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  1. March of Time -- outtakes -- Fighting French

    Exterior shots of the headquarters of the Fighting French (General De Gaulle's resistance organization) at 1420 16th Street, NW in Washington, DC. The French flag and a flag with the Cross of Lorraine hang from the balcony. People come and go from the building. Close-ups of the Cross of Lorraine flag. Interior shots of Adrien Tixier (who has only one arm), head of the Fighting French delegation, as he gives dictation to his secretary. There is a Cross of Lorraine flag and a portrait of De Gaulle on the wall behind him. Close-up of Fighting French literature on Tixier's desk. Tixier seated a...

  4. Moshe Aurbach photograph collection

    The collection consists of 22 photographs documenting the life and experiences of Moshe Aurbach and his family in Będzin, Poland, before, during, and after the Holocaust as well as his time spent in Gersfeld displaced persons camp near Fulda, Germany, after World War II.

  5. Barbie Trial -- Day 15 -- Elie Wiesel testifies

    13:47 President Cerdini calls the session to order; asks that the accused present himself; Barbie refuses to appear; Cerdini calls on the bailiff to compel the accused to appear 13:47 The bailiff reads the names of the witnesses scheduled to give testimony in the session 13:49 Cerdini suspends the session while the bailiff goes to Barbie to compel him to appear 14:12 Cerdini calls the session to order; the bailiff reads Barbie's statement that he refuses to appear 14:15 Prosecutor Bermann asks to add two names to the list of civil parties set to testify on the day of June 5 14:16 Cerdini ca...

  7. Abram Lenkowski papers

    The papers consist of correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings relating to Abram Lenkowski and Maria Lenkowski. The documents concern claims for reparations from Germany made by the Lenkowskis who survived the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Their families died in the ghetto or were murdered in Auschwitz in August 1944.

  8. Chaim Ben Cyjon Cale photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Chaim Ben Cyjon Cale donor in Łódź, Poland, before World War II and a photograph of Holocaust survivors, Cale among them, at the Bad Nauheim displaced persons camp in Germany after the war.

  10. Paramount Newsreel, Year 1945, Issue 33 (part)

    The War Crimes Trial in Nuremberg with shots of the justices, prisoners dock, translators, Goering, Hess, German counsel. 01:46:30 features archival footage of soldiers and liberation shown in the courtroom.

  12. Barbie Trial -- Day 9 -- Witness depositions are read; a civil party testifies

    17:13 The clerk continues reading the deposition of witness Jacqueline Modier, née Rozenfarb; the witness lived in Paris until the Vel d'Hiv raid, when she moved with her family to Lyon; her father was deported to Auschwitz and died there; the witness was present at the UGIF raid, where she unknowingly entered a room and was greeted by a uniformed soldier; the witness recounts the proceedings of the raid; after 9 pm, the witness was released because she had falsified French papers and was younger than 15 17:19 The Attorney General presents two medical certificates pertaining to the next wit...

  13. Political cartoon by Rollin Kirby portraying a bloodstained Hitler standing on a pile of human skulls

    Satirical drawing created by Rollin Kirby and published in the New York Post on June 4, 1940. He inscribed the drawing and gave it to Charles Neal and Lida Thomas on June 4, 1940. The drawing depicts Adolf Hitler holding a bloody sword and standing atop of mound of human skulls. A vulture perches on the pile next to him. Kirby had been a celebrated political cartoonist in the US since World War I (1914-18), and won three Pulitzers in the 1920s. His editorial cartoons appeared daily in a series of New York newspapers. He was known for his bold visual style and his support of the common man a...

  14. Barbie Trial -- Day 3 -- Barbie's life in Bolivia

    15:22 Political activities of Barbie while living in Bolivia. 15:28 Barbie's extradition from Bolivia. 15:30 Barbie reads a statement expressing his opinion that he was illegally extradited from Bolivia. 15:49 Three lawyers state that Barbie's attitude at the trial proves he has no regrets about his actions during the Holocaust. 17:10 President Cerdini asks for the accused to be introduced.

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  17. Zeilsheim DP Camp

    Life at Zeilsheim DP camp (a small German town converted into a DP center), including a protest march and Robinson family members in various settings. All footage shot in camp. Fay and Alice play in snow, houses in BG. Joseph (born in Zeilsheim on August 25, 1946) in the baby carriage. Children play near house. Children and adults march, carrying flag of Star of David, in celebration of Lag B'Omer. Robinson family, including parents Ephraim and Sarah and children Fay, Alice, and Joseph, walk past sign "Zeilsheim Assembly Center, UNRRA Team." Robinson family entertains visitors. Children pla...

  18. Z. Grinberg speech

    Contains a translated transcript of a speech given by Z. Grinberg at the "Concert in St. Ottilien" on May 27, 1945. Grinberg was the "head doctor of the hospital for political ex-prisoners in Germany at the liberation."

  19. Agro-Joint harvesting and combines

    MS of big tractor combine at work, quick shot of tractor pulling a large pipe at Jankoi, then well-edited footage of harvesting (which may have been acquired and cut into this film). Shots of machines and people, field of waving grain. Good shots of men marching with scythes. HA of a large number of people gathering sheaves of wheat. Rolling combine blades move towards the camera. Threshing process and machines doing work. MCU of men taking off overalls and lined up at entryway. A tractor pulls railcars into position to be loaded with grain.