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  1. Taylor remarks on German High Command at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 488) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 7, 1946. Telford Taylor of the US prosecution makes opening remarks to the court. He states that he will show that the High Command Group of the German Army had a major part in the commission of war crimes and atrocities. CU, chart of the Wehrmacht from 1938-1945. 04:46:38-04:47:54 Taylor reads to the Tribunal directly from orders signed by Hitler which discuss the purported actions of allied "commandos": "From captured orders it is divulged that they [the commandos] are directed not only to shackle prisoners, but also to kill defen...

  2. Margarete Brinkmann diary

    Contains a diary written by Margarete Brinkmann, a German citizen who began her diary on May 9, 1945, commenting on the defeat of Germany and her perceptions about the effects of Nazism on German society. Also includes color copies of wartime family documentation and correspondence, revealing the family's awareness of concentration camps and of their devotion to Hitler.

  3. "Remember-Do Not Forget a Thing, 1939-1945"

    Contains a memoir, 49 pages, about Chana Yoskowitz Teichman's childhood in Dumblin, Poland, her father's role as head of the Dumblin Judenrat, the murder of her parents by a Pole on February 13, 1942, Chana's marriage to her husband Adam in the Dumblin labor camp, her experiences in Camp Vartain Chinstokov, and Chana and Adam's eventual emigration to Palestine.

  4. Von Ribbentrop interrogated at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 79) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 2, 1946. LSs, Dr. Alfred Seidl, Hess's lawyer, questions Joachim von Ribbentrop on details of the Russian-German treaty. CUs, von Ribbentrop responds. MSs, Justices Lawrence, Birkett, and Biddle. MSs, Chief Justice Lawrence questions von Ribbentrop. LSs, MSs, CUs, Chief British Prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe questions von Ribbentrop about Hitler's policy toward the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia and about a meeting he attended that described Hitler's desire to wipe Czechoslovakia from the map of the world. CUs, von Ribbentrop. LSs,...

  5. Schwab family papers

    Contains letters written by Levi and Selma (Sara) Schwab in Büdesheim, Germany, to their children Karl and Lilly, in Chicago. Also includes documents related to Karl and Lilly's unsuccessful efforts to help their parents emigrate from Germany.

  6. Wolynsky family photographs

    Contains two black and white photographs and two picture postcards of the Wolynsky family.

  7. Goering testifies; Luxembourg occupation discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    02:09:59 (Munich 53) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany. 03/18/1946 MLSs, defense attorney asks Hermann Goering, "What orders had you given to take care of property found in occupied countries?" Goering says that all Army commanders received their orders directly from him concerning what was to be done with property found in occupied countries. Dr. Horn, counsel for Ribbentrop, asks Goering whether Hitler concerned himself with the details of foreign policy. 03/18/1946 LS, rear view, Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (US) interrogates Goering. Goering expounds on the Fuehrerprinzip. Jac...

  8. George Stein papers

    Contains one document from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, six photographs from the Admont displaced persons camp, and three black and white Israeli army photographs.

  9. Oral history interview with Miklosne Sipos

  10. Wladyslaw Minota memoir

    Contains a memoir about Mr. Wladyslaw Minota, a former Polish political prisoner in Auschwitz.

  11. Never Forget Me Personal expression regarding the Holocaust

    Contains song commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. Cantor Victor Beck composed it in 1991 after visiting the Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel. The lyrics were written by Cantor Beck and his mother Mrs. Phyllis Beck. The piece is sung by the composer with orchestral accompaniment.

  12. Sonja Abelson collection

    Contains black and white photo prints and documents (including birth, marriage, and naturalization certificates, etc.) Some of the documents pertain to the escape of parents of the donor from the Nazi Germany in the mid 1930s. The collection also contains correspondence through ICRC with Mr. and Mrs. Felix Philippson, grandparents of the donor.

  13. Memories and testimony of Raquel Lapides: Survivor of Second World War (Auschwitz)

    Contains a memoir, 88 pages, about Raquel Lapides' Holocaust experiences.

  14. Reich Ministry for Food Supply and Agriculture Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (R 14)

    Contains records relating to the Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft activities, 1933-1945.

  15. Oral history interview with Joseph Finkelstein

  16. Ajke family collection

    Contains photocopies of legal documents and genealogical information for Marek and Susana Ajke, copies of 27 black and white photographs of prisoners in Camp Beaune-la-Rolande in France, soldiers in the French army, and a memoir written by Marek Ajke entitled, "Memorias De La Rebelion En El Ghetto De Varsovia Y Del Holocausto."

  17. Testimonies of Zaglembia Survivors Original Polish-Language Documents with English Translations

    The collection contains reproductions and translations of testimonies of Holocaust survivors from Zaglembia (Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region of Poland). The testimonies are in two volumes and describe experiences in camps and ghettos, Jews in hiding, resistance efforts, death marches, and pre-war Jewish life. Additionally, there are pictures of Albrecht Schmelt and the “Schmelt Organization” who were responsible for administration of the ghettos, deportations, and concentration camps in the area. The collection was assembled by Amalie Mary Robinson and Pawel Brunon Dorman. Volume I contains test...

  18. Ervin Fischlovits postcard

    Contains one postcard written by Ferenc Fischlovits to his wife Judit Fischlovits in Budapest while he is serving with a labor battalion in Russia asking for warm clothing.

  19. Guttentag family papers

    Contains one diary written by Dr. Adolf Guttentag in Berlin, Germany in 1942. In the diary, Dr. Guttentag described his experiences as a Jew in Berlin, anticipated his deportation to Theresienstadt, and addressed his son Otto, who had been able to emigrate to the United States, instructing Otto how to remember his parents. At the end of the diary, which is written in German, Dr. Guttentag wrote goodbye to his son and chronicled the date on which he and his wife committed suicide. Includes an English translation of the diary as well as four black and white photographs of Adolf and Helene Gut...

  20. Andrew Kapochunas collection

    Contains an air mail envelope written while Kaunas was under occupation; five original Vilna Ghetto arrest documents; and an original signed receipt for 18,837 Litai received from the American Joint Distribution Committee, Vilnius, intended for "the Jewish Section for War-Sufferers, Lithuanian Red Cross."