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  1. Sam Kiss collection

    Contains photographs from the collection of Israel Kisnitzer (now known as Sam Kiss). Two of the photographs depict persons hanging from gallows; in one of the photographs a sign is shown describing the persons as German soldiers. Another photograph shows a close-up of piles of corpses near a train track. Mr Kisnitzer acquired these photographs after the war; the locations shown in the photographs is unknown.

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Benes of Czechoslovakia; Raczkiewicz and Sikorski of Poland; ceremony at Paris synagogue

    War preparations in Paris. Sandbag fortifications around the Arc de Triomphe and the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. Edvard Benes, exiled president of Czechoslovakia, is received by Czechs living in Paris. The dope sheet states that the meeting took place at the same house on the Rue Bonaparte where Benes and Tomas Masaryk founded the Czech Republic after World War I. A group of men rises and claps as Benes enters in the company of Stefan Osusky, the Czech ambassador. A man identified as Stransky welcomes Benes. Benes speaks. Scenes inside the Polish embassy showing Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, the P...

  3. Hungarian Jews' applications for compensation (MOL XXIX-L-2-o)

    Applications by Jewish residents through the Budapest branch of West Germany's Allgemeine Wertverkehrs Bank AG, all dated July 1, 1966 and addressed to the "Chief Administrative Office" in Cologne. Under Article V of the Federal Restitution Law (BEG, Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz) these applicants were able to seek compensation for their loss of freedom during wartime, for having had to wear the Jewish star, for damage to their health, and the death of a spouse.

  5. Set of tefillin acquired by a Soviet Jewish soldier

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515329
    • English
    • 1943
    • a: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) b: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)

    Pair of tefillin purchased by Shimon Meszel, a Jewish soldier in the Soviet Army, for five rubles in Kharkov, Russia, in 1943. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Shimon eventually emigrated to Israel.

  6. Namering burial of Nazi victims

    (LIB 6745) Mass murder burial, Namering(?), Germany, May 19, 1945 SEQ: A woman and two children walking in field; woman searching in ruins, holding up bits of burned clothing and bones. CUs, woman and children. SEQ: Burial of slave laborers exhumed from mass graves. German civilians nail wooden coffins, load them on wagons, lower coffins into graves. Men and women shovel dirt over coffins in graves. MS, German woman placing wreath on rough wooden cross. LS, German children throw flowers into open grave; one of the children spits into the grave. LS, priest holds large cross while his assista...

  7. Schwerin burial of Nazi victims

    (LIB 6509) Burial of Atrocity Camp Victims, Schwerin, Germany, May 7-8, 1945 MSs, CUs, German civilians digging graves in park area. CU, German uniformed policeman. LS, crowd at burial ceremony. MCUs, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish chaplains conduct burial services. CUs, Germans view bodies. CUs, bodies in graves covered with dirt.

  8. Demonstration by Jews in NYC; Nazi propaganda contrasts with their boycott of Jewish shops

    This is most likely footage from a protest by Jewish war veterans that took place in New York City on March 23, 1933. Men marching down the street: some appear to be wearing military uniforms and they carry a US flag. They pass a group of Orthodox men or rabbis, who doff their hats in respect as the parade passes by.

  9. Atrocities - reburial of slave laborers

    Reel 3: German civilians carrying coffins down cobblestone streets in Nuremberg which are lined with civilians, some of whom remove their hats as the dead pass. MS German civilians put down coffins in street for a short rest before continuing to the cemetery. Buildings in BG. MS various scenes of the procession entering the cemetery. At the cemetery the dead are again laid out in a line and the civilians crowd amongst the tombstones to listen to speakers recount the weight of the dead. A priest concludes the services and then the Germans walk by the dead. MS Lids are placed on coffins and t...

  10. Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities

    A propaganda film which laments the waste of money and other resources spent on caring for the mentally disabled and ill, at the expense of the "healthy" population. German intertitles describe the scenes. Film opens with busy street scenes, people going about their daily lives in the city. Switch to rural scenes, people farming, manual labor. Scenes of a Nazi parade and crowds at a huge outdoor rally. Flags flying, people saluting. A shot of the entrance to the "Silberhammer" mental institution; camera pans briefly around the surrounding countryside. The exterior of the institution, which ...

