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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English

  1. Pin issued to members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish War Veterans for service during World War II

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- air raid rehearsal; Prague

    Air raid rehearsal in Prague (see Story 2157, Film ID 2246 for similar footage, although this sequence may be longer). German Army Day, Sham Battle and Air Force (with sound). 01:17:06 Runciman visits Prague. 01:17:16 Sokol Festival? Stadium performance in Prague.

  3. Fred Davidowitz papers

    The papers consist of 14 photographs depicting Fred Davidowitz as a baby, his parents, and other refugees in the displaced persons camp in Bamberg, Germany, after the World War II as well as documents relating to the birth of Feri Davidowitsch (later Fred Davidowitz).

  4. Goering press conference

    Members of US and British press interviewing Hermann Goering sitting under a shade tree. Correspondents listening and taking notes and photographs.

  5. JDC aids refugees, DPs

    Includes title of the film and intertitles. From opening credits of the film (Foreword): "American Jews at the outbreak of the World War in 1914, organized the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to aid the Jewish masses overseas suffering from war, pogroms, famine and pestilence. The following episodes depict the activities in Russia only." Brief shots of Felix Warburg and Julius Rosenwald, to whose memory the film is dedicated. Stills of other JDC officials and footage of the members of the JDC relief unit sailing for Russia. Dr. Rosen, organizer of Agro-Joint. Scenes of th...

  6. VE Day, Germany

    VE Day in Heidelberg, Germany. 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force at mass on VE Day. INT, cathedral, priest making the sign of the cross, celebrating mass. Germans gathered outside of cathedral watching soldiers and officers leaving service. Gen. Robert Morris Webster and Gen. Ned Sohramm leaving cathedral, walking to their cars. Webster and Sohramm entering cathedral, followed by officers and enlisted men of the 6th Army Group and 1st Tactical Air Force. Servicemen presenting arms, marching, and parade rest. Germans watching parade. INT of cathedral with group standing as prayer is ...

  7. 2 Pfennig coin

    Coin: 2 Pfennig, recto, "Reichspfennig" around top edge with large "2" in center; verso, Nazi eagle with swastika below, "Deutsches Reich 1938" around bottom edge; in German

  8. Creation of modern Israeli state

    Notes taken from NCJF documentation: A day in the life of a Histadrut worker, people taking care of different aspects of life on a farm. View of fields, new buildings going up, young man working in the fields, woman feeding chickens, more people in the field, people from different countries "a new society rooted in the old soil of Palestine", view of unidentified city. Purim festival in Tel Aviv, parade, floats, dancing in the streets. Guns, tanks, explosions. Symbolic march to Masada, view from the top of the mountain, traditional song and dance. Ben Gurion at meeting (no sync sound). Peop...

  9. Peter Ney letter

    Letter written by child on Kindertransport to his parents. Rectangular form constructed of paper; printed on recto at upper right side is image of small bearded man wearing blue hat standing under a tree reading a letter; below image is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in graphite and on left side is pre-printed blue lines; on verso at upper left side is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in graphite; below message in graphite and on right side is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in ink.

  10. Pamphlet

  11. Book

  12. United Jewish Appeal campaign

    Part 2. 1963 fundraising campaign. 25th Anniversary of the UJA. Ben Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel appeals to the Jews of the world to continue their financial support of the UJA's resettlement efforts.

  13. Soap

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris

    Paris Liberation, 1946-1947. INT of partisan headquarters in Paris. Fixing armbands with FFI. Examining revolver. Digging up cobblestones for barricades. Partisans firing rifles. Dead men lying the street. German car fleeing. FFI men carrying boxes of ammunition. Man reading "Liberation" newspaper. CU of "Liberation" front page.

  15. Jack Waksal photograph collection

    The Jack Waksal photograph collection consists of 18 photograph prints taken for identification cards in Kruszyna labor camp (Kruszyna, Silesian Voivodeship) in 1941. All of the men depicted in the photographs perished in the Holocaust. The photographs were acquired by Jack Waksal, a Holocaust survivor originally from Jedlińsk, Poland, after the war from the photographer. Four of the photographs have a small piece of paper affixed to the back with a typed name: “Slifkowich,” “Uer Nifeld,” “Sraria Fishman,” and “Kirshenbam Leizer.” Additionally, there is a photograph depicting a street scene...

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Sudeten-Deutsche Party; Eger

    Can 22, 100 feet. Scenes taken in the headquarters of the Sudeten-Deutsche party at 4 Hybernska Prague. Deputy Karl Hermann Frank leader of both Parliamentary factions of the S.D.P. and personal representative of Henlein. Signing letters at his desk, talking to his secretary. Can 23. 100 feet. Frank leaving headquarters for the country receiving the salute. Party members arriving at the desk in the entrance, giving and receiving the salute. Member at desk signing form, giving salute and leaving. Banner on wall, in German, reads: "Heimat is Arbeit" in BG. Two takes. Three shots of members ar...

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- troops; May Day celebration

    Czechoslovakian President Benes inspects troops. Troops marching, tanks, anti-aircraft machinery, planes. 01:18:29 May Day at Wenceslas Square in Prague (apparently all political parties faithful to the government assembled that day). 120,000 people on the square.

  19. JDC relief efforts for Jewish DPs

    Notes taken from NCJF documentation: Israel, people on ship and on dock, waving, smiling, people disembark, kiss as family members reunited. Max Fisher and Lou Pincus talk. Marseilles, Jews board ship. Nameless city, plane (alludes to Russia). Naples, plane. Geneva, woman at switchboard. Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. LS, Jerusalem, men in office, discussing, planning. Two men read teletype, phone calls between offices, nurses, food, ambulance, housing, bulldozer. Naples and Marseilles, emigration preparation, ship at dock, ship sets sail. Bus, man in office at phone, back to teletype, Planes ...

  20. Henry Kellen collection

    Collection consists of photographs, identity cards, and letters relating to Henry Kellen and his family's experiences as displaced persons after the war. The family name in the documentation is listed as "Katznellenbogen" or "Kacenellenbogen."