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  1. Only a soap bubble Caricature of a Jew whispering to Stalin while he blows bubbles

    Anti-Jewish, anti-Communist caricature depicting a Jewish man whispering to Joseph Stalin. This cartoon was likely distributed by anti-Soviet partisans in Soviet-controlled Lithuania in approximately 1947. The image depicts a Jewish man with stereotypical features behind Stalin who is in a military uniform and blows soap bubbles full of anti-Communist slogans. The inclusion of the Jew reinforces war-time propaganda that emphasized the Soviet Union’s role as an aggressor advancing the Jewish-Bolshevik agenda. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, and one year later was occupied ...

  2. Collection of photo albums Zbiór albumów fotograficznych (Sygn. 1624)

    Two German albums: The first album consists of 140 photos taken in Warsaw, the photographs are documenting the activity of German officials, public celebrations of German events, 1942-1943. The second album contains 50 photographs taken in Warsaw in 1939-1944. It was donated by a citizen of the GDR in 1972, Hermana Nickel from Schoenebeck.

  3. Accounts, memories and materials of soldiers from the Peasant Battalions Relacje, wspomnienia i materiały żołnierzy Batalionów Chłopskich

    Reports, memories and other materials relating to peasant underground movement, labor camps, prisons and concentration camps, such as lists of the dead, organizational structures of the Peasant Battalions (BCH), reports of BCH members' meetings, correspondence, copies of secret messages written in the camp, speeches, descriptions, surveys and others concerning the territories of occupied Poland.

  4. Drawing

    Drawing sent by Janos Gombosi to Magda Rona

  5. Selected records of the Amtsgericht Zichanau Sąd Obwodowy w Ciechanowie (Sygn. 653) : Wybrane materialy

    Two criminal cases of Poles and Jews accused of illegal trade. They were sentenced to fines and prison.

  6. Richard Sheppard collection

    Collection of photographic prints documenting the Dachau concentration camp following liberation. Images include piles of corpses of outside the crematorium and uniforms and clothing that was disinfected prior to the liberation of the camp; images were taken by US Army soldier Richard Sheppard, who sent them home in a letter, wrapped in a piece of paper labeled "Photos of / Dachau / concentration camp / Read letter before / opening." Although the letter was destroyed, the paper wrapping is included as part of this collection.

  7. Protectorate Police Batallion "Mähren" Prapor protektorátní policie Morava (B 303)

    Consists of the Kriegstagebuch (war diary) of the Protektoratspolizei-Batallion "Mähren," May 11, 1943 to January 29, 1944 and the Arrestbuch (prison log book) of the Protektoratspolizei-Batallion "Mähren," March 8, 1943 to February 6, 1944.

  8. Amtsgericht Praschnitz Sąd Obwodowy w Przasnyszu (Sygn. 649/III) : Wybrane materialy

    A criminal case of Poles and Jews accused of illegal trade. They were sentenced to fines and prison.

  9. Nicole Denier Long papers

    The Nicole Denier Long papers include a family book, divorce papers, marriage permissions, a personal narrative, and photographs documenting the family of Nicole Denier Long in Paris before, during, and after the Holocaust and her marriage to American serviceman John Vanderford Long. Nicole’s photocopied seven-page personal narrative remembering her brother describes their childhood and their survival in France during World War II. The photographs depict Nicole in France and Switzerland, her husband’s return trip to France, and their marriage.

  10. Pearl Reiter Fink photograph album

    The collection consists of one photograph album created by Pearl Reiter (later Fink) documenting her time in Europe serving with the US Forces European Theater, Office of Military Government, US Zone (USFET G5). The album includes visits to the Zeilsheim and Ziegenhain DP camps, Salzburg, and Luxembourg.

  11. Judenrat in Opatów Kolekcja dokumentów z gett i obozów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, 1939-1944. Judenraty Rada Żydowska Opatów (Sygn. 249)

    Records of the Judenrat in Opatów, Poland. Consists of financial documents of the Strassenbaugesellschaft Oemler-Opatów, the German road construction company. Documents relate to payments for employed Jews between December 1942-January 1943.

  12. Romeo G. Boudreault photograph collection

    Contains eight photographs of the liberation of Landsberg concentration camp taken by Romeo G. Boudreault, a soldier in the US Army's 142nd Infantry Division. All photographs bear inscriptions on the verso.

  13. Templom Űlės Kőnyv

    Register book of the Hungarian Jewish community in Montevideo.

  14. Canetti family photographs

    The collection primarily consists of photographs depicting Regine Canetti, her parents Albert and Rachelle Canetti, and siblings Denise, and Maurice before the war in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Also included are depictions of Albert in Israel, 1956, Regine at her graduation ceremony of Notre Dame de Sion school in 1940, and Regine wearing her nun's religious habit after joining the Sisters of Zion in Israel.

  15. Selected records of the Trade Union of Journalists of the Republic of Poland. The Main Board in Warsaw Związek Zawodowy Dziennikarzy Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej. Zarząd Główny w Warszawie (Sygn. 544)

    Protocols, correspondence, statements, resolutions, press clippings regarding court hearings against journalists accused of working with Germans during World War II.

  16. Ernst Reis letter

    Contains an antisemitic letter, with envelope, addressed to William Ries in Pittsburgh, PA from his cousin Ernst Ries in Köln, Germany; dated January 6, 1936, In the letter, Ernst writes about how things are "looking up" for Germany thanks to the Führer and the "cleansing" of the population of Jews.

  19. Rose Maklan Ross collection

    Consists of prewar photographs, displaced persons camp photographs, immigration paperwork including naturalization papers, displaced persons camp registration, vaccination and an interview on cassette tape. Also includes personal papers such as identification cards and a birth certificate.

  20. Samuel Sobel collection

    Collection of cigarette cards of Nazi propaganda, produced and sold in cigarette packages and then collected to be placed in pre-printed albums. Cards are a variety of Nazi propagandistic imagery such as peaceful Nazi party rallies, construction of infrastructure [building new roads, farming] done in Germany titled on reverse “The State of Work and Peace”, military imagery and troops titled on reverse “Fight for the Third Reich”, images of German actors and directors, and receipt to retrieve cards.