    Consists of one postcard received by Jacob David Watton in late 1940 from his brother-in-law in the area of Minsk. The card describes a hasty flight from his home and a plea for financial assistance.

  20. The Jacob family

    Describes the experiences of members of Jacob's family before, during, and after the Holocaust. It also relates the fates of thirteen family members who were imprisoned in camps including Dachau, Buchenwald, and Theresienstadt (Terezín).