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  1. Helen Waren letter concerning displaced persons

    Consists of a copy of an undated letter by Helen Waren, an actress in Europe at the close of World War II. In her letter she describes her experiences with Allied troops in Europe, displaced persons camps, and displaced Jews suffering persecution after the war. Also included is a 21 Nov 1945 letter by Maj. Charles Heitzberg of the War Department - Office of the Chief of Staff describing the origins of the letter to Lt. General Lucius D. Clay.

  2. Processo de pedido de visto para Mna. Colenutt, Felicia Alison Schuster, Maud Burt, Geneal H. Bland e Herbert G, Stewart

    Processo de pedido de visto da Embaixada Britânica ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Mna. Colenutt, de nacionalidade britânica e residente em França, com destino ao Reino Unido. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto da Embaixada Britânica ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Felicia Alison schuster, de nacionalidade britânica e residente em França, com destino ao Reino Unido. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto da Embaixada Britânica ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Maud Burt, de nacionalidade britânica e residente em França, com destino ao R...

  3. Więzienie Łódzkie

    • Łódź Prison

    Akta personalne więźniów ułożone alfabetycznie, głównie z lat trzydziestych XX w., więzionych za przestępstwa pospolite: gwałty napady, nierząd, kazirodztwo, wielożeństwo, czerpanie zysku z nierządu, zabójstwo oraz za przestępstwa społeczno-polityczne: zajścia uliczne, opór przeciwko władzy, uchylanie się od służby wojskowej, dezercja, antysemityzm, nielegalne przekroczenie granicy, przynależność do Komunistycznego Związku Młodzieży Polskiej i Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów.

  4. Buchheit, Dr. Gert (Historiker)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Dr. Gerd Buchheit (geb. 2.6.1900 in Saargemünd, gest. 31.5.1978 in Landstuhl) Gerd Buchheit studierte Geschichte, Germanistik, Philosophie und Kunstgeschichte an den Universitäten Heidelberg, Bonn, Erlangen und München. Nach dem Studium arbeitete er als Lehrer in München und Pirmasens, später als Kunsthistoriker, Militärwissenschaftler und zeitgeschichtlicher Schriftsteller. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war er Offizier im Kommandostab des Militärbefehlshabers in Frankreich. Ein Schwerpunkt seines Schaffens stellte der deutsche militärische Geheimdienst dar....

  5. Carl Lutz collection

    Private papers of Carl Lutz (1895-1975), a Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest (1942-1945). The collection contains a part of Lutz's papers (another part is held by the Yad Vashem Archives) and consists of biographical materials and personal documents: CV, honors, photographs, diaries, audio recordings, and correspondence, e.g. with the US Holocaust Museum, Washington DC (1989-1990), (File 137); diplomatic reports relating to Palestine (1934-1940), economic relations Switzerland-Palestine, the protection of German interests in Palestine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin (1941), and the sit...

  6. Leon Matsas memoirs

    Consists of the unfinished handwritten memoirs of Leon Matsas, entitled "Survival I," "Survival II," and Survival III." The memoirs are originally written in Greek and have been translated by Mr. Matsas' daughter, Ninetta Matsa Feldman. In the memoirs, Mr. Matsas, a banker, describes pre-war antisemitism and the fear of a German invasion. In 1940, he transferred with his family from Preveza to Agrinion, and after the war began, to Ioannina (Janina or Yanina). He describes life in the Greek Army, into which he was drafted to fight against the Italians in Albania; as well as the Army's retrea...

  7. Prints of Hitler in a shop window in Germany

    Various sizes of framed prints of Adolf Hitler. Somewhere in Germany. German soldier standing in street wearing the spiked helmet. Nazi soldiers marching through the streets. Trolley cars move past soldiers on horseback.

  8. Deutsches Staatsministerium für Böhmen und Mähren (zuvor Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren)

    Bestandsbeschreibung Die in das BArch gelangten Schriftgutsplitter beziehen sich vor allem auf Personalangelegenheiten und auf die Organisation und Stellenbesetzung in der oberlandrätlichen Verwaltung. Der Bestand enthält auch einige Akten des Stellvertretenden Reichsprotektors sowie Kopien von Akten im Staatlichen Zentralarchiv in Prag über den Aufstand in der Slowakei im August 1944. Den weitaus größeren Teil der erhalten gebliebenen Überlieferung verwahrt das Staatliche Zentralarchiv in Prag. Die Aktenbände 1-56 liegen in Form von Mikrofilmen vor, die Signaturen 57-60 als Originalakten. ...

  9. Sterbebuch des landesgerichtlichen Gefangenenhauses Wien 1938–1945

    • Book of Deceases of the Vienna State Tribunal Prison 1938–1945

    Das Sterbebuch wurde von den Gefangenenhausseelsorgern am landesgerichtlichen Gefangenenhaus Wien erstellt. Es enthält natürliche Todesfälle sowie Hinrichtungen von Österreichern, Polen, Tschechen, Jugoslawen und Kroaten im landesgerichtlichen Gefangenenhaus Wien, angeklagt aufgrund politischer Delikte (Hochverrat, Landesverrat und Wehrkraftzersetzung, Rundfunkverbrechen, Verordnung gegen Gewohnheitsverbrecher etc.), sowie nichtpolitischer Delikte (Mord etc.) mit Anmerkungen der katholischen Gefangenenhausseelsorger Dr. Köck, Pater Ivenek, Prof. Matzinger, der evangelischen Seelsorger Schne...

  10. Vermögensentziehungsanmeldung

    • Property privations registration

    Die "Vermögensentziehungs-Anmeldungsverordnung" (vgl. BGBl Nr. 166/1946) legte die Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen für die Geltendmachung von Ansprüchen fest. Dazu gehörte auch das Ausfüllen eines entsprechenden Formulars mit den wichtigsten Angaben über den Enteignungsvorgang. Der Bestand enthält diese Formulare, geordnet nach Bezirksverwaltungsbehörden, sowie fallweise daran anknüpfende Vorgänge bis 1961. In der Regel sind anschließende Rückstellungsverfahren mit der Rk-Zahl des Gerichtes auf dem Akt vermerkt. Es ergeben sich zahlreiche Überschneidungen mit anderen einschlägigen Beständen...

  11. Nazi persecution of Jewish communities in Bohemia and Moravia

    Contains documents relating to the persecution of Jewish communities by Nazi and other authorities in Bohemia and Moravia in Czechoslovakia.

  12. Sonja Milner collection, 1944-1945

    The photographs depict Schneiur and Shlomo Trabska dressed in Polish Army uniforms, their cousin of who was a rabbi, and Siegfried Mendel from Gniewkowo, Poland.

  13. World Jewish Congress: minutes of meetings

    This collection includes copies of minutes of meetings of the executive and administrative committees of the World Jewish Congress, held in Paris and Vienna, in addition to other papers.

  14. Documentation from the Amt Nohfelden / Türkismühle in the Saar region, 1920-1944

    Documentation from the Amt Nohfelden / Türkismühle in the Saar region Documentation from the Amt Merzig-Land in the Saar region

  15. Sąd Grodzki w Przedborzu

    • Court of the first instance in Przedbórz

    akta spraw cywilnych o podział spadku, eksmisję z mieszkań, zwrot długu, wyjście z niepodzielności.

  16. US Army vehicles; Army-Navy Game

    US military supply vehicles travelling down dirt road, arrive at Army barracks. 01:01:19 (black and white) Army vehicles, labeled 104 HQ1. "HQ 1st BN 104th F.A. Message Center" sign. Soldiers sending telegrams. Map. 01:03:25 Camouflaged weapons. 01:05:16 (color) soldiers with map, dead fox. "104th Battalion" title. Play fighting. 01:08:15 Building, CU military car, vehicles lined up in building, military equipment lined up. 01:11:30 "Philadelphia 1939 Army vs. Navy" title. Tickets. Stadium, woman waving flag for Navy, band on pitch. 01:14:10 "This is the Navy field Goal" title. "Match" 01:1...

  17. Bookburning, German civilians

    US propaganda/documentary film about World War II. A post-war U.S. narrative of intentions in Germany. Includes images of Goering at a press conference, war crimes trials, animated question marks, people around a pile of burning books in street, CU of "Mein Kampf" going into flames. "We will abolish all Nazi laws in which these ideas are fixed - all laws of discrimination by race, creed, or political opinion. It is not our intention to enslave the German people, but to re-educate them toward a democratic way of life." German civilians gathered looking at posters describing atrocities of war...

  18. Dr. Hans Stück collection

    Consists of post-war letters by Dr. Hans Stück, testimonies by Allied military personnel and Holocaust survivors about Dr. Stück's pre-war and wartime activities, and photographs of the Stück family. The letters and testimonies describe how Dr. Stück, though nominally a member of the Nazi Party, defended Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses in court, arranged for the removal of Jews from Buchenwald to places which were relatively safer, and facilitated correspondence between concentration camp prisoners and the outside world. The letters and testimonies were written while Stück was interned as a pr...

  19. Antisemitic graffiti on Jewish shops

    Building sign for a university health clinic. Pedestrians walk past the opera house with an antisemitic sign "Judentum ist Verbrechertum, Stuermer Sondernummer" ["To be Jewish is to be criminal. Read the special edition of Der Stuermer."] with a caricature of Jewish man. More graffiti on Jewish-owned shops as pedestrians walk by, including a red-painted "Jude" with X's, stars of David, and profile caricatures.

  20. Oral testimony of Eric Otto Sonneman