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  1. "Das Krematorium in Dachau"

    Consists of a copy of "Das Krematorium in Dachau," an eyewitness report given by Willy Furlan-Horst shortly after the liberation of Dachau. The report describes the interior of the crematoria, the gas chambers, the procedures for torture and execution of prisoners, the duties of the crematoria Kommandos, and the facilities for housing the SS attack dogs. Also included are copies of four photographs of death scenes in Dachau after liberation, and an English translation prepared by USHMM Archives volunteers.

  2. Maurice F. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Maurice F., who served in the United States military, 2nd Infantry Regiment, in a medical detachment from 1943 to 1945. He recalls encountering a group of approximately seventy-five emaciated women in Eggenfelden, who related to him that they had been on a death march; their sense of hopelessness; their desire for Jewish contact (he spoke to them in Yiddish); his unit and local people disinterring bodies of others from their group and reburying them in coffins; his special bond with the women because he was Jewish; and some postwar correspondence. He notes sending pho...

  3. Joe W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Joe W., who was born in Schweinfurt, Germany in 1922. He describes his family's business, established in 1833; a happy childhood; attending trade school in Berlin in 1937 after Jews were expelled from public schools; hiding with his friend during Kristallnacht; learning of his father's imprisonment and wanton destruction of their business; obtaining permission to go to Sweden with assistance from a Swedish counsel; obtaining a passport with assistance from a German officer; arriving in Sweden on April 30, 1939; and emigrating to the United States from Norway. Mr. W. r...

  4. 804 Research collection Sobibór Jules Schelvis

    Contains source materials for research of Jules Schelvis, a Holocaust survivor, on the death camp of Sobibór. Includes articles; reports; copies of evidence; documentations, illustrations; and eye witness reports. He published his findings in his work "Vernietigingskamp Sobibór /Death camp Sobibór " (Amsterdam 1993) and "Sobibór: A History of a Nazi Death Camp- Jules Schelvis" (New York, 2007, Published by Berg Publishers in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).

  5. Anti-Jewish Acts in Baltic States

    Shots of the INT of a synagogue, possibly Jonava. SS guard ordering Jewish men and young men coming out of a building (the synagogue?) -- a roundup. The Jews run down the street. The following scenes are disjointed. Shots of the Riga synagogue burning at night. The famous shots of forced labor of Jewish men climbing out of a ditch with shovels and digging on the roadside; one religious man is approached by soldiers and made to take off his shirt. Jews beaten in streets by locals and then forced labor of Jews cleaning the streets after bombing and destruction, lots of rubble. In Mogilev, Jew...

  6. Ferenc Klopfer papers

    Consists of photocopied documents from Dr. Ferenc Klopfer, including a handwritten memoir of Klopfer's experiences in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Theresienstadt, written in the latter location after liberation in May 1945. A separate text describes in more detail events during the death march from Buchenwald to Theresienstadt in early 1945. Also included is a photocopy of the surviving portion of a list of patients treated by Klopfer in the hospital at Buchenwald, with names of patients, including their birthdates and places of birth, dates of their deaths, as well as diagnoses and causes of...

  7. Fighting as the Soviets advance

    Map showing cities from Berlin to Warsaw. German troops who survived the battle for Budapest receive food and drink. Sign on a building welcomes the "Rueckkaempfer aus Budapest der Waffen SS." CUs of soldiers, some of whom have beards. The men board an open truck and depart down a muddy street. German soldiers march past a sign reading Ratibor (Raciborz, Poland). Fighting in Silesia. Atrocities committed by the Soviet troops in territory re-captured by Germany. Destroyed houses and scattered clothing. The corpse of a murdered old man. Corpses covered in sheets while people mourn over their ...

  8. Touring Germany

    Scenes of the German countryside filmed from a train. 01:00:52 Busy square in the city of Dresden with a church, market and crowds, including the Katholische Hofkirche with an ornate façade and figurative statues and a nearby tower. Along the Elbe River, a boat named "Leipzig" is docked. 01:02:02 Street scenes and a large building. 01:02:09 The Cologne cathedral with the Rhine River in the BG. Boat tour along the Rhine, Nazi flag waves from the boat, castles and architectural ruins among the cliffs. Quick view of a boat labeled "Bayonne" passing by on its way to or from France. Sights inclu...

  9. 1942/1943 School book from the high school “Slavčo Stojmenski in Štip”

    • Училишна книга од 1942/1943 од средното училиште „Славчо Стојменски“ во Штип
    • Ucilisna kniga 1942/1943 od srednoto uciliste "Slavco Stojmenski" vo Štip
    • Државен Архив на Република Македонија—Oдделение Штип
    • 1942/1943 School book from the high school “Slavčo Stojmenski in Štip”
    • English, Macedonian
    • 1942-1943
    • 1942/1943 School book from the high school “Slavčo Stojmenski in Štip” is an archival file within the Fund for primary and secondary schools in Štip and Štip district placed in the Department Štip. The School book is handwritten and it includes all the students enrolled in the high school “Slavčo Stojmenski in Stip” in 1942/43.

  10. Lisa Fittko papers

    The papers consist of three maps of Cerbère, France, and the Mediterranean coast and one envelope addressed to Lisa Fittko. The maps are as follows: (1) is a map of Port Vendres, printed on paper with inscriptions in ink, circa 1943. 27 3/4" x 29." (2) is a topographical map of Cerbere and the Mediterranean coast, printed on paper with inscriptions in ink, circa 1942-1943. Printed by the Institut Geographique National, Paris. Map is composed of 2 pieces glued together. 27" x 33." (3) is a topographical map of Cerbere and the Mediterranean coast, also printed by the Institut Geographique. I...

