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  1. Oral history interview with Joseph Levy

  2. Calling card brought to the US by an Austrian refugee

    Calling card for Ruth Phillip found in the autograph album, 1994.53.6.1, owned by Irene Rosenthal. Irene fled Nazi ruled Austria for the United States in March 1940. German troops marched over the border into Austria in March 1938. The next day, Austria was annexed to Nazi Germany. Anti-Jewish legislation was enacted to strip Jews of their civil rights. The November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom vandalized Jewish businesses and homes and destroyed most of the synagogues in Austria. Irene received a visa to leave Austria in March and sailed that month from Genoa, Italy, to New York.

  3. Oral testimony of Harry Bibring

  4. Prayer book

  5. Border control; Dachau and crematory

    (Munich 283) Border Control Security, Vicinity of Hof, Germany, June 20, 1946. LS, troopers of the 28th Constabulary Squad leaving command post "on the double" at Bad Steben, near Russian border, and getting into jeeps and M-8 armored cars. Jeeps and M-8 squadron travelling through town of Bad Steben on way to border. Scenes of the squadron moving through countryside past RR and station at Lichtenberg. Two jeeps and an M-8 taking their postions at border. Shot from top of jeep showing sign at roadway, "American Territory." Russian guard seen on other side. MS of sign giving warning that una...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Diplomatic mail section; Div of Near Eastern Affairs; Div of Far Eastern Affairs; Div of European Affairs

    665 PP (02:20:15) Sign, "Diplomatic Pouch and Mail Section." Man carrying bundle to mail section. Sorting packages and mail. CU, Buenos Aires, Rome, Berlin, and Shanghai bins. CUs mail. Woman at gate. Sign, "Positively No Admittance." Men gather at desk, looking at map. Interamerican Highway highlighted on map. "Division of Near Eastern Affairs" sign. Man pointing at map. CUs, map, Ethiopia. 665 QQ (02:27:02) "Division of Far Eastern Affairs." Men at desk, in office, talking. CU, draft telegram for Shanghai. Men in office. Department of State Division of European Affairs notebook. Telegraph...

  7. Interview of prisoners, Dachau

    (LIB 6560) Interview of Prisoners, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, CUs continuation of interview of the Dutch Reverend Van Gestel. MSs off-screen voice interview of Mr. Haullot [Arthur Haulot Dachau, Dachau prisoner number 39095] of Belgium and Mr. Haussermann [Oskar Häusermann, Dachau prisoner number 23878] of Germany. (Both men speak in German.) They relate their experiences in prison camps.

  8. Judgment and sentencing at Medical trial

    (Munich 619) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Judgment and Sentencing, Nuremberg, Germany. The voice of Justice Walter Beals is heard reading the judgment. Cut-ins, defendants sitting in box as voice of Judge Beals gives summary as to why the defendants were tried and convicted. MLS, Judge Crawford reading judgment. Note: Siegfried Ruff, Weltz, Rostock, Blome, Romberg, Schaefer, and Pokorny were found not guilty.

  9. Interview of prisoners, Dachau

    (LIB 6561) Interview of Prisoners, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, CUs off-screen voice interviews Mr. Demagala of Poland. Mr. Demagala explains how the prisoners were used for medical experiments by German doctors. MSs Father Michalowsky, a Polish priest, tells his experiences as a prisoner of the Nazis, as does another Polish prisoner. MSs, CUs Mr. Cirkowietz, a German medic who worked in the malaria section of the camp, relates his experiences. MSs Dr. Hassarek of Czechoslovakia tells how he was hung by his wrists. (All prisoners speak in German).

  10. Allied troops in Pacific; German generals in Africa; German surrender to Russia

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 4: (1942-43) Allied troops fight in New Guinea jungles. British armor routs the enemy in Egypt, capturing many Italians. US and British troops land in French North Africa. Shows the scuttled French fleet. A Russian pincer entraps Germans; Romanians and Germans (including 24 generals) surrender. Shows Generals MacArthur, Alexander, and Montgomery.

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish services and market scenes in postwar Germany

    1248 G: 02:05:51:15 to 02:09:15:28: LS, man places poster announcing resuming of religious services on door of synagogue. CU. LS, reopening of synagogue: "Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue." One man, on a ladder, fixes the curtain on the altar. Two men bring flowers, another man fixes the lights, other men bring in the Torah. LS men bringing the Torah into the synagogue. LS, INT of Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue, while faithful put on Tallit. VSs, religious service, viewed from different angles. American soldier attends services. CUs, American GI talking with a German during the service. 1248 J: 02:09:18:...

