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  1. Selected records of the County Office in Włoszczowa Starostwo Powiatowe we Włoszczowie (Sygn. 1804)

    A diary of the history of city Włoszczowa, monthly situational reports for 1945 and 1946 of the Starostwo Powiatowe we Włoszczowie (County Office in Włoszczowa), the document of the establishment of the Powiatowy Komitet Żydów Polskich we Włoszczowie (Committee of Polish Jews in Włoszczowa),1946-1949; minutes and reports of the Zarząd Żydowskiego Zrzeszenia Religijnego (Board of the Jewish Religious Association), 1946; and Staroste's ordinances regarding cemeteries, 1948.

  2. Selected records of the District Court in Piotrków Trybunalskim Sąd Okręgowy w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim (Sygn. 892)

    Court records of civil cases of Jewish population in Piotrków Trybunalski. Includes authorizations, protocols, statements, translations from Russian, court judgments, notices, receipts, marriage certificates related to inheritance, rights of possession, notary acts, acknowledgement of purchase-sales, restoration of property, exclusion of rights of possession, appropriation of land, annulment of last wills, bids, returning of money, divorces and annulment of marriages, ratification of marriage acts, alimonies, determining identity, rectification of register act, criminal acts as homicides, r...

  3. Americans tour cities in Europe and Russia before World War II

    Touring Europe before World War II, probably in the year 1930. Home movies by an unknown American cameraperson. Consists of two 14" reels which contain short 16mm rolls spliced together. Includes segments of rare Kodacolor (lenticular) film. The Americans travel by bus, boat, and train across Europe with stops in England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland to Russia, Belarus, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. Reel One begins in Michigan with a ferry trip to Canada where the group of Americans board the SS Athenia ship. Folks play games on the ship. Icebergs. (10:35) Docking at the har...

  4. Oral history interview with Oscar K. Reiss

  5. Selected records of the Commune Council in Radoszyce Gminna Rada Narodowa w Radoszycach (Sygn. 702)

    Plans of reconstruction of the burned settlement of Radoszyce and other villages in the commune of Radoszyce, plans and registers of abandoned Jewish properties; applications for building permits, inheritance claims (Jews in Radoszyce commune); files on marital status, religious matters, death and birth certificates; records on population movement in the commune of Radoszyce; registers of cemeteries of religious associations and tombs, Radoszyce commune, 1953.

  6. Cecile Melvegier Winter papers

    Affidavit of support & notifications about what happened to the donor's parents

  7. Kreisgericht Steyr: NS-Verfahren

    Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the district court in Steyr, Austria.

  8. Hitler Youth; American homefront activities

    Army-Navy Screen Magazine #50. 16mm film made for soldiers and war workers including two segments. "William L. Shirer Talks About The Hitler Youth" Lengthy segment about the Hitler Youth hosted by William Shirer, with footage of youth and how they were trained and raised for war. "By Request" shows images of the US homefront, a German mini submarine, and a woman singing in a radio studio. Includes Flatbush, New York; Fox Theater, Henry Street NYC; Baseball.

  9. Selected records of the Presidium of the County Council in Starachowice Prezydium Powiatowej Rady Narodowej w Starachowicach (Sygn. 2682)

    Records related to Jewish properties after the WWII in Starachowice region. Includes notary deeds, court decisions, and correspondence.

  10. Collection of materials from the "Kurier Polski" Editorial Board: Competition "This is how People's Poland began" Kolekcja dokumentacji Redakcji „Kuriera Polskiego”: Konkurs „Tak zaczęła się Polska Ludowa” (Sygn. 572)

    Memories, documents, publications, clippings, evacuation cards, certificates, ID cards, announcements, photographs, postcards, and other documents sent by readers for the competition to the newspaper "Kurier Polski" after WWII. Includes documents related to land reform, contingents, a map of the so-called Recovered Territories, and book ordinances of the City Board in Biskupiec.

