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  1. Aharon Sandel photograph

    Consists of one photograph of two young children in Bogdan, Czechoslovakia. The children and their mother were deported to Auschwitz in 1944 and perished, while their father, Aharon Sandel, escaped from a labor camp and joined a partisan group. After the war, he emigrated to Israel and remarried.

  2. Walter Spitzer collection

    The collection consists of 9 intaglio etched prints created by Walter Spitzer based upon his experiences during the Holocaust as an inmate in Blechhammer and Buchenwald concentration camps.

  3. Dachau crematorium and museum

    EXT, Dachau camp. Sign displayed in front of Dachau's first crematorium, "This area is being retained as a shrine to the 238,000 individuals who were cremated here. Please don't destroy." Slow pan of camp buildings and large white cross marking the old gallows stand. INT, crematorium, ovens (overexposed). MS, sign in four languages: "Old Gallows Stand." EXT, Barrack X with crematorium and gas chamber. MS, wood platform, cross, coffin on gallows stand. INT, exhibition in the crematorium-gas chamber building (Barrack X) with life-size mannequins dressed in prisoner uniforms demonstrating tort...

  4. Verdoners skating at ice rink and sledding

    Hilde Verdoner and others ice skating on a frozen track/rink in their hometown of Hilversum, Holland. VS, LS, MS, CU of Hilde and a young man. VS, LS, people skating around the outdoor rink. Some of the faces are familiar from earlier footage of the Verdoner family, two young men in particular, but they are not identified by name. VS, Hilde skating slowly and slightly unsteadily toward the camera, she sits on a bench to take a rest. LS, of trees, hillside and Yoka sledding down the slope on her belly. Hilde and Francisca sled down the hill together. VS, Yoka, Francisca and Hilde playing in ...

  5. Hans Reinhardt collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Hans Rosenberg (Reinhardt) and his family in Germany and the United States before the Holocaust.

  6. The Archives of the Jewish Community of Ecuador

    Contains records of various Jewish communities and Jewish organizations in Ecuador. Includes records of the laws and constitution of Ecuador mainly dealing with immigration regulations, minutes and reports of the Board of Directors, correspondence with and between community members and Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress and other organizations, lists of community members, commemoration books, circulars, photographs of various festivities, reports and invitations from the B'nai B'rith Lodges in Asuncion, Bogota, Caracas, Havana, La Paz, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Pa...

  7. Prof. Leo van der Essen testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 541) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 4, 1946. Pan of courtroom; Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence is heard saying, "Do any defense counselors wish to ask any questions?" MSs, MLSs, Professor Leo van der Essen, General Secretary of the Louvain University in Belgium, testifying. A defense attorney questions the professor. LS, Thomas J. Dodd of the US prosecution states that the prosecution does not wish to question the witness. MSs, Professor van der Essen being sworn in. Rear views, French prosecutor Faure questioning Van der Essen.

  8. Daniel T. O'Connell collection

    The collection consists of a judicial robe and a photograph relating to the experiences of Justice Daniel Theodore O'Connell who was a presiding judge at the Race and Resettlement Office (RuSHA) main trial in Nuremberg, Germany, from October 20, 1947, to February 17, 1948.

  9. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

  10. Selected records of the city Żyrardów Akta miasta Żyrardowa (Sygn. 2)

    This collection contains selected records of the city Żyrardów in Poland, e.g. registers of permanent inhabitants and houses, birth certificates, circular letters and other documents issued by the German authorities (1940-1943); witness testimonies relating to the crimes committed by the Gestapo and gendarmerie; documents relating to the changing of surnames, social welfare in the wartime including a list of victims, and documents of the WWII Committee of the Exhumation of those Murdered by the Nazis.

  11. Foreigner Entry Management "First Class Passengers" : Immigration records Gestión de Ingreso de Extranjeros "Pasajeros de Primera Clase" : Expedientes Inmigracion

    801 applications for entry into Uruguay of Jews descent from Europe. The files consist of immigration applications and documentation filled out by family members (and in some cases companies) residing in Uruguay and sponsoring individuals seeking entry into Uruguay, including the names of the sponsored family member(s), their nationality and current address abroad, and other personal data. Also includes the persons' arrival date and ship information. Many of the applications feature the Uruguayan residency permit of the private sponsor, including portrait photographs of applicants. Note: Th...

  12. Gerald Beigel collection

    Two identification cards issued to Gerald Beigel in Germany in 1946. One identifies him as a former prisoner of Auschwitz, the other as a former political prisoner of Dachau.

  13. Primary School in Wierzbnik Szkoła Podstawowa w Wierzbniku (Sygn. 2749)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  14. Sketch

  15. Haika Grosman personal archives (RG-95-69) חייקה גרוסמן, ארכיון אישי

    The collection includes personal documents, correspondence with Hashomer Hatzair leadership and personalities as Meir Ya'ari (1897-1987), the leader of Hashomer Hatzair, Kibbutz Artzi and Mapam; and Ya'akov Hazan (1899-1992),the Israeli politician and social activist; also includes documents from Grosman's activities as a Knesset member (1969-1988).

  16. Life (New York, New York) [Magazine]

    Consists of one "Life" magazine, dated October 19, 1942, containing a poem entitled "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

  17. Tannenburg Memorial

    Outdoor military ceremony in stands, Hitler and Ludendorf. MS flags, Wehrmacht. Big radio mikes as Hindenburg speaks.

  18. Apology letter from residents of Bonbaden, Germany, addressed to Margot K. Stern

    Letter (two leaves, four pages), written and signed by the residents of the village of Bonbaden (part of city of Braunfels), in Hessen, Germany, 9 November 2008, containing an apology to Margot K. Stern and her family, former Jewish residents of Bonbaden, who fled their village and homeland because of antisemitic persecution during the Nazi era. The letter, written following a Christian worship service commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht in Bonbaden, expresses remorse for the persecution of Jews in Bonbaden during that era, acknowledges the pain that Stern’s family experienc...

  19. Report of Fritz Linnenbuerger

    The thirteen page report was written by Dr. Fritz (Fred) Linnenbuerger (1873-1967) and chronicles his trip to Germany in the late summer of 1939. Linnenbuerger, a resident of Ashley, North Dakota, had immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1896. In 1939 Linnenbuerger was among nearly 70 German-Americans who had been invited to tour Germany by the German Teacher's Association. Among other tours and meetings the group was brought to view the Buchenwald concentration camp. This encounter is documented in the report and was included in a November 1939 article of the Dakota Freie Presse...

  20. Susan Gitlin collection

    The collection consists of filmstrips and a selection of manuals produced by the Hitler Youth Leadership to instruct and indoctrinate Hitler Youth members in the ideology of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.