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  1. Nazi flag

    Nazi flag acquired by Sergeant Charles Ottinger while serving in the US Army during WWII. Brought back to the US by Charles Ottinger, March 1945.

  2. Lager Lieder von Sachsenhausen

    Contains a handwritten and illustrated songbook believed to have been created in Sachsenhausen concentration camp

  3. Ilse Rothschild papers

    The Ilse Rothschild papers consists of Rothschild’s postwar Belgian identification card, a 1940 letter from her brother, Ludwig Cohn, describing his railroad ordeal from Belgium to Saint Cyprien as an interned enemy alien, his 1942 Red Cross letter indicating that Les Milles was being liquidated, four photographs of Cohn at the Les Milles internment camp, and four photographs of Rothschild’s husband, Erich Rothschild, working with oxen and potatoes at the Gordola labor camp in 1942. Fritz Tockus, Ilse Rothschild’s brother-in-law, and Freddy Horn are also identified on a May 1941 picture pos...

  4. Occupation of Denmark; Invasion of Norway

    German warship, showing crew at quarters. Crew listening to speech by Captain (not heard on soundtrack). CU, German officer looking through binoculars. Merchant ship at dock. German troops carrying supplies from ship to dock. Looking down pier, German troops marching. MCU, German troops standing under arch; buildings. CU, German troops laying out large swastika on street for recognition by plane. Pan, overhead, showing German Air Force flying. Street in Denmark, German troops talking with Danish soldiers. German planes overhead. German officials in front of building; Danish police being dis...

  5. Women at marketplace

    VAR shots of Nuremberg marketplace. Women selling wares, eating soup, weighing large squash. Flower stall, vendor talks to girls, baskets of flowers. In Dinkelsbuehl, two older men with sideburns, CUs, loading grain with rope. Tudor buildings with window boxes, quaint. LS, courtyard, aerial shot of rooftops in Dinkelsbuehl, balconies with flowers, aerial shot of street in village. In Nuremberg, sign: "Adolf Hitler Platz". EXT, wall of building with painting and German inscription. At market, CU vendor talking.

  6. Marlin Zimmerman photograph collection

    Contains liberation photos of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.

  7. Rudolf Abraham papers

    The Rudolf Abraham papers contain correspondence and other items related to Rudolf Abraham. A Jewish man from Germany, he was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen before being freed and fleeing to Shanghai, where he eventually procured a visa to travel to the United States. Included in the collection are primarily correspondence from family and friends, as well as identification papers including a passport, identity cards, and citizenship certificate. The Rudolph Abraham papers contain primarily correspondence from family and friends to Rudolph Abraham and his wife, Maeta. The letters from f...

  8. Amusement park in Nazi Germany

    LS, crowds at an outdoor amusement park in Germany, Nazi flags. Carousel of airships, amusement park ride, goes up and around. Rollercoaster and rocket ride to the moon. Spinning ride, MS, CU, blur of faces. MS, Germans at the park, one man in uniform. On roller-coaster, whirl of metal parts, erector-set-like, CUs, children. Autobahn dodgem cars. Filming from another ride, occasional glimpse of sign on big building behind says "Stuttgarter Hofbrau". Chef sells waffles. Artist cuts profile from paper. Watching monkeys do tricks on a tightrope, into bed. MCU of faces, intently watching. Village.

  9. Poetry and prose relating to Holocaust experiences written by Julius Bamberger

    Testimony, typescript, 23 pages, written in verse in German (with accompanying English translation).

  10. Combat in Soviet Russia

    Military Film Report: On the German and Russian encounter in the area of Kharkov, Murmansk, Rostov and Sevastopol, Russia. 02:10:42 Reel 2: Part 3: "Sturm auf Rostow". German forces assault Rostov; boats land, troops billet. Shots of town after German occupation of July 23, 1943. 02:15:07 Part 4: "Kaukasusfront Elbrusbesteigung" Map locates Caucasus Mountains and Mt. Elbrus. German troops and pack animals travel through Caucasus and assemble on Mt. Elbrus. 02:19:15 Part 5: "Kampf um Sewastopol" German tanks, transport vehicles, and artillery advance on Sevastopol. German antiaircraft guns d...

  11. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate

    gray dress and ID tag with her prisoner number 1195 worn by Frieda Koschmieder while interned in Amberg prison in Germany for being a Jehovah's Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God. The missionary and outreach work practiced by members was viewed as subversive activity against the Nazi regime, leading to many arrests, as well as executions.

  12. Oral history interview with Fela Grynbaum

  13. Anniversary of Lenin's death; Kremlin; Molotov; fighting

    02:33:15 Title: "Soviet Newsreel"/ "6"/ "Moscow"/ "January 1943" / "Directed by M. Fidelevoy"/ "19th Anniversary of Lenin's death" / "Under the banner of Lenin-Stalin we will win" Coverage of Kremlin ceremony commemorating Lenin and exalting Stalin. Molotov and Malenkov. 02:37:10 Title: "Film-reporting from the Frontlines"/ "The blockade of Leningrad is infiltrated"/ "Coverage of the Volkhov front" CU of map. ELS profiles of marching soldiers carrying skies, backlit by sunlight. Panning shot of soldiers huddled in snowy trenches. Title: "At one of the battle sites" ELS cannons firing, inter...

  14. Adam Luxemburg collection

    Relates to the pre-war, inter-war, and post-war history of the Jewish community in Deblin (Demblin) - Irena, Poland; information on Shmuel Nachum Luxemburg (father of the donor and Holocaust victim); and deportations and killing of members of the Luxemburg family.

  15. Horst Biesold collection

    The collection includes original and photocopies of documents relating to Bertholdt Jacobs and Margarete Crohn who lived in Berlin, Germany and fled to Shanghai, China and to Otto Gantz and his family including correspondence, certificates, and court proceedings. The collection also includes photocopies and originals of documents and copyprints of photographs pertaining to the treatment of deaf children during the Holocaust. Documents include correspondence between Nazi officials, lists of names, documentation of laws, memorandums, forms, statistics, and descriptions of experiments. The cop...

  16. Max Fossner letters

    Contains photocopies of three camp letters sent from Max Fossner to his family in Slovakia, from Majdanek (1942) and Sachsenhausen (April 1944).

  17. Name list of Jewish shop owners

    Photocopy of list of names from Lithuania, dated 15 June 1940.

  18. Dorothea Dressel collection

    The Dorothea Dressel collection contains documents primarily concerning Dorothea Dressel’s husband, Friedrich Dressel, who was a member of the Communist party and was killed in Dachau in 1933. Records include correspondence concerning Friedrich’s death, and post-war correspondence, including a letter from the writer Oskar Maria Graf. Other items include a death and marriage certificate, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The Dorothea Dressel collection contains material primarily related to her husband’s death in 1933. The correspondence contains a letter from Fritz’s parents, asking Dor...

  19. Bertha Kanarek collection

    Two postcards, sent by L. Milgram from Poniatowa camp to A. Jagielski, in a town near Kielce, January and February 1943.

  20. Helen Kirshner family collection

    Photocopied correspondence, primarily related to efforts of Isidore Kirschner of Philadelphia, to help people in Austria and elsewhere in German-occupied Europe get visas to immigrate to the United States.