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  1. Selected records of the commune Nowy Korczyn Akta Gminy Nowy Korczyn (Sygn. 2173)

    Books of permanent population of the Nowy Korczyn commune from 1902-1931, and files regarding abandoned Jewish property (property that belonged to Jews before the war.)

  2. Political groups in the country during the occupation-collection of records Polityczne ugrupowania w kraju w okresie okupacji-zbiór akt (Sygn. 1332)

    Selected records of the small Polish organizations working during the German occupation: “Racławice”-Chłopska Organizacja Wolności; Kompania Dozorowania im. Gen. W. Sikorskiego; Konfederacja Warszawska; Legion Unii Narodów Słowiańskich; Narodowo-Chrześcijański Związek Walki; Obóz Narodowy; Obóz Polski Walczącej; Oddział Wydzielony Wojska Polskiego majora Hubala; Młody Orzeł-Polska Organizacja Patriotyczna; Znak-Polska Organizacja Zbrojna; Polski Związek Wolności; Powstańcy Polscy-Centrala Krakowska, Oddział Schronu; “Świt”-Samodzielna Polska Partyzantka Robotniczo-Chłopska; “Wolność”-Socjal...

  3. Selected records of the County Office in Końskie Starostwo Powiatowe w Końskich (Sygn. 1107)

    List of 108 persons registered in the Council of Elders of the Jewish Community in Końskie, February 28-April 28, 1941.

  4. Selected records of the Cooperative Bank in Wodzisław Bank Spółdzielczy w Wodzisławiu (Sygn. 1790)

    Bank's statute, correspondence, reports, bank statements and announcements on the auction of seized real estate property, and four copies a magazine "Spółdzielczy Ruch" published by the Związek Żydowskich Spółdzielni w Polsce (Union of Jewish Cooperatives in Poland.). Materials relate to activities of Bank Spółdzielczy in Wodzisław in 1927-1939, and its board: Moszek Kupczyk, Szaja Borensztajn, Moszek Jachimowicz, Zelik Pikus, Chuna Waser and Moszek Kwaśniewski.

  5. Paris 1945

    Three rolls: Paris 1 (18:22) Paris 2 (17:09) Paris 3 (10:35)

  6. Wedding of Red Orchestra resistance members

    January 25, 1941 wedding of Günther Weisenborn and Margarethe (Joy) Schnable in Berlin. Günther and Joy belonged to the important German resistance group labeled "Rote Kapelle" [Red Orchestra] by the Gestapo. Both were later arrested and survived only with great fortune. Resistance members pictured in the film include Harro Schulze-Boysen and his wife Libertas, the actress Marta Husemann, and famous publisher Ernst Rowohlt. The film opens with a hand-drawn title: “Hochzeit in Schoeneberg”. Horse-drawn carriage with driver. Günther and Joy seated. Berlin street scenes - street cars, tall bui...

  7. Reichswehr training activities; von Hindenburg

    Ozaphan film.Title: “Deutsche Reichswehr Manöverbilder” [German Reichswehr-Maneuver pictures.] Horse-drawn carts driven by German soldiers on a dirt road in the countryside. Title: “Marschfahigkeit aller Waffengattungen ist die Vorbedingung des Erfolges.” [Eligibility of all branches of arms is a prerequisite for success.] Soldiers marching on a dirt road. Some of them are marching with dogs, or riding bikes. Title: “Rast” [Rest] Soldiers dismount from their horses, sitting on the sides of the road in the shade under some trees. Title: “Die Gulaschkanone.” [The Goulash Cannon.] A large obje...

  8. Association for the Protection of Foreigners in General Government Związek Opieki nad Cudzoziemcami w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie (Sygn. 763)

    Applications, notes, instructions, permits, address books, and correspondence of the Związek Opieki nad Cudzoziemcami (Association for the Protection of Foreigners) in the Generalne Gubernatorstwo (General Government ), Poland.

  9. German Information Office S.A. Agency in the General Government Niemieckie Biuro Informacyjne S.A. Agencja w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie (Sygn. 566)

    Articles and announcements intended for publication, reports on daily life in GG, newspaper clippings, War messages from the German supreme command, balance sheets, financial statements, and commercial announcements regarding share capital of enterprises.

