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  1. Anti-Jewish propaganda film: transmitting disease; assimilated Jews

    A propaganda film declared as a "documentary film contribution about the problem of world Judaism," in which antisemitic stereotypes are disseminated by the Nazis, including scenes showing: Poland as a nesting place for Judaism; the comparison of Jews with rats; the difference between Jews and Aryans; "international crime"; "financial Judaism"; "assimilated Jews"; the Jewish influence on economics, culture, and politics; and Jewish religious practice with a portrayal of haggling and misused sacred Jewish texts. REEL 3 A similar animated map compares the wanderings of the Jews to the mass mi...

  2. Anti-Jewish propaganda printed between false cover of American dollar bill

  3. Anti-Jewish sign and Le Juif Suess marquee in Paris

    Men fish off the quay in Paris with a view of Notre Dame in the background. A large group of German officers walk down the street. They salute the tomb of the unknown soldier and look up at the Arc de Triomphe. View of a building with a sign reading Kommandant der Stadt Paris. Soldiers go in and out of the building. A German soldier buys a newspaper from a Frenchwoman. Street signs pointing to Verdun, Compiegne and Amiens. German soldiers consult a street map. 02:21:44 A sign in a window in German and French indicates that the stores is a Jewish business (Juedisches Geschaeft; Entreprise Ju...

  4. Anti-Jewish sign in Halle

    Title: Die Gaufilmstelle Halle-Merseburg zeigt: Appell des Kreises Liebenwerda in Falkenberg 1936. Nazi flags hang from various buildings in Falkenberg. CU of a relief sculpture of an eagle clutching a swastika. Other views of the small town. Men in various types of uniforms including SA and Hitler Youth arrive at the train station. 01:31:27 Clear shot of a sign that reads: Juden kehrt! Euer Weg nach Palaestina fuehrt nicht durch diesen Ort [Jews turn around! Your way to Palestine does not lead through this area]. Two couples in civilian clothes stand directly behind and below the sign. A m...

  5. Anti-Jewish sign on a streetcar in Belgrade

    Busy street scene in Belgrade. Buildings, piles of rubble, horse-drawn carts and cars. 00:49:42 A streetcar passes by with a sign that reads "Fuer Juden Verboten" [Jews forbidden]. Two men cross the street. Panning shot of the city, including smokestacks and a river (either the Danube or the Sava).

  6. Anti-Jewish sign; amusement park

    Signpost along country road: "Juden sind hier unerwuenscht" (Jews are not wanted here) in Bavaria?. Man on motorbike passes in one direction; woman walking along in opposite direction (may be in vicinity of Nuremberg, southern Germany). Low angle view of carved figures on post with several cross bars. One shot of German Autobahn, trees on either side, two vehicles. Amusement park scenes in Stuttgart. Rides, signs. Close views of older couple, youngsters.

  7. Anti-Jewish sign; churchgoers, market in Bavaria

    CU of sign with swastika: "Juden sind hier unerwuenscht" (Jews not wanted here). Funeral at small church. Selling sausages, meat. Scenes at church yard. Poster for food production in Bavaria; Reichsnaehrstand (Nazi Peasant Organization). ["Blut und Boden" ("blood and soil") motto and symbol top left]. People exiting church: men, women, young boys.

  8. Anti-Jewish sign; tobacco harvest

    Women and girls harvesting tobacco, bending over tobacco leaves. Close views, wearing aprons. CUs of Autobahn and different kinds of vehicles, mainly trucks, passing on highway. CU and MS of sign "Juden sind hier unerwuenscht" (Jews not wanted here) on country road. Man passes on motorbike; woman walking opposite direction. Old woman seated, handling tobacco leaves. Tobacco hanging to dry. LS silhouette of men and women on roof, passing tiles up the sloping side. Several shots: LS, CU, MS. Closeup of tiles placed.

  9. Anti-Nazi activities worldwide: leaflets and circulars

    The collection consists of leaflets and circulars of anti-nazi organizations in various countries across the world. Much of the material is annotated with the reference 112F, probably an early Wiener Library subject reference code, which suggests that the material was deposited shortly after it was produced.

  10. Anti-Nazi caricature, discouraging revealing information, published by Palestine Government

    Anti-Nazi cartoon published in Palestine in the early 1940s, with a quote attributed to the book of Proverbs from the Hebrew Bible. The quote is erroneously attributed to Proverbs 21. verse 24 but it is actually Proverbs 21:23. Posters urging the public to be discrete about what information they reveal in conversations with strangers were common during World War II. Both the United States’ Security of War Information Campaign (also known as the Hush-Hush Campaign), and Britain’s Careless Talk Series were created to deliver similar messages. Following World War I, The League of Nations award...

