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  1. US Army garrison cap worn by Arthur Schmitt

    1. Arthur and Meta Grunebaum Schmitt collection

    The garrison cap was used by Arthur Schmitt during his three years of military service during World War II (1939-1945). The cap is part of a larger collection documenting the experiences of Arthur (Abraham) Schmitt and Meta (Miriam) Grunebaum Schmitt and their families in Germany and the United States before, during, and after World War II.

  2. Generals Sikorski and Anders review marching troops in Iraq

    Part of reel 1. A line of people wait for food distribution by the British Military Administration in the administrative division of Tripolitania. They receive canned and dried rations. They appear to be of a variety of ethnicities, identified by the Imperial War Museums catalog record as “Maltese, Indians, Greeks, Jews, and Sudanese.” Another scene shows children receiving bread. One of the distributors wears an armband with a cross on it.

  9. Der Nomen Yid The Name Jew

    1. "Music of the Holocaust" web exhibition

    "The Name Jew" (der nomen yid), an otherwise unknown lamenting song, dates from the Holocaust or the immediate postwar period. The informant's name and biographical data were apparently not recorded.

  12. Rudolf and Helga Hauptmann Bettsack collection

    Consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Rudolf and Helga Hauptmann Bettsack (later changed to Bessac). Includes the Bettsack family Stammbuch, paperwork identifying them as stateless displaced persons, documents (with photos) in lieu of passports, and travel information for their immigration from Shanghai to the United States in 1947. Also includes paperwork for restitution claims and receipts for restitution claims for Helga Bessac.

  16. Betty C. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Betty C., who was born in Berlin in 1910. She tells of her happy life in prewar Berlin and describes the rise of antisemitism in Germany, culminating in Kristallnacht, after which she, her husband, and her infant daughter fled the country and emigrated to the United States.

  17. Brand family: correspondence

    This collection of original correspondence from members of the Brand family in Vienna to Max Brand in England dates mostly from the period of Max's arrival in England shortly before the outbreak of war until the deportation of the Brand family to the death camps.

  18. Log book of the Rover Scout Crew at Hay Internment Camp, NSW, Australia

    This log book documents the activities of a group of Austrian and German Jewish refugees whilst internees at Hay Internment Camp NSW, Australia. They formed themselves into a group called the Rover Scout Crew whilst on passage to Australia on the infamous 'Dunera Voyage' in July/ August 1940.

  19. Wilfrid Israel: correspondence

    This collection consists of original correspondence from Wilfrid Israel to Diana Hopkinson, English friends of the former, who first met at Lola Hahn Warburg's Wannsee home.

  20. Gunter Wittenberg: copy personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Gunter Wittenberg, a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin. The papers contain an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.