  11. Eva and Győrgy with baby András

    Mother Eva plays with baby András. CUs, András. Baby plays with various teddy bears and toys. EXT, apartment in Szeged, Győrgy walks out holding the baby. He walks up to the camera and starts to rock the baby (repeats). András in a basket on a sidewalk. Eva picks him up, coddling him and posing. They both look happy and smile. Pető bounces baby András in his arms, both smile. Eva stands over the baby in a basket, playing with András. Film ends 02:30

  12. Gisevius testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 128) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 26, 1946. LSs, Dr. Rudolf Dix, counselor for Schacht, questions the witness Hans Bernhardt von Gisevius. MLS, Gisevius testifying. Pan to Hermann Goering scribbling notes. 19:02:40 Pan to dock, Ribbentrop. CU, Gisevius testifying. MCU, Dr. Otto Stahmer and another defense counselor making notes. 19:07:33 MCS, right side of dock, including Speer, Von Hindenburg, Fritsch, Frank, Frick, Streicher, and Funk listening to Gisevius testify. LSs, Gisevius speaking of the relationship between the German Army and the Gestapo. Pan from Chief Pr...

  13. Niusia A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Niusia A., who was born in Krako?w, Poland, circa 1924. She describes the changes caused by the German takeover of Poland; her family's move to the nearby town of Bochnia; the ghettoization of Bochnia and the subsequent liquidation of the ghetto; and her and her mother's return to Krako?w to avoid deportation (her father had died before the war). She also tells of living on the Aryan side in Warsaw and her journey from Warsaw to Budapest, where she remained until the German invasion of Hungary; her capture while trying to escape to Romania; and her detention in a Roma...

  14. Breda family

    This collection contains: a postcard sent by Fanni Breda (sometimes Brada), held at the Theresienstadt ghetto, to her children, via Adele Truhlar, living in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in which Fanni mentions her stay in the hospital and the receipt of a parcel, 1944 ; a letter (author unknown) written in the Theresienstadt ghetto on the back of an Empfangsbestätigung [acknowledgement of receipt], 1945 ; certificate signed by the "Gendarme Sonderabteilung - Theresienstadt" confirming that Ada [Adele] Truhlar had sufficient means to travel and was thus allowed to leave Terezin, 1945 ; three Einlie...

  15. Factory of iron goods "Korenblum" in Końskie Fabryka Wyrobów Żeliwnych "Kronnenblum" w Końskich (Sygn. 615)

    Financial records and payroll of the S. Kronenblum factory in Końskie. Included are financial balances, inventory books, payrolls, lists of the factory assets compiled after the invasion of the Red Army on December 31, 1944, and a detailed situation plan of the “Kronenblum” facility in 1:000 scale.

  16. Дніпропетровський обласний комітет Комуністичної партії України

    • Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
    • Dnipropetrovskyi oblasnyi komitet Komunystychnoi partii Ukrainy
    • Днепропетровский областной комитет Коммунистической партии Украины

    Inventory 4 (Opys 4) contains filed relating to the history of the German occupation regime, population policies and the Holocaust in the region during the World War II. Inventory 4 (Opys 4). File 4. Letters, informations, reports by the Regional Committee to the lower-level party and governmental bodies, city- and district Communist party branches about activities of military registration and enlistment offices, defense construction works and dislocation of military units, creation of destruction battalions, about atrocities committed by the occupiers and their accomplices. 1943. 66 pages....

  17. Personal case files from the Australian Jewish Welfare Society, Sydney

    Personal case files of Jewish refugees who immigrated to Australia between 1937-1960s. Records include photos, emigration questionnaires, registration cards, requests for landing permits, personal documents, correspondence with Joint & HIAS, some information about personal experiences during the war, and family search requests.

  18. Documentation of government offices in Wuerttemberg, regarding the Jews, 1931-1945

    Documentation of government offices in Wuerttemberg, regarding the Jews, 1931-1945 Included in the collection are government office files, mainly from the Interior Ministry, which relate to various aspects of the life of the Jews in Wuerttemberg. The files deal with the Nazi period, but several of them - mainly those relating to Jewish institutions - relate also to the years preceding the Nazi period. The files deal with: Jewish emigration from Wuerttemberg; various certificates and permits, such as visas and identity cards; housing matters; use of public transportation; welfare institution...

  19. Bulgaria joins the Axis

    Bulgarian delegate signs document to join Axis. 3:22:41 German plane taxiing at airfield, Prof. Dr. Filov in coat, debarks and shakes hands with Ribbentrop. Band plays. Group walks past honor guard. 3:22:58 MS Ribbentrop, Filov and Count Ciano take seats at conference table. CU German and Bulgarian signatories sign. LS Ribbentrop and Filov shake hands. 3:23:43 Hitler and various delegates shake hands. 3:24:00 Hitler speaking and gesturing to Filov.

  20. Verdoner family walking in Hilversum and playing

    EXT, MCUs Francisca and Yoka Verdoner with their brother Otto in a stroller. Their mother Hilde walks along with them. The family walks through the streets of Hilversum, other people are seen on foot and on bicycle. INT, Otto, now with a full head of hair. VS, CUs of Otto, now walking on his own. The children play with a toy, a dancing, wind up monkey. CU of the monkey toy dancing. CUs, bare-bottomed Otto playing with the monkey, his mother Hilde is undressing him. VS, Otto crawling and walking about the room naked.