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Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Polish

  1. Mordechai Podchlebnik - Chelmno

    Mordechai (Michael) Podchlebnik recognized the corpses of his wife and children when unloading bodies from a gas van at Chelmno. He was a witness at many postwar trials, including the Eichmann trial. He tells Lanzmann of his escape from Chelmno and how he tried to inform people about Chelmno, but he was not believed at first, until his story was corroborated by another escaped prisoner. FILM ID 3294 -- Camera Rolls #1-7 -- 01:00:16 to 01:32:27 Lanzmann is seated with Podchlebnik at a table surrounded by windows. Off camera is an interpreter, Fanny Apfelbaum. The tape jumps frequently and th...

  2. Hand sewn navy blue skirt with a pleated front made by a German Jewish woman

    Handmade skirt designed and created by Gertrud Koh Isaacsohn, a Jewish dressmaker in prewar Berlin, Germany. This skirt appears to be part of a suit that pairs with a belted jacket (2002.474.2 a&b) created by Gertrud. In 1938, Gertrud and her husband Julius, a coat and suit designer with his own garment making business, had lost their livelihood because of the anti-Semitic policies of the Nazi regime. They sent their daughter Dorit, age 6, to Brussels, Belgium, in early 1939, to stay with Gertrud’s sister Anna Kaufman. Germany invaded Belgium in May 1940, and Gertrud and Julius had Dori...

  3. Latvijas PSR Valsts drošības komitejas (VDK) par sevišķi bīstamiem pretvalstiskiem noziegumiem apsūdzēto personu krimināllietas

    • The Latvian SSR Committee of State Security (KGB) Criminal Case Files of Persons Accused of Particularly Dangerous Anti-Government Crimes

    Fonds includes criminal cases concerning persons accused of particularly dangerous anti-government crimes against the Soviet state and who received criminal liability according to article Nr. 58 of the RSFSR Criminal Code (1926) and articles Nr. 59–68, 43, 74, and 84 of the Latvian SSR Criminal Code (1961), and persons who lived and had committed crimes in the territory of the Latvian SSR or who had been born in Latvia and committed crimes in the territory of another republic of the USSR; these Criminal cases were delivered for storage in Latvian SSR CSS Archive. Criminal cases include info...

  4. Pair of tefillin and pouch owned by a Polish Jewish immigrant

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn544143
    • English
    • a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) d: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) e: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) f: Width: 63.000 inches (160.02 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)

    A pair of tefillin with cardboard covers and pouch, owned by Max Zuckerman, a Polish Jewish immigrant who left Poland in 1923. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. One of eleven siblings born in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Max left to escape growing antisemitism, violent pogroms, and persecution by non-Jewish populations. He immigrated to Brazil where he worked as a peddler until he saved enough money to immigrate to the United States. Max wrote to his family to implore them to leave Poland ...

  5. Assembled shots (Poland and Israel)

    Assembled color negative rolls containing location filming of Poland and Israel for SHOAH. The original color negatives were received in cans labeled "Tu Ne Commetras Pas Le Crime," 1991. The prints were in cans marked "Retirages de Shoah" which roughly translates to "Miscellaneous Reprints of Shoah". FILM ID 3196 -- Bobine 3. Retirages de Shoah (43:16) [Tu ne commetras pas de crime Boite G. Łódź] 00:42 Slate reads 'Cracovie' (Krakow); shots of three war-era photographs: many people walking in the street, carrying their belongings in large sacs; a soldier in uniform stands on a set of troll...

  6. Elsa and Selmar Biener papers

    The Elsa and Selmar Biener papers consists of immigration documents, correspondence, photographs, and financial materials related to the emigration of Elsa and Selmar Biener aboard the MS St. Louis, their disembarkation in England, and their internment on the Isle of Man. The correspondence includes letters and telegrams to / from Selmar and Elsa Biener, their family, and various Jewish aid societies, dated 1929-1968, and undated. The papers also includes receipts for sending registered postal packages, 1940, and a collection of messages written and received by members of the Friedler famil...

  7. Roswell McClelland

    Roswell McClelland was the US Representative to the War Refugee Board (WRB) in Switzerland before serving as a US Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. In this interview with Claude Lanzmann, McClelland recounts his personal experiences, his motivations, and his work with the WRB. The interview was filmed at the home of James MacGregor Byrne and June Byrne in Chevy Chase, MD (friends of Mr. McClelland). FILM ID 3432 -- Camera Rolls #63-68 -- 01:00:30 to 01:28:35 01:00:30 CR63 Claude Lanzmann and Roswell McClelland sit at a round table with notes and binders laid out between them. The wooden ...