  10. Selected records of the commune Gowarczów Akta gminy Gowarczów (Sygn. 525)

    Statistics, registers of the owners of real estate buildings, various records of trade and industry firms, lists of school children, reports on social assistance, a list of persons who own real estate from 1941-1943, and the book of permanent population of Gowarczów. 1917-1932,

  11. Selected records from the IG-Farbenindustrie collection (R 8128)

    Consists of selected records from the institutional archive of Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG, commonly known as IG Farben, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Records pertain to slave labor at the IG Farben complex at Auschwitz, as well as forced labor throughout the IG Farben complex (such as the arms production and the mining industry such as the Riebek'sche Montanwerke AG), the purging of Jewish employees and workers, the nexus between Stickstoff production and explosive weapons production, internal correspondence and minutes of meetings, monthly reports, the 1...

  12. Selected records of the Association of communities in Busko Związek gmin w Busku [Gemeindeverband in Busko] Sygn. 2123. Wybrane materialy

    Records related to the economic exploitation of the local population by the German occupation authorities: taxes, tributes and tolls. Includes lists of companies and a list of residents of the Busko region with statistics of Polish and Jewish people.

  13. Kreisgericht Krems: NS-Verfahren

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

  14. Wyższy Dowódca SS i Policji Wschód Der Höhere Schutzstaffeln (SS) und Polizeiführe Ost (GK 901)

    Consists of collection of orders of the Reichsführer-SS regarding the forced labor of Polish workers, 1939-1944, the organizational decree no. 1, 26 June 1942 regarding activities of police authorities in occupied Poland, set of guidelines for general matters, a daily order no. 46 regarding the transfer of officers to other positions, 1943; name lists of associates of SS-Obergruppenführer Krüger , and officers of the WD office, as well as names of civil and military administration institutions, and a name list of Polish and Ukrainian police in the General Government, 1940-1944. Includes a c...

  15. Social Anti-Communist Committee ANTYK Społeczny Komitet Antykomunistyczny ANTYK (Sygn. 1346/0)

    Selected records collected by the Społeczny Komitet Antykomunistyczny ANTYK (Social Anti-Communist Committee ANTYK). Includes instructions, reports, correspondence, files of members of the Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP (Communist Party of Poland), the Polska Partia Robotnicza, PPR (Polish Workers' Party), and the Gwardia Ludowa (People's Guard), propaganda materials, documentation of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, judgments of special military courts, and reports of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), and various publications.The materials were collected and hidden in a secret archive-the so-ca...

  16. Children play in the snow

    Sledding in snow in Brno in February 1940 in front of their home. Antonin and Michaela take turns on the sled in the streets of Brno with their nanny. They play in the snowy gardens behind the home, shoveling snow in toy wheelbarrows, and trudge through the deep snow. 01:01:14 The camerawoman and mother, Toni, films from indoors, note the window pane at the bottom of the frame. On the streets, a nanny throws a snowball at the children, “Benzol” advertisement in the BG. 01:02:56 A man sweeps snow on the roof of the family’s three-story house, showing a rare view of the house from the frontsi...

  17. Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Siedlce Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Siedlcach (GK 180)

    Minutes, official correspondence, a study entitled "Losses of the Siedlce county during the Nazi occupation", a study about the Treblinka camp based on the investigation materials of the prosecutor Zdzisław Łukaszewicz, testimonies of witnesses and lists of those murdered in the Biała Podlaska, Łuków, Siedlce county, testimony of Piotr Litwiniusz on the mass execution of Jews in the Łomża Podlaska counties, materials on Soviet prisoner-of-war camps in Ostrówek, Kaliłów, Sielczyk, Suchożrebach and Wola Suchożerbska, camp for Italian and French prisoners of war in Siedlce, materials on war cr...

  18. 1942 news roundup

    News documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade of the Year 1942" "Yanks Fighting Around the Globe!" .... Includes the Flying Tigers in China, Dieppe Raid, Battle of Midway, Allied Chiefs Meeting, and more.

  19. Selected records of the Communal Council in Sobków Gminna Rada Narodowa w Sobkowie (Sygn. 1914)

    List of Jewish buildings within the Sobków commune, files for 1949.

  20. Selected records of the commune Prząław Akta gminy Prząsław (Sygn. 1664)

    Consists of correspondence and name lists of Jewish people residing in the Prząsław who belonged to the Jewish Religious Community in Jędrzejów and who were obliged to pay fee to the Jewish community (so called “składka bóżnicza” in Polish). The lists contain standard information: name and surname of the person; place of residence; amount of arrears of fees.