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  1. Book

    Medical book

  2. Foreign Press Conference; power of propaganda

    "April 1933, The Foreign Press Conference." Goebbels and Hitler speak. LS, hall where conference is held. MCU, Hitler. MCU of Goebbels behind a podium, indoors speaking about the Nazis coming to power as a revolution, to save Germany from economic troubles. He sounds calm, reading a speech from notes. Hitler at same podium, speaking seriously, in measured tones - re Nazi party coming to power. MLS crowd in FG, murals on wall behind. CU of Hitler.

  3. Wooden cigarette case made in Buchenwald

    Wooden cigarette box made by inmate in Buchenwald Created by unknown prisoner, circa 1940-1945, Buchenwald concentration camp. Given to Josef Seitz from the unknown prisoner. This object was made by an inmate at Buchenwald and given to Josef Seitz who was imprisoned as a Jehovah's Witness.

  4. Mug used by a young Jewish man in the Riga ghetto and in hiding

    Mug used by Issak Drizin in the Riga Ghetto in Latvia and in hiding. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads joined by roving gangs of Latvian fascists. In October, Isaak and the other Jews were forced into a ghetto. In fall 1943, the Germans decided to destroy the ghetto. Isaak was living in a cellar with his family. He heard about a man who helped people hide and managed to get his address. He wrote the man asking him to meet. On Se...

  5. Crematorium tag

    Consists of one cylindrical clay disc of the type which were attached to deceased prisoners' bodies during cremation to easily identify the ashes. Though the original origins of this disc, numbered 9205, are unknown, such discs were used at Theresienstadt, Sachsenhausen, Majdanek, and similar discs were also discovered at Belzec.

  6. Magda Trocmé papers

    The Magda Trocmé papers comprise a letter and a framed photograph. The letter was written by Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig in 1944 in New York after the liberation of France, describes how much Elizabeth misses the Trocmé family, and tells them about her experiences as a recent refugee to the United States. The framed photograph depicts Magda Trocmé's children, Nelly and Jean Pierre, and their dog Fido at the door of the Rectory in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Magda Trocmé described this door as "one that let through many refugees and was never closed."

  7. Reading of indictments at Nuremberg Trial

    Reading of indictment at Nuremberg Trial. Courtroom at rest (pre-trial). Court rises as Tribunal enters. Dock showing Goering, Hess, Ribbentrop, etc. 01:01:58 Hess stares stonily (at camera). Hess looks around room, smirks and smiles as MP picks up Hess' earphones for him to hear. MS, MLS, defendants, judges, courtroom audience listening as Justice Lawrence (voiceover) speaks about giving defendants access to documents that will be used as evidence during the trial. (poor image quality-scratches on film, underexposed footage) 01:02:39 Lawrence continues stating, "Indictment shall now be rea...

  8. Persecution of Roma in Frankfurt am Main

    Consists of a file entitled "Luftschutz 350" from the Stadtarchiv Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Contains information about German policies for Roma and plans for a Roma camp in Frankfurt am Main. Also includes records concerning locations of storage facilities in relation to the camp in the city and architectural drawings for camp structures.

  9. Norbert J. Yasharoff collection

    The Norbert J. Yasharoff collection consists of photographs of the Yasharoff family of Sofia, Bulgaria before and during World War II; a letter written by Norbert Yasharoff to his cousin Narcisse Barouch, dated June 26, 1943; speeches relating to the Yasharoff family’s Holocaust experiences in Bulgaria; and Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel, a Holocaust memoir written by Norbert J. Yasharoff. Many of the people in the photographs are mentioned in the memoir. The letter written by Norbert Yasharoff is addressed to his cousin Narcisse Barouch who was stationed in a northern Bulgaria...

  10. Book

    Book by German author whose writings were banned during the Third Reich.

  11. Timkovichi interview and newspaper article

    Consists of a transcript of an interview with Nathan and Sara Bratkovski, Tamara and Semion Rozin, and Sima Bratkowski of Timkovichi, Belarus, regarding their Holocaust experiences in the Timkovichi ghetto. The interviews were conducted by Jeannie Straussman. Also contains a newspaper article from the November 1, 1990 "Jewish Observer" regarding Straussman's trip to Belarus.

  12. Ted Deutsch postcard

    The postcard was written by an officially-appointed letter writer, as dictated by Ted Deutsch and his brother when they were interned in Birkenau concentration camp. The postcard was addressed to their grandfather in Budapest, Hungary. The coded message let him know that his grandsons were alive, but that they had been separated from their parents. The messag reads, "Dear Grandfather, We are healthy and we will be working. Please, we would like to have the address of Hedi and Armin to write. Many kisses."

  13. Aerial photograph of Camp de Gurs

    Aerial photograph of Camp de Gurs, France. There is a map and caption in German handwritten in pencil on the verso. A stamped caption reads: "Cimetiere des Deports / De Gurs (France) - Vue générale. / Deportationsfriedhofs Gurs / Frankreich - Gesamtansicht."

  14. Judith Hajec photograph collection

    The collection consists of 13 black and white photographs taken at Dachau when the 15th Artillery Corps encountered the camp at the time of liberation.

  15. Harry L. Smith photograph collection

    The collection consists of 23 photographs taken at Buchenwald at the time of liberation that show camp structures, crematoria, corpses, and liberated prisoners. The photographs were taken by Harry L. Smith in April 1945, when he was a medic with the 628th Medical Clearing Company of the U.S. First Army.

  16. Charles Kotkowsky collection

    The collection consists of a photograph and 3 theater programs. The photograph shows Charles Kotkowsky playing the role of Adolf Hitler in a theater production entitled "Hitler's Last Night." The programs include one for the Leuca Dramatic Group presentation of "Hitler's Last Night," written and produced by Charles Kotkowsky; and two for the Leuca Dramatic Group presentation of "Tovia, the Milkman," by Shalom Aleichem, one in English and one in Yiddish.

  17. Elizaveta Vineberg photograph collection

    The collection contains photographs of 4 individuals: Sofýa Benýaminova Vainberg (née Tokman), David Iosifovich Vainberg, Polina Davidovna Vainberg-Sagaigak, and Dora Davidovna Vainberg-Mikhailov.

  18. Henry H. Barschall papers

    The Henry H. Barschall papers consist of Henry Barschall's 1934-1936 Friedrich Wilhelm University grade book whose yellow stripe and notations indicate he was a Jewish student and not a member of the German student body. The papers also include correspondence regarding Hermann Barschall's status as a patent attorney, his continuation in his profession under the Nazi regime due to his veteran status, and his dismissal from the profession after new anti-Jewish legislation of October 1938.

  19. Hessy Levinsons Taft collection

    The collection consists of eight black and white photographs and one modern color photograph depicting members of the Levinsons family, a postcard addressed to "Sascha Lenssen, Opernsänger" (opera singer), a birthday card, and a magazine titled "Sonne ins Haus," which depicts a photograph of Hessy Levinsons Taft as an infant on the front cover because she won a contest to select the most beautiful "Aryan" baby in Germany.

  20. Museum für Geschichte der Stadt Dresden papers

    The papers consist of two receipts for donations to Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes (WHW - a winter relief campaign), one antisemitic flyer, and an Aryan genealogy chart.