  8. Sąd Okręgowy w Zamościu

    Akta spraw cywilnych o uregulowanie tytułu własności 1938-1939 1 j.a.; Akta spraw karno-skarbowych 1926-1936 94 j.a.; Akta spraw karnych 1918-1939[1941] 155 j.a.; Akta spraw karnych: współpraca z Niemcami 1946-1950 136 j.a., odstępstwo od narodowości 768 j.a., zabójstwa 19 j.a., napady rabunkowe 19 j.a., przywłaszczenie mienia społecznego 23 j.a., handel nielegalny 21 j.a., znieważenie ustroju państwa 14 j.a., różne 2 j.a.

  9. "Cabinet of the Jewish Culture of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences" from the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Fond 190)

    Consists of archive of the Jewish folk culture collected by the Cabinet of the Jewish Culture of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. The collection includes Jewish folk songs, proverbs, aphorisms, fairy tales, musical scores and other folk materials collected by the Cabinet of Jewish Culture and its predecessors institutions (e.g. Institute of Jewish Proletarian Culture). Includes also correspondence of Moisey Beregovsky, head of the folklore section and his staff members, with collectors and performers of Jewish folklore, notes from the ethnographic expeditions to collect Jewish folklore un...

  10. Akta gminy Czechowice-Dziedzice

    • Files of the commune of Czechowice-Dziedzice

    Zarząd Gminy Czechowice- Dziedzice 1. Dział Ogólny: dekret PKWN, charakterystyka gminy, protokoły posiedzeń Gminnej Rady Narodowej, Zarządu Gminy, uchwały. Działalność Komisji Drogowej, Finansowo- Budżetowej, Kontroli Społecznej, Oświatowej, Planowania, Współdziałania. Protokoły posiedzeń Prez. MRN, protokoły odpraw pracowników Zarządu i referentów. Organizacja Urzędu Gminnego, podział czynności w Urzędzie Gminnym, statut organizacyjny. Wykaz członków Zarządu Gminy, Rady Narodowej i Komisji. Protokół lustracji Zarządu Gminnego, wykaz majątku ruchomego i nieruchomego Urzędu Gminnego Czechowi...

  11. Sąd Obwodowy w Ciechanowie

    • Amtsgericht Zichenau
    • Local Court in Ciechanów

    Akta spraw karnych rozpatrywanych przez sądy niemieckie. Przeważnie dotyczą wykroczeń natury gospodarczej: nielegalny handel, ubój, przemyt, paserstwo, używanie fałszywych dokumentów, nielegalny wyrób alkoholu, znęcanie się nad ludźmi, przekupstwo urzędnika, nielegalne kontakty z więźniami, spowodowanie pożaru. Protokóły przesłuchań zawierają wyjaśnienia osób podejrzanych i zeznania ewentualnych świadków. W protokole podaje się imię i nazwisko oskarżonego, personalia, narodowość, miejsce zamieszkania, wiadomość o tym, czy oskarżony jest aresztowany i gdzie przebywa, określa się czyn przestę...

  12. Sąd Obwodowy w Przasnyszu

    • Amtsgericht Praschnitz
    • Local Court in Przasnysz

    Akta spraw karnych rozpatrywanych przez sądy niemieckie 1 - szej instancji. Przeważnie dotyczą wykroczeń natury gospodarczej: nielegalny handel, ubój, przemyt, paserstwo, używania fałszywych dokumentów, nielegalnego wyrobu alkoholu, używania fałszywych dokumentów, włóczęgostwa, kłusownictwa. Protokóły przesłuchań zawierają wyjaśnienia osób podejrzanych i zeznania ewentualnych świadków. W protokóle podaje się imię i nazwisko oskarżonego, personalia, narodowość, miejsce zamieszkania, wiadomość o tym, czy oskarżony jest aresztowany i gdzie przebywa, określa się czyn przestępczy i jego prawną k...

  13. Charles Benedictus. Collection

    This collection contains: the birth certificate of Esther Benedictus (paternal grandmother of Charles Benedictus), 1840 ; a municipal certificate issued to Samson and Esther Benedictus (paternal grandparents of Charles Benedictus), 1868 ; the wedding booklet of Samson and Esther Benedictus, 1868 ; a Dutch passport issued to Esther Benedictus, 1918 ; pre-war promotional material for cigar factory Primus inter Pares, owned by the Benedictus family, including a deck of cards, a brochure and a catalogue ; a collage of the I. [Isaac] Benedictus - Primus inter Pares brand cigar bands ; a municipa...

