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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Polish

  1. War Crimes Trials: I.G. Farben Case

    (Munich 624) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 6 (I.G. Farben Case), Nuremberg, Germany. Judge Curtis Grover Shake, presiding, calls upon Carl Lautenschlaeger (defendant) to plead. Judge Shake states in part that a petition put forth by the defendants for more time to prepare their answer to the indictment is denied. Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor at lectern, reading the indictment says that the prisoners are accused of leading the world into the most catastrophic war known to mankind, etc. What these men did, Gen. Taylor says, was not something that was done in a rage, but ...

  2. DP Camp Brand; bodies of anti-Nazis found

    02:21:25 (LIB 6654) Camp Brand, Brand, Germany, May 15, 1945. MSs, CUs, children of DP Camp Brand in open nursery school. Russian male civilians of camp in "close order" drill. EXTs, women wash clothes and prepare meals. MSs, camp buildings, formerly German Officers' School. CU, Russian flag flying over camp. 02:25:52 (LIB 6655) Nazi Atrocity Uncovered, Ratingen, Germany, May 13, 1945. CUs, bodies of eight German anti-Nazis, one woman and two Polish men, lying in woods (overexposed). SEQ: German civilians, former Nazi party members, prepare graves and rebury the bodies in a churchyard. MSs,...

  3. Haas family photographs

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Eleonora Haasova, originally of Bytča, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), and her brother Ivan Haas, who perished at Auschwitz. Included a pre-war photograph of Ivan, a photograph of Eleonora in 1944 around the time of her high school graduation, and a post-war high school reunion.

  4. Kurt Grubler collection

    Contains a bound manuscript written by Kurt Grubler titled, "Death or Survival: A Survivor's Holocaust Experience," correspondence and documents relating to the Nazi persecution of Jews in Austria and Poland, and materials comprised chiefly of correspondence (1915-1948) and official documentation (1900-1942) of the Grubler and Littner families. The collection includes copies of drawings, photographs, and articles about the history and persecution of the Jewish community of Linz, Austria, as well as documents and copies of documents relating to Nazi propaganda and the Nazi occupation of Aust...

  5. Allen Spears photograph collection

    Consists of three photographs depicting scenes of Ebensee concentration camp following liberation. The photographs are associated with the military service of Allen Spears of the 206th Engineer Combat Battalion. Original inscriptions are included on the reverse of the three photographs.

  6. ROSENGARTEN, Aaron = Bergen Belsen DP Camp

    Digital copies in tiff format of 8 images showing the Bergen Belsen DP camp after World War II, including at least two survivors who later came to Canada. Detailed description, according to the numbers on the tiff files: 1) Picture of people standing at 1946 Belsen monument - the woman closest to monument at right is Esther Rosengarten, man in suit at left of monumnent is Alex Rosengarten, parents of donor Aaron Rosengarten; 2) Photo of 2 couples showing Esther and Alex on right; 4) In DP camp, indoors with German nursemaids and two babies - Alex is standing in back; 6) Transit Camp B (Berg...

  7. Dr Robert Michaelis: working papers for book on the Dreyfus affair

    This collection consists of the working papers of Dr. Robert Michaelis for his two publications on the Dreyfus affair.

  8. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Eilon

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Eilon Book: Collection of testimonies produced in Kibbutz Eilon in the context of the project (Editorial board: Dvora Nevo, Sima Shimoni and Dan Zinger, November 1995), including testimonies by: Chanaleh Goldberg, Yochanan Cohen, Yaakov Karmi, Shimon Maneski, Malka Nir, Ida Sivan, Frumkah Paritzi, Dov Shivo, Pnina Perl (Schlossberg) Schmidt, and Grisha Shefer; Nine issues of "Zeh Asher" (the newspaper of the Asher Regional Council): Issue no...

  9. DPs on General Black arrive in New York

    04:11:01 Gen Akin Making Presentation, Washington, DC, 1948. Maj Gen Spencer B Akin, Chief Signal Officer, presents a plaque to Dr Westmore of the Smithsonian Museum. 04:13:10 First Displaced Persons allowed to enter this country under new quota on the "General Black," New York, October 30, 1948. Several scenes of the transport "General Black" under way in New York harbor. Various scenes of DPs waving from the deck of the vessel. Atty Genl Tom Clark at pier. Clark going aboard "General Black." LS, a tug pushing the ship. Scenes on deck as gangway is set into place. Clark in BG shaking hands...

  10. Summary and Judgment of Goering at Nuremberg Trial

    Judgment rendered at Nuremberg IMT, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. MSs, Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop. British Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence speaking of Goering. British prosecution table showing Sir Hartley Shawcross and Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe. Shot of Fritz Sauckel. MS, Shawcross and Thomas J Dodd, US Executive Trial Counselor. MS, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach. MS, CUs, Justice Birkett continuing the reading of the aggressions of the German Army. MS, Maxwell-Fyfe at table.

