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  1. Robert Yanda Sr. photograph collection

    Contains post-liberation photographs of a concentraion camp; images produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, or mass produced US Army photos, labeled on verso by Robert Yanda, Sr. and hand-dated May 1945. Includes an envelope inscribed "Robert Yanda Sr... Save / German concentration camp pictures / Alvin Johnson took these..."

  2. Private Film on the French campaign

    Stills. German soldiers. Marching. Train. Dog in lake. Sports. Train station. Winter hiking, mountains. Festival. Military awards.

  3. Hayat family papers

    The Hayat family papers comprise a birth certificate, residence certificate, driver's license, identification card, two food ration cards and three clothing ration cards.

  4. Cerne Lichtenstein collection

    Contains a Lithuanian passport issued to Cerne Lichtenstein (donor's grandmother), containing transit visas from Kovno, Lithuania through Europe enabling her to leave in 1940. Includes a visa granted by the Japanese Consulate in Kovno allowing Cerne to pass through Japan. Includes three photographs of Cerne, her daughter Esther (Lubocki), Esther's husband Meilach Lubocki, and their two children, all who perished in the Holocaust.

  5. Educational film on the development of rocket, technology, Opel 2 rocket, Opel-Sander-rocket 3

    Text panel: "Valier believed in a steady transition from aircraft to spaceship.": Rockets, rocket car, rocket tests, missile flight

  7. CUKUNFT Socialist Organization of Youth Socjalistyczna Organizacja Młodzieży CUKUNFT (Sygn. 1347)

    Minutes of meetings, reports, questionnaires concerning Jewish youth, proclamations, and a chronicle of 1942.

  8. UFA documentary film on the Reich Labor Service (RAD)

    UFA documentary film on the RAD. Titles in German. Camera by Kurt Stanke; Music by Hans Ebert.

  9. Kahan family papers

    Correspondence, documents, certificates, and related materials, concerning the immigration of the family of Eugene (Jenö) Kahan, originally of Munkacs, Hungary (Mukachevo, Ukraine), and his wife, Gizella, and their daughters, to the United States via Paraguay, after World War II. Documents include identification and marriage documents issued in Hungary following the war, documents issued by the consulate of Paraguay in Czechoslovakia, and correspondence between American agencies, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the office of U.S. Senator Theodore Green of Rhode Isl...

  10. Battle Squadron 51 "Edelweiss" France

    “III Kampfgeschwader 51” [Fighter squadron 51] “Edelweiss” in France. Luftwaffe Officers. Paris. Terrible damage in French city. On Yugoslavian assignment. Onwards “nach Lezani” Poland. Russia. 11:03:40, Roma/Sinti. General Alexander Löhr. Luftwaffe men grabbing pigs; relaxing. 11:20:27 Roma girls - palm reading, bare breasts, jiggling for men. Russia. Odessa, Nikolajew, Charkow.

  11. Van Pragh, Polak, Elias, and Wertheim families collection

    The collection includes photographs depicting the Van Praagh and Polak families a photocopy of the journal written by Therese (Tesi) Wertheim. The journal, written immediately post-war, describes Tesi's describers her wartime experiences between May 10, 1940 and April 3, 1945, including when the Germans invaded Enschede in the Netherlands, the arrest of her son, Martin, who was killed at Mauthausen in October 1941, anti-Jewish legislation, life in in the underground in Enschede, and the aerial attacks on the city.

  12. Ship SS France; Visiting Morocco and Spain

    With intertitles in English. “Europe and the North Coast of Africa, 1929. Before sailing on deck of ‘SS France’” Large group of well-dressed men and women gather on the deck of the SS France for a group shot. 1.11 Man leans on the railing looking out. Other groups of people gather for group shots, laughing and embracing each other. A final large group of people form a line, walking on the deck of the ship. 1:47 “Dropping the Pilot.” Overhead shot of a small paddle boat and shots of the open water. 2:18 “Advertising the races during 5 o’clock tea.” Men in uniform carry large cutouts of horse...

  13. Neusustrum camp in the region of Emsland

    Neusustrum was a detention camp for homosexuals and other political prisoners. Filmed by Willhelm Niemann, teacher and member of the SA. Country fields and barn-like structures in Germany. Three children sit in front of a house with a sloped roof. A young boy swings around a horizontal bar set up in the trees. 10:01:43 “Am Grenzgraben.” People work in a hay field while German officers stand nearby. Two officers in a field look through binoculars. Officers walk out of a property entrance. 10:02:52 CU face of a German officer. A stream. Train tracks through fields and trees. Hayfields. Sheep ...

  14. De Kadt family in winter

    Sonja and Louis de Kadt each push Willie on a sleigh on a snowy day, as does another adult (possibly a nanny); Willie plays in the snow; 01:03:03 Indoors, close-up of Willie and a baby (possibly Maarten as the can label indicates); Willie romps in the snow; the village in winter, seen from across rows of fences; Willie and baby (Maarten?) ride in a sleigh.

  15. Russian Campaign

    Russian Campaign, Fuehrer Headquarters Wolfschanze

  16. Selected records from National Archives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan related to evacuation of civilians during WWII

    Records related to the evacuation of civilians to Kyrgyzstan during WWII. It includes information about resettlement, employment, food supplies and medical assistance provided by the local authorities to the evacuees and refugees resettled in Kyrgyzstan during WWII. This collection also includes lists of evacuees, statistical reports, correspondence, lists of evacuated communists, lists of evacuated Polish citizens and documents related to the repatriation of Polish refugees to Poland after WWII.

  17. German soldiers

    Germany

  18. Motel Max Jawerbaum collection

    Contains documents relating to the Holocaust experiences of Motel Max Jawerbaum (donor's uncle by marriage).

  19. Selected records of the Tax Office in Końskie Urząd Skarbowy w Końskich (Sygn. 1030)

    The registry of misconducts, records of newly constructed houses, tax books, a list of Jewish estates in the town of Końskie, and other rural communities.

  20. San Remo; USA voyage aboard the "Bremen"; Olympics

    Consulate in St. Remo, southern villa. "Bremen" on a trip to the US, passengers, swimming pools on board, etc. Life on board, bull fight Steamer "Albert Ballin" charges, Hamburg, (14. 8. 1931), beach life, Parade Reichswehr, relocation, Frankfurt, open-air swimming pool, Olympics, Hitler enters the stadium with officials,