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  1. Freikorps troops in Munich after the Spartacist uprising.

    Government, Freikorps, and Stahlhelm troops march along the streets of Munich after crushing the Spartacist uprising. Crowds of people line the street to watch. An armored car drives down the street; soldiers unload muntitions from horse-drawn wagons; a long line of soldiers and wagons march through an archway. The next scenes show various buildings, riddled with bullet holes and otherwise damaged by fighting.

  2. Partially embroidered tablecloth made by a Belgian Jewish woman recovered postwar

    White tablecloth partially embroidered by Salomea Fejnman Poler circa 1940-41, in Anderlecht, Belgium, and recovered by David Poler, her father-in-law, after the war. The persecution of Jewish persons in Belgium by German authorities after the May 1940 invasion, made it extremely difficult for Salomea, 33, to care for her five children, ages ten to two: Jeannine, Lilian, Rosette, Fanny, and Abraham. Salomea sought safe hiding place for them, and Abraham was placed with Catholic priests and the girls in a convent. In September 1942, Salomea was sent to Mechelen (Malines) transit camp and the...

  3. German soldiers advance by boat

    A small fleet of German boats crossing a sea. Panning shot of German soldiers fanned out across a field, crossing a fence. The German soldiers enter and search through several different country houses. Several boats crossing Lake Ladoga in northwest Russia. Panning shot of a row of portable outboard motors (used in rubber raft-like boats-see end of reel for example). German soldiers getting into a small boat. Two opposing shots of German soldiers signaling each other with spotlights. Short clip of a rubber boat using one of the outboard motors.

  4. Barbie Trial -- Day 11 -- Witnesses testify

    The President of the Circuit Court, André Cerdini, enters and the session begins. Witnesses are called from the viewing public and brought out of the court room to a separate chamber. One witness is not present as a result of travel complications. The session is temporarily suspended as the witnesses exit. 13:44:42 The President enters and the session restarts. The first witness, André Frossard, is called. He describes the conditions within the "Jewish Barracks" at Montluc, the meaning of the alleged crimes against humanity, and his personal relationship with Barbie. Frossard says that he n...

  5. Münzer family papers

    The Münzer family papers consist of photographs and documents relating to the Holocaust experiences of the Münzer family. The photographs include pre-war photographs of the Münzer family in the Netherlands, Alfred Münzer’s brit milah, Mary Madna performing in an operetta by Fritz Hirsch, the Fritz Hirsch Company performing an operetta, and two colorized portraits of Eva and Liane Münzer. The Red Cross documentation describes the fate of Simche Münzer and Eva Münzer. Simche Münzer died on July 25, 1945 shortly after his liberation from the Ebensee concentration camp. Eva Münzer perished at t...

  6. "Kehilot Salish"

    Consists of one book, 76 pages, entitled "Kehilot Salish." The book contains a description of the Jewish community of Salish (a.k.a. Nagyszolos, Hungary or Vinogradov, Ukraine), and its destruction in the Holocaust.

  8. Faux alligator suitcase issued to inmates released in Bergen-Belsen prisoner exchange

    Suitcase given to 20-year-old Toni Klar and her parents for their departure from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Palestine in July 1944 as part of an exchange of camp inmates for German prisoners-of-war in British custody. The suitcase was originally owned by Pauline Eisenhardt, who had perished in Theresienstadt. Toni and her parents were refugees from Germany who were deported from Amsterdam to Bergen-Belsen in January 1944. While in Amsterdam, they had obtained certificates for Palestine and received a Putkammer letter ensuring their safety. The inmates selected for the prisoner exch...

  9. Barbie Trial -- Day 11 -- Victims testify

    Louis Simonet speaks about his arrest, interrogation, transfer to Montluc prison, and Neuengamme. 17:27:00 Regine Skorka, speaks about her arrest as a member of the Resistance and subsequent torture at Montluc, transport to Drancy, and life in Auschwitz. At 17:45, she addresses the sub-camp for Roma in her testimony. 17:54:30 Jerome Scorin (brother of R. Skorka) testifies.

  10. Dachau?; military vehicles; tent camp

    EXT, panning shot, LS barracks and barbed wire at Dachau?, red and white flag hanging from barracks. Traveling shots from moving vehicle of countryside, snow-capped mountains, locals look at passing vehicle, churches, steeples, etc. MLS, GIs camped in clearing, military vehicles, supply trucks, etc. CUs, GIs approach camera. VS, locals, farm, cows, women, children caring for farm animals, clearing fields, etc. VS, soldiers taking still photos, posing, hamming for camera. US army camp, army tents, local boys in Lederhosen walking around in US army camp.

  11. Pencil portrait of a concentration camp inmate drawn by a fellow inmate

    Drawing of Stanley Cioth done when he was a concentration camp prisoner in July 1941, presumably by another inmate. Stanley was a Catholic Pole arrested in Krakow, Poland, in 1941 and sent to prison. He was given prisoner number 129993 and transferred to several concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gros Rosen, and Mauthausen, where he worked as a civil engineering technician. He was liberated in Ostrach-Hohens on April 22, 1945.

  12. Willy and Catherine Fogel papers

    The papers consist of a Jewish New Year's card sent to Catherine Fogel by her brother, Aba Sztern, a prisoner in the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp. In the card he writes that he hopes the family will be together before too long. Also included is a photograph of Jewish prisoners posing on a wooden bunk inside a barrack in the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp.

  13. Newspaper clipping

    The clipping is from the "Evening Sentinel," dated Tuesday, August 1, 1939, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and shows two photographs of Czech refugee children from Teplice, Czechoslovakia, living at the Children's Homes in Penkhull, England, which were founded by Hanna Strasser donor's aunt. The children were the guests of the Czech Children's Refugee Committee. Pictured are: Hanna Strasser, Raja Strauss, Lisa Dasch, Hanna Frankel, Asaf Auerbach, Reuben Auerbach, Ralph Strauss, and Peter Feldstein.

  14. Emeric Schwartz photograph collection

    The collection consists of six photographs taken after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. There are typed text captions on the back of the photographs which are stamped, "Red Cross & St. John Copyright."

  15. Barbie Trial -- Day 4 -- Dabringhaus testifies; Barbie and the Counter Intelligence Corps

    18:13 Lawyer Nordmann and witness Ehrard Dabringhaus discuss the supposed infiltration of U.S. Secret Service by former SS. 18:19 Dabringhaus's opinion to "the use of assassins." 18:21 Prosecuter and Dabringhaus. The mode of payment the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) used when they employed Barbie. 18:25 The abundance of reports from Barbie in the CIC and the objectives the CIC had for pursuing them. 18:28 Barbie's working methods in the CIC.

  18. Dunson family in Ft. Sumter and at Christian mission

    VS, family footage, shot stateside, the first scenes are at Fort Sumter and Fort Sumter State Park, Fort Sumter, NJ, USA. Young blonde girl (the donor, Joy Marshall) in front of cannon, climbing atop a stack of cannon balls, with mother, on boardwalk, overlooking ocean. CU, monument at Fort Sumter, NJ. 01:00:37 Possibly at the Christian Mission in Oklahoma, VS, woman picking up milk bottles from front porch, children in tow. Large group of children exiting church or school house, lining up and saluting camera. Playing on playground. VS, EXT, hillside, river visible below, trees, etc. New ho...