  11. Anti-Nazi movement in the US broadside collection

    The collection consists of four flyers distributed in the United States by four different organizations to mobilize support against Fascism and the Nazi Party and in support of human rights.

  12. Anti-Nazi parade in New York City

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 11, No. 757, Part 2C. Release date, 03/25/1939. 20,000 in "Stop Hitler" parade in New York City. Girls in Dutch-like costumes, banners, ticker tape. Band playing. Parade with lots of little girls in Dutch-like outfits; American flag and Czech flag. MS big banner "Jesus not Hitler"; "Keep America open for Refugees"; "Embargo all Nazi Trade." Women with ribbon across chests; lots of little flags. LS street and building. Ticker tape. LS high above big crowd. Costumed women. Newsreel footage also includes the following parts: 02:29:11 "Lady Luck Smiles on Big Winners in...

  13. Anti-Nazi propaganda in Germany: various papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.Anti-Nazi propaganda in Germany: various papers 

  14. Anti-nazi propaganda leaflets

    This collection consists of miscellaneous propaganda leaflets produced by the British, designed to undermine the morale of the German troops. Also a German propaganda leaflet and a map of Arnhem and environs.

  15. Anti-Nazi propaganda: Russian radio broadcasts

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfim collection of anti-nazi radio broadcast transcripts, emanating from Russia, was collated by the German organisation: Interradio Sonderdienst Seehaus. Each page-long transcript has been annotated 'Geheim' and recorded over the days 14-15 May 1944. The last 8 frames contain broadcast transcripts from National Komitee Freies Deutschland

  16. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The "Anti-Nazi Resistance and Opposition" collection consists of pamphlets, flyers, and booklets published across Europe during World War II. These publications document the atrocities committed by the Nazis and by their collaborators, and were originally aimed to unite the oppressed populations in spiritual and armed resistance. The opposition to the Nazis was led by people from different social backgrounds: peasants, workers, teachers, business owners, as well as aristocrats. Most operated underground, and individuals often sacrificed their freedom or even their own lives to ensure the pr...

  17. Anti-Nazi, pro-Soviet film about the Ukraine

    Film illustrating the effect on the Ukraine of the Nazi invasion there in 1941. The perspective is pro-Soviet and anti-Nazi (it was produced by the US Government). The film opens in the city of Lvov. People wearing native costume parade along a street, then shots of civilians marching and giving the Soviet salute. The narration speaks of the divided, oppressed Ukrainians and the freedom and unity they found under Joseph Stalin's rule. The camera focuses on a reviewing stand full of Soviet officials but Stalin does not appear to be among them. The camera pans across an aerial view of Kiev, d...

  18. Anti-Nazi, zoo animal caricature, printed in Palestine

    Anti-Nazi caricature depicting animals with the faces of prominent Nazi leaders, published in Palestine in the early 1940s. If the instructions on the paper are followed, and the sheet is properly folded, the joined animals will create an image of Adolf Hitler. To escape persecution from the Nazis, many German and European Jews began immigrating to Palestine, which was awarded to Great Britain following World War I. Before and after the British takeover, successive waves of immigration (Aliyots) dramatically increased the region’s Jewish population. However, during this period of immigratio...

  19. Anti-Polish propaganda just prior to outbreak of war

    Excerpts from the last newsreel before the outbreak of war. Women and children who have allegedly suffered at the hands of the Poles are interviewed in a German refugee camp. A weeping woman tells her story. The ship Schleswig-Holstein arrives in Danzig harbor. Joyous civilians and members of the Kriegsmarine wave to the the ship from the shore. Men in formal navy dress uniforms leave the ship and review sailors lined up on the dock. A banner reads "Wilkommen Schleswig-Holstein". German draftees, still wearing civilian clothes, stand at attention at roll call, then are issued shoes and unif...

  20. Anti-Roosevelt 1940 Presidential Campaign button

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn561401
    • English
    • overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)

    Anti-Roosevelt campaign button for the 1940 Presidential Election. Several variations of this button were manufactured with different text size and font styles. Campaign buttons were used to build awareness, and encourage positive word of mouth for the candidates. In the 1940 Presidential election incumbent president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was running against Republican challenger, Wendell Willkie. FDR was running for an unprecedented third term, which was a major factor the Republicans pressed during the campaign. Willkie also challenged FDR’s New Deal policies and his approach t...