  11. Selected records of the Electoral Commissions of the Kielce Voivodeship Komisje Wyborcze Województwa Kieleckiego (Sygn. 103)

    Selected records related to elections to the Legislative Sejm (Polish Parliament) in 1918, elections to the Sejm and Senate in 1928, 1930, 1935 and 1938; the Socialist Left Bloc (Bund and NSPP), the Żydowski Robotniczy Komitet Wyborczy "Polej Sjon" (Jewish Workers' Election Committee), Zjednoczony Żydowski Blok Gospodarczy (United Jewish Economic Bloc), Ogólno-Żydowski Narodowy Blok Gospodarczy (General-Jewish National Economic Bloc), Blok Obrony Praw Narodowości Żydowskiej w Polsce (Bloc for the Protection of the Rights of Jewish Nationality) and others.. Consists of correspondence, announ...

  12. Selected records of the Cooperative Bank of Merchant in Pińczów Spółdzielczy Bank Kupiecki w Pińczowie (Sygn. 2362)

    A register of members of the Spółdzielczy Bank Kupiecki (Cooperative Bank of Merchant) in Pińczów, membership declarations, a book of minutes of general meetings of members.

  13. May and Wolff families papers

    Correspondence primarily sent by Julius and Hermine May (donor Julie Wolff's grandparents) in Frankfurt, Germany, addressed to their daughter and family in the United States. The letters are dated between 1938 and until Julies and Hermine were deported in November 1941 from Frankfurt to Kovno, Lithuania, where they were killed. Includes memoirs written in 1946 in Johannesburg, South Africa, by Josef Wolff (donor Roy Wolff's grandfather), who was arrested after Kristallnacht in November 1938 in Munich, Germany and deported to the Dachau concentration camp. After some weeks he was released an...

  14. Communist organizations in 1940-1942. Collection of various files Organizacje komunistyczne w latach 1940-1942. Zbiór akt (Sygn. 1475)

    Consists of appeals, declarations, papers, training materials, and correspondence of various Communist organizations.

  15. Children get haircuts and play indoors

    April 1939. The children walk outdoors with the nanny. Indoors at their home on Hlinky 35 in Brno, the children get haircuts. Their room is filled with toys and is decorated with cars/robots on the wall. Michaela kisses her brother Antonin; he hugs her. Michaela gets her hair trimmed by the young male stylist. 01:02:07 The children play and laugh in their room. Antonin is lifted up and down by his nanny. He rides a red tricycle. The nanny puts mittens on his hands, and he spins around a few times for mother (behind the camera). The two children, dressed in different clothing, pose for the c...

  16. Marseilles consulate log book

    Contains digital images of pages 1-45 from a logbook maintained by the American consulate in Marseille, France, during and after World War II. The book documents the efforts of American citizens, including State Department officials, relief agency workers, and other Americans living in France to renew their passport documentation.

  17. Bombs to England

    Degeto Schmalfilm-Schrank. "Bomben Auf 'Engeland'" Luftwaffe bomber crew gets ready for a mission over the UK. German aircraft and artillery. Artillery was under camouflage. Artillery is loaded onto bombers. Very large bomb is moved by a tractor and loaded on bomber. German bombers take off and in flight. City on fire. Fires doused with water. The aftermath of the fires. (4:05) Film ends.

  18. Selected records of the County Department in Jędrzejów Wydział Powiatowy w Jędrzejowie (Sygn. 1654)

    Correspondence, protocols and a register related to abandoned Jewish properties in commune Sobków, Poland.

  19. Selected records of the Grodzki Court in Miechów Sąd Grodzki w Miechowie (Sygn. 1137)

    Court files of civil and criminal cases related to Jewish residents of Miechów region, Poland.

  20. Homefront activities in Washington, DC

    News documentary with intertitles and English narration produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade" 1942. "Washington in Wartime" Street scenes in Washington, DC and the Lincoln Memorial. Civilians mixed with soldiers and war workers. President Roosevelt at Union Station. Secretary of State Cordell Hull greets foreign statesmen. U.S. Information Building. US Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. gives short speech Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Donald M. Nelson- Office of Personnel Management. Paul V. McNutt- War Manpower Commission. War Department...