  11. Selected records of the Reichsinstitut für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland (R 1)

    Contains documents related to the operations of the Reichsinstitute für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland (State Institute for the History of the New Germany) and also articles and manuscripts by individual authors. Includes lists of discharged appointees; budget of the ministry; personal files; orders concerning travel limitation for Jews; manuscript by Christoph Steding entitled "Das Reich und die Krankheit der europaeischen Kultur;" professional articles by Karl Richard Ganzer; and manuscripts by Fritz Schutz about Jews in Gumbinnen and Karlsruhe, Germany, in the 18th century.

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- American soldiers in Le Mans, France

    American troops in Le Mans, France. They congregate in the streets of the town and drink at outdoor cafes. Nice street scenes with troops and French civilians interacting happily. A group of several African American soldiers talk to a French colonial troop; they shake his hand and offer him a cigarette, which he accepts. American nurses look at dresses in a store window. Exteriors and interiors of shops. The exterior and interior of the Bar Americain, where a smiling woman pours drinks for American soldiers. Young French women exiting the palace of justice. Americans and French people shopp...

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- England 1939: posters with Hitler & Goebbels "wanted for murder"

    Blackout preparations in London: men paint white stripes on trees, lamp posts, and curbs. People at a gas mask depot in Lambeth. A newly married couple exits a church. The bride, groom, and bridesmaids all carry gas masks. A sign on the side of a building informs the public that gas masks are the property of the government and must be properly cared for. A young boy sitting on a curb opens a box containing a gas mask and puts it on. Men pile sandbags around a fire alarm box. "Wanted!" posters featuring photos of Hitler and Goebbels. Men paint car bumpers white for driving in a blackout. San...

  14. Jewish refugees arriving in Sweden from Denmark

    Daily news segment showing the arrival of Jewish refugees from Denmark. Arrival and unloading of boat from Oresund into small lifeboats arriving on beach in Helsingborg. They gather in a park, where Swedish families gather around the Jews and greet them. The refugees exchange money in a bank, then get registered. Long line of refugees undergoing medical examinations in the hospital. Passport photographing. Then they are apportioned food, which they eat. Police chief Bogenholm and intendent Goete Friberg greet them as representatives of their organization. Image of port.

  15. Dena Romero photograph collection

    The collection consists of three black-and-white pre-World War II family photographs from Guntersblum, Germany, 23 glass negatives taken by Emil Rueb [donor's father] in Guntersblum, and seven negatives.

  16. Statement delivered at postwar reburial service for Wöbbelin concentration camp victims

    Published statement delivered at a memorial burial service in Hagenow, Germany on 8 May 1945 for 144 dead uncovered at Wöbbelin concentration camp. James M. Stoner (donor) served in the 8th Infantry Division, and was a member of the honor guard during the ceremony.

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Press reaction to US military landing in N. Africa; Taylor visits Lisbon

    Dramatic coverage of newsboys rushing to deliver bundles of the newspaper Diario de Lisboa on the day the Americans invaded North Africa. Extensive scenes of movement, newstands, publications, and close-ups of the front pages of papers in Portugal. Some of the newspapers are English-language. LIFE magazine and SIGNAL. INT of a barbershop, where a news vendor distributes copies of the paper to men getting their hair cut. EXT and INT of the "Havas Agence," precursor to the modern Agence France-Presse. Editor (Mr. Dany) sitting at a telephone with another man (Mr. Audibert) standing beside him...

  18. History of Danzig and Volksdeutsch (anti-Polish propaganda)

    Map showing Germany, Russia, Austria. Poland appears on the map in black. Map showing the Free State of Danzig. The narrator lists the various abuses of sovereignty perpetrated by the Poles. Scenes of Danzig, including shots of Nazi flags flying and pro-German signs. Shots of Danzig harbor. Men of the Danzig SA fortifying a border crossing. A parade of marching troops of the Danzig SS-Heimwehr. Volksdeutsch refugees crossing a field with suitcases, fleeing "Polish terror." A sequence showing refugees arriving in the "protection of the Reich." They are provided with food, and give lengthy in...

  19. Wolff family papers

    The collection documents the childhoods of siblings John and Marianne Wolff in Berlin, Germany, their immigration to England via Kindertransport in 1939, and eventual immigration to the United States in 1945. Included are documents and photographs.

  20. Book Eine darlegung wahrnehmbarer tatsachen in erfüllung der offenbarung die Gott Jesus Christus gab, um sie seinen knechten kundzuttun

    The collection consists of five books written by Jehovah's Witnesses that were among the titles of books burned by the Nazis in 1933