  14. Sąd Obwodowy w Płońsku

    • Amtsgericht Plöhnen
    • Local Court in Płońsk

    Akta spraw karnych rozpatrywanych przez sądy niemieckie 1 - szej instancji. Przeważnie dotyczą wykroczeń natury gospodarczej: nielegalny handel, ubój, przemyt, paserstwo, używania fałszywych dokumentów, nielegalnego wyrobu alkoholu używania fałszywych dokumentów, włóczęgostwa, kłusownictwa. Protokóły przesłuchań zawierają wyjaśnienia osób podejrzanych i zeznania ewentualnych świadków. W protokóle podaje się imię i nazwisko oskarżonego, personalia, narodowość, miejsce zamieszkania, wiadomość o tym, czy oskarżony jest aresztowany i gdzie przebywa, określa się czyn przestępczy i jego prawną kw...

  15. Eichmann Trial -- Session 100 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    The camera fades in on a long shot of the courtroom. Attorney General Gideon Hausner and Assistant State Attorney Gabriel Bach can be seen standing at the prosecution table to the right and the camera zooms into a medium shot of the two men. Assistant to the Attorney General Ya'akov Robinson enters (00:01:46) and talks with Hausner and Bach. The camera cuts to Eichmann entering the booth carrying documents and escorted by three Israeli guards (00:02:25). From another long shot of the courtroom defense counsel Robert Servatius can be seen entering the courtroom (00:03:25). The camera then cu...

  16. Akta miasta Będzina

    • Files of the town of Będzin

    Dokumenty pergaminowe dotyczące miasta Będzina z lat 1549-XVII wieku, sygn. 1-3. Okres księgi wpisów (Księga landwójtowska) z lat 1572-1645, sygn. 4. Magistrat miasta Będzina z lat 1799-1867: Okólniki i korespondencja burmistrza z lat 1817-1867, sygn. 5-17, brak sygn. 17. Sprawy ludnościowe: przesiedlenia ludności, obcokrajowcy, sprawy sądowe i policyjne z lat 1799-1866, sygn. 18-28. Sprawy kościelne: kościół parafialny i bożnica w Będzinie z lat 1801-1866, sygn. 29-35. Sprawy budowlane: opis historyczny, topograficzny i statystyczny miasta Będzina i Zamku z lat 1823-11867, sygn. 36-43. Spr...

  17. Blue and white Zionist flag with a Star of David from the ship Exodus 1947

    Blue and white Zionist flag taken down from the mast of the Exodus 1947 on July 18, 1947, by Mike Weiss, a Jewish American crew member, after the ship was forced into the port in Haifa. Weiss removed the flag before the passengers and crew were forced to disembark. This flag design was later adopted as the Flag of the State of Israel, which was created on May 10, 1948. Weiss had volunteered for the clandestine effort to smuggle Holocaust survivors from Europe to Palestine. He was a boatswain-carpenter on the ship, which was under the command of Haganah, an underground Jewish paramilitary or...

  18. Selected records of the Unitarian Service Committee and the Universalist Service Committee

    Contains selected records of the Unitarian Service Committee and Universalist Service Committee relating to relief efforts and assistance to Jewish and non-Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution before, during and after World War II in a number of countries throughout the world, including France, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, England, Switzerland, and Portugal. The collection includes mainly correspondence, reports, case files, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia, posters, and clippings related to the humanitarian work of the Unitarian and Universalist Service Committees, ...

  19. American Friends Service Committee records relating to humanitarian work in North Africa

    The collection documents work done by the Refugee Service and the Displaced Persons Service of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), to provide humanitarian relief to refugees and displaced persons in North Africa. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence of AFSC delegates in North Africa with AFSC representatives in Europe and America and with committees and organizations working with the Quakers. The collection further includes reports documenting the Quakers' projects in North African camps, and financial and administrative issues. The reports may contain name l...

  20. Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping while the owner lived in hiding

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn35052
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) b: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)

    Tefillin pair buried for safekeeping by Johanna Baruch Boas while she lived in hiding in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. They were used by her husband Bernhard who died in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. Tefillin are small boxes that contain prayers that are attached to leather straps and worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Johanna brought the tefillin with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Brussels in March 1939 with her daughter’s family. Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and by 1942 there were frequent deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Johanna had a non-Jewi...