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  1. GIs; German landscape

    Underexposed INT shot of American soldiers. Aerial shot of river running between mountains. VS, aerial views of mountains with wing of military plane in FG of shot.

  2. Illich family activities in 1940

    Family activities in the year 1940. Introduced with Maexie Films logo (drawing of Maexie holding a film camera) and some German titles. Fritz Regenstreif walks down a walkway amidst the snow; the entire villa is under snowy cover. Ivan shoveling and the twins, Micha and Sascha, digging in the snow. Ellen Regenstreif (Maexie) struggles to make it through the snow. The boys cross country ski through the forest. Inside the villa, the twins play music and take violin and piano lessons (Blüthner piano) with "Olgica". The boys and their teacher sing songs. On April 21, 1940 (Maexie's birthday), t...

  3. 1936 Olympics special exhibition oral histories master tape

    Oral history monitor exhibited as part of "NAZI OLYMPICS, Berlin 1936" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from July 19, 1996 to July 27, 1997.

  4. Evacuation of the Hohne camp and Glyn Hughes hospital

    Includes letters, memoranda, and minutes of meetings written between November 1949 and May 1950 relating to the evacuation of Jewish displaced persons from the Hohne camp near Bergen-Belsen and the Glyn Hughes hospital. Also included is a July 16, 1948, memorandum written by Josef Rosensaft concerning the growth of antisemitism in the British zone of Germany.

  5. Nazi sympathizers in the United States, 1934

    Paramount News 1934 "Air U.S. Nazi Movement! Militant anti-Jewish groups gain throughout country! Expose of wide propaganda campaign made by F. Moley, editor of 'Today'." Moley presents his support of American Nazism and anti-Jewish propaganda. MS, Silver Shirt book store in Los Angeles, "Truth brings Liberation" "Aryan Book Store." Silver Shirts handing out anti-semitic literature on street corner. CU, "Silver Ranger" newspaper with headline: "Free Speech Stopped by Jew Riot" and date January 1934. Speech about enemies by head of the Cincinnati chapter of the Friends of the New Germany. An...

  6. Orientation to the USHMM

    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Orientation Film presents an overview of the Museum's exhibitions and memorials and is shown throughout the day in one of the theaters. (with and without subtitles)

  7. Soldiers eating; at leisure

    Soldiers line up and receive food. They pose next to a boxcar that says “15 Fin USA Bound.” A sign for Thionville. Soldiers eat at Camp Boston in Reims, France. Children wave at the camera. Soldiers play cards and smoke cigarettes. Scenes at Camp Boston.

  8. Forced laborers dig ditches in Hungary, September 1939

    Magyar Híradó 814. The intertitle reads, “MUNKASZOLGÁLATOSOK. Vitéz Fábry Daniel tábornok megetekintette a make talajvíz-mentesítõ munkálatokat. M.F.I.KISS E.” The forced labor battalions march, following their General (?) Daniel Fábry. Their arms swing in unison. CUs of soldiers' faces as they walk by the camera. They go to work digging a large rectangular ditch. Men carry off wheelbarrows full of dirt. Others shovel the dirt, occasionally glancing at the camera and smiling. A group of men works to push a mine cart full of dirt along the cart tracks. Shovels are stuck into the dirt. The me...

  9. Destruction/demolition of the Dresden synagogue

    Compilation film with German intertitles. Still photographs of synagogue in Dresden, before it was demolished by the Nazis in November 1938. 01:01:14 "Beseitigung der Brandruine der Dresdener Synagoge unter Mitwirkung der Techn. Nothilfe OG Dresden X" Aerial pan, destruction of Dresden synagogue. Shoveling debris onto truck. Pan up, demolished synagogue. Soldiers standing in FG. Pile of white stones from demolished building. 01:02:09 Remaining synagogue wall blasted. VAR CUs, detonation of synagogue. 01:02:35 Color contemporary footage of memorial statue for Dresden synagogue, with flowers ...