  12. Print

    Portfolio containing 24 reproductions of drawings created by George Zielezinski soon after he was liberated from Dachau concentration camp in April 1945. The drawings depict different aspects of life and death in the concentration camp.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Drancy, France; Repatriation

    1252 K (07:01:12-07:04:00): Concentration Camp for Collaborationists, Drancy, France. LS entire courtyard. Traveling shots of people walking about in the courtyard. Shots taken from an auto. LS and MS people standing about. Shot looking up of girls leaning out of windows. Collaborationists filing through doorway escorted by ?? man. 1252 O (07:04:02-07:12:34): Repatriation of French War Prisoners and Civilians, Paris, France. French war prisoners wait on airfield. CU prisoner sitting at side of small tricolor. Close shots of prisoners waiting for planes; march toward planes and board some. C...

  14. Interview of prisoners, Dachau

    (LIB 6558) Interview of Prisoners, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MCUs American officer (off-screen) interviews Professor Popovitch, Yugoslavian prisoner, who relates his experience in German prison camps. MCUs Captain Boullard, Dutch officer, is interviewed by off-screen voice. The Captain was taken prisoner in Holland and later transferred to Dachau. (Prisoners speak English).

  15. Goering at Krupp factory; Luftwaffe formations; Launching PRINZ EUGEN ship

    Reel 3: (Symphony music track accompanies this entire story.) 07:08:59:29 "Goering and his wife visiting the Krupp Works 1935" ; "Luftwaffe" Goering inspects troops as German planes fly overhead. Goering salutes. Luftwaffe formations. 07:10:01:08 "Der Schoepfer der neuen deutschen Luftwaffe, Generalfeldmarschall Herman Goering bei einem besuch der Gussstahlfabrik" Goering and his wife arrive in automobile, greeting other officials, saluting. 07:10:48:08 On far right, Josef Grohe, Gauleiter of Koeln-Aachen. 07:11:00 Goering walks toward camera in procession followed by other officers, wife E...

  16. Ferencz lecture: Kean College

    Second in a series of lectures by Benjamin Ferencz at Kean College, New Jersey. (First lecture: RG-12.020*11). Ferencz discusses his vision for new world order, world security in the 21st century, the establishment of an international criminal court to try Sadam Hussein, and what constitutes international crime. He defines the need for international standards that declare what is permissable and not permissable ("the charter for the earth"). To curb the "Wild West" mentality of international relations, Ferencz proposes the following components of new world order and a peaceful society: 1) r...

  17. Arnstadt and Nordhausen concentration camps

    Arnstadt and Nordhausen after Allied soldiers arrive. General shots of corpses and survivors. Survivors receive aid. Some well-known shots of survivors as they board IRC van. (LIB 5566) Arnstadt Horrors, Arnstadt, Germany, April 14, 1945. EXT, Sequence- German civilians disinter bodies of concentration camp victims. CU, a cadaver with a damaged skull. LSs, CUs, dog kennel for watchdog. Pan from camp gate to tents used to house 1700 prisoners. LSs to MSs, corpses lying outside of grave from which they have just been exhumed. LSs to MSs, bodies laid out on ground are viewed by several US sold...

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- German-American Bund; office, meeting

    563 E: In office of German American Bund - staff at desk, going through papers. CUs, Fritz Kuhn. Sign, "Reichsgruendungs Feier." Staff prepares recruitment mailing. Folding pamphlets which read, "Purpose and Aims of German American Bund." "JOIN" letters. CU, poster for Bund event at Yorkville Casino on January 16, 1938. Men reading newspapers in office. VAR takes, man walks into office, communicates with secretary and uniformed German American Bund, heiling. 03:05:11 563 F: In office of German American Bund, file cabinets, staff, mailing, answering telephone, typing. MSs German newspapers a...

  19. Propaganda about Japan; troops preparing for Pacific

    Reel 1: "Japan" A cartoon shows Hirohito shoving Hitler aside and proclaiming himself the greatest conqueror, the operation of thought control in Japan, and US aid to Japan during the 1923 earthquake. "Here We Come" Shows troops from Europe showering, drawing new clothing, and preparing to embark for the Pacific theater.

  20. Polish mobilization; German troops

    Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign. Reel 2: describes Polish mobilization showing armor and aircraft. Shows burned farmhouses of German settlers in Poland. Danzig militia fighting Poles and German columns marching into the city. German cavalry, armor, horse-drawn artillery, and infantry enter Poland. Skirmishers advance. Artillery and machine guns are fired.