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  1. Aron Grynwald papers

    The Aron Grynwald papers consists of a certificate confirming that Aron Grynwald was a prisoner at Mauthausen; photographs of the ghetto in Będzin, Poland, photographs of Aron and Gucia Grynwald at a Holocaust memorial in Poland in 1958; a booklet from the Zydowski Instytut Historyczny W Polsce; and newspaper clippings about the Holocaust.

  2. Sentencing Sauckel and von Papen at Nuremberg Trial

    Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. HMS, Fritz Sauckel, German Labor Leader, listening to Justice Francis Biddle giving a resume of his career. Justice Biddle says that Sauckel is responsible for the deportation of some 5 million people into labor camps, and he was informed about the dire conditions there. He seems not to have taken any initiative to alleviate the situation for these workers. HS, MS as Biddle reads the tribunal's verdict on Sauckel: guilty on counts three and four in the indictment. HMS of Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence (British) declar...

  3. Dr. Wieslaw Piller collection

    Contains documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Wieslaw M. Piller (donor's grandfather), who was Roman Catholic and interned in Auschwitz from June 1940 through 1944 and then Sachsenhausen from October 1944 to February 1945 Includes materials about his postwar experiences in and around Munich, Germany.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- troops; May Day celebration

    Czechoslovakian President Benes inspects troops. Troops marching, tanks, anti-aircraft machinery, planes. 01:18:29 May Day at Wenceslas Square in Prague (apparently all political parties faithful to the government assembled that day). 120,000 people on the square.

  6. Occupation of the Ruhr by the French

    French troops occupy the Ruhr area. A scene shot from a window shows a large crowd on the street and French troops on horseback. Shot of a French tank. A title reads: "Germany's most important economic region is harrassed by heavily armed negroes." An image of a French African troop is superimposed over scenes from the Ruhr. A crowd of unemployed Germans in the street.

  7. Oral testimony of Henrietta Bendik

  8. buildings/churches in Europe

    VS, EXT, establishing shots of buildings, churches, etc. Location is Europe, but a more exact location is not known, possibly France.

  9. Braf family papers

    Collection of pre-war and post-war photographs of Kosice and Bratislava; 2 Identity cards: “Flüchtlingausweis/Livret pour réfugiés” issued to Alexandre and Helen Braf; dated October 13, 1944; Berne, Switzerland. Itzhak Braf and his parents were on the Kasztner train from Hungary; 1 Registration card (repatriation) for Ernest Braf; dated September 5, 1945.

  10. Charles E. Pollak collection

    Contains documents relating to the Rosenberg family of Vienna, Austria. Includes a German passport stamped with the red letter "J," issued to Margarette Rosenberg in October 1938; correspondence written by Sofie and Karl Rosenberg in Vienna to their daughters Gertrude Rosenberg Pollak and Margarete Rosenberg Roberts in the United States, dated 1941; and family photographs from Vienna, dated 1920s and 1930s.

  11. Belsen: Kramer; corpses

    CUs, camp commandant Josef Kramer under armed guard. Canadian military soldier with a cap, Jack Marcovitch, on Kramer's left side. SS men unloading naked corpses (women) from truck into a pit. SS women on truck with corpses, dragging naked corpses to pit. CUs of bodies.

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 -- Testimony of A. Less

    Sessions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Attorney General Gideon Hausner questions Avner Less on his interrogation of Adolf Eichmann. In between three blips, the prosecution presents the audio reel tapes of Eichmann's interrogation. The recordings are in German; therefore, the excerpts are translated into Hebrew and English after each excerpt is played. Following the blip at 00:18:00, Eichmann's statement is translated into Hebrew/English. Eichmann discusses his inability to view injuries: "I am often told that I could never have been a doctor." During the recording, Eichmann makes excuses for his fault...

  13. Dr. Thomas R. Fister photographs

    Consists of photographs taken after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. The photographs, which were taken by Dr. Thomas R. Fister, a member of the US Army Medical Corps, depict corpses and the landscape of the camp. Also includes a CD of digital images of the same.

  14. German invasion of Yugoslavia

    German troops struggle through the muddy Serbian countryside in vehicles and on foot. A column of troops crossing a bridge. German troops encounter resistance in a town. Sign in Cyrillic on a building. A Slovenian or Croatian soldier (according to the IWM) smiles as he surrenders his weapon to a German. The German dashes it on the ground and breaks it. Destroyed buildings. A soldier posts a sign that reads Kirsch. Germans search civilians, including a man who, the narration says sarcastically, knew nothing about the revolver that he was carrying. Captured Yugoslav soldiers march down the st...

  15. Julie Keefer family collection

    The collection consists of a tin cup, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aisik Eisen and his granddaughters Tola and Jula (later Julie Keefer) during the Holocaust in the ghetto and in hiding with the assistance of Lucia Nowicka, as well as a hat and table runner brought by Thea Klestadt from Dusseldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1938.

  16. Simon Krakinovsky scrapbook

    Contains a bound scrapbook, compiled by Simon Krakinovsky, a former inmate of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of the camp with captions, newspaper articles, and a prisoner badge.

  17. Fred Lifschutz papers

    The Fred Lifschutz papers consist of biographical materials, a personal narrative, photographs, postcards, and three photograph albums documenting Fred Lifschutz from Vienna, Austria, his family and friends, and his immigration to the United States as one of the "50 children" sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus. The biographical materials document Moritz, Bertha, and Fred Lifschutz and especially Bertha and Fred Lifschutz’s immigration to the United States. Bertha’s brief personal narrative describes her childhood, her experiences during World War I and the interwar years in Galicia and ...

  18. Children playing with mother

    Peter and Eva Schur chase a ball with their mother.

  19. Records of the town of Krzepice Akta miasta Krzepice (Sygn.397)

    Contains selected records relating to Jews living in Krzepice, including are the registration books of permanent citizens and other inhabitants.

  20. Ruth Wiener Klemens collection

    The collection relates to the life of Ruth Wiener Klemens, her mother, Margarete Wiener, and her sisters, Mirjam and Eva Wiener, during their time at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany and Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands.