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  1. Raymonde Garber photograph collection

    The collection consists of eight pre- and post-World War II photographs documenting the life of Raymonde Garber and her family in France during the Holocaust.

  2. laundry; French town

    Women doing laundry in a large wash basin in an apartment building courtyard. VS, EXT. Buildings, castle, rooftops, houses, apartments- a survey of the architecture of the unidentified town. Civilians, man in US Army uniform. Local women pumping water. Sign in French reads: "Hotel du Roxy" Shot of large, ornate public fountain.

  5. German troops in France, 1940; French colonial POWs

    Reel 1: 00:50:35 Scenes on French country road. Captured French colonial troops in various uniforms walking several abreast along road (including Arab and African soldiers). French town (apparently not Paris). Hotel de Ville entrance and metal grille with sign. Pan to two Gothic cathedral towers badly damaged. Small sign "Kommandantur" hanging on door. Blurry images of damaged buildings.

  6. Julius Streicher, Hermann Goering, Unity Mitford at rally in Franconia

    Large numbers of Hitler Youth and others marching, carrying flags. Hermann Goering, Julius Streicher and others arrive in cars driving through the cheering crowds. They walk among the crowds. Goering and Streicher at a speaker's podium. People in the crowd give the Hitler salute. Some of them wear native costume. Shots of officials, including two women. One may be Goering's wife. Panning shot across the crowd. 01:28:54 Title on screen: "Wir wollen nicht hass erzeugen gegen andere Voelker! Wir reichen jedem Volke die Hand!" [We do not want to create hatred toward other people! We offer our h...

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 2 -- Crimes committed by Barbie in France

    14:45 A clerk lists various submissions by civil and related parties concerning crimes committed by Barbie. 14:53 The clerk lists components of crimes against humanity and war crimes. 14:59 Barbie's career in the SS. 15:03 The character of the criminal Nazi organizations. 15:06 Barbie's actions in Lyon.

  8. Agro-Joint colony of Maxim Gorky

    MCU of boys and girls of Maxim Gorky Colony, most boys wearing no shirts. LS of electrified pumping station. Two women baking bread at outdoor oven, taking out loaves. LS of flock of sheep, shepherd and young boys. LS of solid large long buildings, perhaps workshops or stables. Intertitles provide statistics and further information about the scenes.

  9. Karl Schneider memoir

    Consists of two copies of Karl Schneider's memoir of life in the Riga ghetto. He was a member of a transport from Cologne, Germany, which arrived in Riga in December 1941. He remained in the ghetto for the majority of the war, and discusses the establishment of schools and religious practices within the ghetto.

  11. Book

  12. Ariela Palacz photograph collection

    The Ariela Palacz photograph collection consists of photographs depicting Ariela Palacz, her parents, and her siblings in Paris, France, before and during World War II.

  13. Barbie Trial -- Day 3 -- Barbie's absence and psychiatric evaluation

    17:28 The Prosecuter requests that the trial continue in Barbie's absence. 17:39 Psychiatric expert M. Jacques Vedrinne presents the method used during the psychiatric examination of Barbie. 18:07 Psychiatric expert M. Jacques Vedrinne lists the medical history of Barbie.

  14. Barbie Trial -- Day 1 -- Judge lists plaintiffs; Interrogation of Klaus Barbie

    13:05:30 Klaus Barbie enters the courtroom, visible at upper screen right. He sits next to two interpreters: Margit Lipsker and Martine Billaud. 13:05:00 Presiding Judge André Cerdini lists the plaintiffs and their lawyers and the consequences of illegally reporting the court proceedings. 13:30:00 The interrogation of the accused begins. Barbie is asked his name, date of birth, profession, address, name of his parents and double identity. He was born on 25 October 1913, in Godesburg, Germany. 13:48:15 There is discussion concerning the double identity of Klaus Altmann. Barbie refuses to ans...

  15. Der Sturmer's Kampf Booklet

    Anti-Jewish propaganda booklet published by Der Sturmer. There is an insert with the publication of a letter on Der Sturmer letterhead dated March 1937. Der Sturmer was a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's frequent subtitle was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945....

  16. Teheran Conference

    An American serviceman holds a slate that reads: Scene 140. The camera follows a car with a USA insignia on the back down a street in Teheran and into a courtyard in front of the Soviet embassy, where the Teheran conference was held. Soviet soldiers run and march past the building while American soldiers film and take photographs of them. 01:40:38 Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill come around the corner of the building and walk up the steps. They stop to pose for photographers or perhaps answer questions. 01:41:59 Roosevelt is now with them, sitting in a chair at the top of the steps. The...

  17. German POWs; liberated French soldiers; DPs on the road; German civilians loot a warehouse.

    A slate reads: "April 5, Wolfhagen, V-Corps." Long shot of a fenced enclosure containing German POWs. Closer shots of the prisoners. Two of them wear bandages on their heads. One seated prisoner attempts to hide his face from the camera. 01:01:43 An American soldier sits on a tank. American military vehicles travel down a road. A new slate reads: "April 8, 1945, 9 Armored cross Wasser River" [probably the Werra River near Günterode as Wasser means "water" in German]. Tanks cross the river. American soldiers wave from the back of a tank. A makeshift slate announces that the date is now April...

  18. Trial of the 20th of July plotters against Hitler

    Opening title: "Der 20. Juli 1944, vor dem Volksgerichtshof". Judge Roland Freisler and other judges enter courtroom and give the Nazi salute. The audience in the courtroom salutes as well. Close-up profile of Freisler. Title identifies General Major Helmut Stieff, one of the iniators of the attack on Hitler. Dark shots of Stieff as he stands before Friesler. Close up of a folder titled "Attentat auf den Fuehrer am 20 Juli 1944." The first page in the folder shows the layout in the room where the bomb went off. Shots of the destroyed room in Hitler's headquarters while Freisler's voice cont...

  19. Rabbi William Z. Dalin family papers

    The collection includes documents, correspondence, photographs, and clippings illustrating Rabbi William Z. Dalin’s service as a United States Army chaplain, primarily regarding his deployment in post-war Wiesbaden, Germany; post-war correspondence of his wife Bella Dalin; wartime correspondence of Helene Dreydel with her sister Alice before she and Helene’s parents, Ferdinand and Johanna, were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp; and Leo Loeb’s experiences as a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, China. Rabbi William Z. Dalin’s papers include documents, correspondence, photographs, a...

  20. Star of David pin made from a Dutch coin worn to protest the German occupation and persecution of the Jews

    Star of David pin worn in the Netherlands during World War II. It was a symbol of patriotism, support for the persecuted Jewish populace, and of protest and resistance to the German occupation of May 10, 1940 - May 5, 1945. The pin suggests the yellow Star of David badge that Jews were ordered to wear on April 29, 1942. Men often wore them as stickpins, women as lapel pins or pendants. It is made a from prewar Dutch coin called a dubbelje, the smallest coin in circulation, worth about 10 cents, and features the profile of Queen Wilhelmina. The Germans replaced the currency in 1941.