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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Reception; presentation of key to Mackensen

    Rome? Reception in a garden, General Flieger, Albert Kesselring with wife? Goering in uniform sips from an espresso cup. People stand around drinking at this small gathering. Four women sit at a table, including Emmy Goering. 10:48:55 In Germany, Göring speaks in front of a man standing on the stairs, while everyone around him watches. Goering holds a speech for General August von Mackensen. Presentation of a document and key, probably on 22 October 1935. On this day Mackensen received the Prussian domain of Brüssow in the district of Prenzlau by order of Adolf Hitler as an endowment. This ...

  2. War Crimes Trials: Malmedy

    (Munich 250) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, June 20, 1946. Former German Col. Joachim Peiper (#42) reading notes on witness stand about his treatment while being held as a prisoner by the Poles. CU, Peiper reading notes. MS, two German attorneys for the defense whispering to each other during trial. (Part of film showing Peiper testifying is out of focus.) MS, Lt. Col. Dwinell, counselor for the defense, as he conducts a cross-examination of Peiper (latter not in scene). MS, Peiper, back to camera, pointing to area on map which he covered during his encounter with US troops in ...

  3. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Corrèze

    Contains selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Corrèze pertaining to French and foreign Jews fleeing the occupied zone and seeking refuge in the Corrèze, as well as the internment of Jews, and work brigades in the Corrèze.

  4. Kwasniewski-Chiger family photograph collection

    The collection consists of 19 photographs relating to the experiences of the Kwasniewski and Chiger families immediately following the Holocaust. Six photographs are images of Marian Kwasniewski Marian Keren, his parents, Helena and Joseph, their rescuers, Janina Mikolajewicz and Gienia, and extended family in Poland. Thirteen photographs are images of Krystyna Chiger [Kristine Keren], her parents, Ignacy and Pepa, and her brother, Pawel, in Poland and Israel.

  5. Rob Knight research collection regarding Jehovah's Witnesses

    Consists of four books of articles, clippings, and information compiled by Rob Knight entitled, "The History of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and the History of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust." The books include articles about Jehovah's Witness Holocaust survivors, the stories of Jewish survivors and Nazi soldiers who converted to become Witnesses after the war, and information regarding the Museum's holdings on the topic of Jehovah's Witnesses. Also includes one original Jehovah's Witness tract, published in 1941, entitled "End of the Axis Powers: Comfort All tha...

  6. "The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria"

    "The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria" is an unpublished manuscript written by Scott McKay Wallace as an independent study project in 1976-1977. The manuscript describes the administrative and legal aspects of the American war crimes trials, which took place almost exclusively at the former Dachau concentration camp, as well as a history of the trials themselves. The manuscript also includes appendices with photographs and documents regarding the executions of the convicted war criminals.

  7. Itzhak Giterman collection

    Contains records relating to the German occupation of France, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Subjects include activities of the Wehrmacht, the transport of Jews from France, and the establishment of German communities in the occupied territories in the East.

  8. Edith David postcard from the Lublin ghetto

    Consists of a postcard written by Edith David to a gentile friend in Düggenheim (Eifel region), Germany, from the ghetto at Lublin, Poland. The postcard simply states that Edith and her mother are doing well and have met many acquaintances in Lublin. She expresses her hope to receive word back from the addressee, Frau Wnr. Heinr. Brck Edith David was deported to Lublin at the age of 14 with her mother. She was never heard from again.

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- May Day celebration; Masaryk

    Universal Newsreel outtakes: May Day celebration in Prague. Czechs honor Masaryk's birthday; Czech troops. 1919, Masaryk pinning medals on French soldiers.

  10. Parade of Naval soldiers

    Probably April 20 (Hitler's birthday). Naval soldiers with drums parading on Michaelerplatz, Augustinerstrasse, in front of Palais Palffy, Albertina ramp, Phillipshof, and Kaertnerstrasse.