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Red Army advances; destruction of Warsaw

    On the Eastern Front. Russian Newsreel. Slate in Russian: "Front Issues-First Belorussian Front, 1945" Russian officers studying map. Explosions on Visla riverbanks. Underground bunkers. Map with Russian names of the Western Front, showing Red Army advancing. Dead German soldiers. Russian and Polish soldiers put up a Polish flag (Polish Hymn heard in BG). Destroyed Warsaw. Ruins of: University; theater; Chopin's home; streetcars. Sign "Adolph Hitler Platz." Warsaw inhabitants march on street with orchestra. Red Army, Polish Army, crowds.

  12. Justice Ministry : State Court Linz-Criminal cases against illegal Nazi Party members Justizministerium : Landesgericht Linz-Strafsachen gegen illegale NSDAP Mitglieder (AT-OeSta /AVA Justiz)

    Court cases against illegal Nazi party members in Linz and surrounding localities in Upper Austria before annexation to Nazi Germany.

  13. Records of the Ahavat Chesed Credit Union in Lwów, Poland (Fond 498, Opis1)

    The bulk of this collection consists of the applications of the members of the union for loans and financial assistance. The credit union was established for the purpose of providing financial assistance to working Jewish intelligentsia and members of their families. The trade union in Lwow, Poland (now L'viv, Ukraine) served as the central office for the whole of Eastern Galicia (Malopolska) .

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Germans arrive in Sudetenland; Sudeten refugees

    Big crowd mourning, (German) women in tears, talking; Nazi speaker heard. People in courtyard silently heiling. Pan, women cries as she heils. Sad faces of children and women boarding streetcar. Men on bicycles rush down street, men with QF ruined room. Border, gate going up, grinning Nazis on horseback go through. Lots of marching Nazis, heiling (hesitant). Nazis on carts, peasant women, flowers, heiling on cue, others being taught to heil. CU, elderly woman watches and does nothing. Goering with children. SS feeding people in square. Families standing together for camera, looking happy. F...

  15. Executive Committee of the Tașlîc village council of workers' Deputies in Grigoriopol district

    • Исполнительный комитет Ташлыкского Сельского совета депутатов трудящихся Григориопольского района МССР
    • Ispolnitel'nyy komitet Tashlykskogo Sel'skogo soveta deputatov trudyashchikhsya Grigoriopol'skogo rayona MSSR

    Registration of military cemeteries; lists of soldiers buried in 1944-1945

  16. SILCOFF, Maurice

    4 minute books, initial entries in Yiddish, subsequent ones in English (1926-1971) for the Capmakers Union (Headgear Workers Central Bureau of Canada - cloth hat, cap and millinery workers international union). The books include some inter-filed clippings and loose correspondence. 2 oversize photos; cloak workers union and ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union). Addition 2009: Booklet , by the Montefiore Observer, consisting of humorous essays written by Maurice Silcoff about life in the Manoir Montefiore Jewish seniors residence in Cote St. Luc. The booklet was produced by his ...

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Foreign Service Officers Training; Dept of State

    Sign over door: Foreign Service Officers Training School. Seal and machinery for stamping the seal. Sign: Appointments: Department of State. Statement to camera (and to those gathered for class). Sync sound about the American Foreign Service, duties, importance. Silent views of individuals seated in the room taking notes. Sync sound: swearing of oath. Another take of same. (Two men) Calendar on wall in background: November. WS, of large room, procters during examinations at desks. Candidates are exclusively male; most in shirts and ties, no jackets. McCrory's store on corner, trams and traf...

  18. Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Vienne

    Contains documents from the camps at Nexon, Saint-Paul d'Eyjeaux, Séreilhac, Saint-Germain-les-Belles, Saint Sulpice-la-Pointe, and la Meyse. Includes documents related to the organization and forced labor of foreigners in France during the Vichy regime. Also includes documents pertaining to the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane, France, on June 10, 1944; the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) children's home at Chateau Montintin; and emigration to Palestine after World War II.

  19. Harriet Postman correspondence

    The Harriet Postman correspondence documents Postman's unsuccessful efforts to assist Flora Hochsinger's immigration to the United States from Vienna. Letters include correspondence between Flora Hochsinger and Harriet Postman as well as between Postman and relatives, friends, and aid agencies Postman contacted for help, such as the Boston Committee for Refugees, B'nai Brith, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

  20. Guttentag family papers

    Contains one diary written by Dr. Adolf Guttentag in Berlin, Germany in 1942. In the diary, Dr. Guttentag described his experiences as a Jew in Berlin, anticipated his deportation to Theresienstadt, and addressed his son Otto, who had been able to emigrate to the United States, instructing Otto how to remember his parents. At the end of the diary, which is written in German, Dr. Guttentag wrote goodbye to his son and chronicled the date on which he and his wife committed suicide. Includes an English translation of the diary as well as four black and white photographs of Adolf and Helene Gut...