  10. Germans construct bridge; coastal defenses

    German workers construct a bridge over the Rhine. Buildings, including a children's hospital, in Hamburg demolished by Allied bombing. Italian Alpine troops advance through the snow against French positions on Mont Blanc. German troops occupy either Jersey or Guernsey. Coastal defenses. Stuka and Heinkel bombers take off, fly over ships in the Channel, and dive upon Dover.

  11. German invasion of Crete

    This is an excerpt from the six reel film about the German invasion of Crete from 21-27 May 1941, the first mainly airborne invasion in history. This clip is from reel 2 of 6. German soldiers in battle. Sound of bombing and shooting, Stukas drop bombs, sinking ship. British POWs raising their hands, marching past a harbor. Pile of seized weapons. Cheerful music over POWs sitting in a group. The narrator alludes to the British and their traitorous helpers. POWs in a gated compound. A pair of hands pages through a folder marked “Secret.” POWs receive rations out of the back of a truck while t...

  12. Parade in DC; Eleanor Roosevelt; Taking of Aachen

    Part 1, Navy Day parade in Washington, D.C., and the battleship Iowa joining a Pacific fleet. Part 2, Eleanor Roosevelt views an exhibition of paintings by service men in New York city. Part 3, Boys in Maryland grade schools attend sewing and cooking classes. Part 4, Battle shots of Marines in the Pacific. Part 5, German troops flee through the streets of Antwerp. The Belgian underground sabotages German vehicles. U.S. troops enter the city. Artillery and aerial bombardment precedes the 1st Army as U.S. troops occupy Aachen.

  13. Oral history interview with Paul Reutlinger

  14. Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto special exhibition monitors

    AV monitors produced by Wentworth Films exhibited as part of "Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from November 21, 1997 to October 3, 1999.

  15. Skiing; Americans visit Vienna; Austrian military

    Storefronts with German writing, shuttered shops (winter?). Steep snowy hill, people climb stairs to top of ski jump. At another ski hill, many figures mill about and ski. Title card: “Ringstrasse, Oper, Hotel Bristol Kaerntnerstrasse.” Visiting the city of Vienna. Vienna State Opera House, with buses driving by on the street. Street scenes. The Hotel Bristol. Title card: “Goethe Denkmal, Burg Tor, Museums, Maria Theresia Denkmal, Neue Hofburg.” Statue of Goethe. The Burg Tor, an old castle gate. Statue of Maria Theresa. Trolleys go by on the street. The Hofburg Palace. A decorated horse an...

  16. Riding ferry to Russian harbor

    People aboard ferry, VAR shots, sailors, signs in Russian, pan. Shots of city at riverside seen from the boat as it travels.

  17. Oral history interview with Leah Laskowski

  18. William Perl papers a statistical analysis of Soviet atrocity charges

    Report by the Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices. The 4 July 1944 report includes information about executions of Russian citizens in rural areas, executions of Russian Jews, and Jewish populations statistics for several Russian cities.

  19. The poetry of Yehuda Amichai

    Adapted from Yehuda Amichai's "Poems" published in English by Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. This film is a mood film set to the poetry of Yehuda Amichai that shows scenes of contemporary life in Israel. Views of ruined cemetery in Jerusalem. Man walking among graves, walking along seashore. Waves washing over still pictures of the Holocaust. Ruins of Caesarea. Children playing, wife bidding farewell to her soldier husband. Stills of wounded soldier, soldiers resting on ground during exercise, then on the move. Mother bathing baby. Still of children and young couples. People bathing in riv...

  20. Trims of Russian scenes: theatre; peasants; tourists visit palace

    TRIMS depicting a variety of activities in daily life throughout Russia. In city, women look at schedule in theatre window. 01:07:33 Peasants - women with kerchiefs, one smiling at camera. 01:07:43 INT, ornate room. MS, tourists visit other rooms in this palace.