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Former Gestapo torture site in Paris

    Scenes of a "Gestapo torture chamber" in Paris. A contingent inspects the torture chamber; a line of relatives of torture victims waits outside. More interior shots, including a room where victims were burned. Handprints are visible on the walls, and a man points them out to the camera and places his hands in some of the impressions by way of illustration. In another room, a group of men inspects wooden posts to which people were presumably tied and executed. The tops of the posts are riddled with what may be bullet holes. A string of rosary beads and a blindfold have been placed on one of ...

  12. Roman Vishniac recordings

    Audio recordings of Roman Vishniac speeches, 1960s-1970s. 1. Lecture "Stetl [sic] for Children" recorded in Albany NY 18 Feb 1972 (cassette tape) 2. Recollections of Vishniac's meeting in 1930s Vienna with psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich and Reich's wife, recorded in 29 June 1975 (two sides, cassette tape). 3. Schaker's [...] Voice done by Avorio[...] (reel) 4. Bronx high school May 4, 1965 Enigma of Evolution (reel)

  13. Marko Spitzer photographs

    The Marko Spitzer photographs include three photographs of the family of Marko Spitzer’s uncle Sandor in Osijek, Yugoslavia (today Croatia). The photographs depict Sandor, Ema and Ivica with Ema's family in Osijek; Ivica walking in Osijek circa 1939; and Sandor and Ema with Ivica circa 1930.

  14. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Eure

    Lists of German women interned as enemy aliens, registered Jews, requisitioned Jewish businesses and buildings, individuals in need of psychiatric care, arrested persons, and foreign Jews living in Evreux. Materials include a card file for French Jews, a card file for foreigners, and files on Freemasons.

  15. US propaganda film on racial prejudice; Chinese peasants at work for US

    Film Communique - 12th issue. "Weapon of War" A US propaganda film "exclusive for the men and women of American industry." Animated cartoons showing Nazi efforts to spread dissension (racial and religious hatred) in the US. 09:18:08 "Great Floor of China" An airstrip is drained, surfaced, and tamped by Chinese peasants using primitive implements.

  16. Authority for Folklore, Church and Art 363-5 Behörde für Volkstum, Kirche und Kunst

    Selected records of the Behörde für Volkstum, Kirche und Kunst (Office for Administration of Folklore, Church and Art). Records relate to admission of non-Aryans to the Adult Education Center (1934-1936), concerning Olga Cronheim and Oskar Lion; exchange of librarians by the Academic Exchange Service and dismissal of Julia Curjel from the service of the Public Bookshop (1935-1939).

  17. Records relating to the Committee for Refugee Education "Progress Reports" from the Committee for Refugee Education, 1940-1942 and 1949

    Contains Committee for Refugee Education "Progress Report" for 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1949. The reports include information about the Committee for Refugee Education and its work; statistics on students participating in English training courses offered by the Committee; teaching methods used by Committee instructors; and other agencies, including the American Committee for Christian German Refugees and the Jewish Welfare Board, that cooperated with the CRE.

  18. US Justice Department restitution files for the Netherlands

    Consists of looted claims forms filed by the government of the Netherlands on behalf of Dutch citizens whose property the Germans seized from 1940 to 1942. *Not available on microform.

  19. Oral history interview with Heimek Schmelz

  20. War atrocities; exhumation of bodies

    War Atrocities, Dortmund, Germany, April 30, 1945. INTs, sick and tubercular slave laborers in hospital beds at former German concentration camp. MSs (VQ: mostly underexposed), US doctors and medics care for the sick. CUs, doctor treats severe head wound. CUs, various sick prisoners, many with wounds and bruises. The majority of the prisoners are emaciated. Exhumation of Bodies, Landwehr (sp?), Germany, April 30, 1945. HSs, MSs, CUs, former Nazi Gestapo agents and civilians remove bodies of murdered political prisoners from mass grave. MSs, entrance to cave where prisoners were held before ...