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  1. Kessler family life in 1931

    Lizzy Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Osterreichs. Bringtz. “Kino” “Achtung” “Sie sehen: Momentbilder” “Von Sommer 1931” “Herbst 1931” “Winter 1931” “Sommer” (00:00:57) “Jm Voslauer Strandbad”. Families sit on the beach. Aunt Hilde [Hilde Altmann?] hands something to Hans Otto Kessler and smiles at the camera. “Mit Tante Hilde ins Wasser” Aunt Hilde [Hilde Altmann?] and Hans walk down the stairs into the water. Aunt Hilde helps him swim and lightly splashes the water. “An der Quelle” Hans play with the water coming out of the fountain and then walks around in the water ...

  2. Photographic print of Albert Einstein, 1941

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613744
    • English
    • overall: Height: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) | Width: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm) pictorial area: Height: 10.190 inches (25.883 cm) | Width: 13.880 inches (35.255 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of Albert Einstein at Princeton, 1941.

  3. Ruth von Wild papers Nachlass Ruth von Wild (1912-1983)

    Private papers of Ruth von Wild (August 3, 1912 -April 26, 1983), a Swiss teacher and aid worker for refugees. The collection consists of a diary, diploma, certificates, correspondence, postcards and reports of holiday travels by former employees of the Swiss Working Community for Children of Spain (Ayuda Suiza, SAS) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Spanienkinder], and for the Swiss Working Community for Children with Disabilities (SAK) [Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kriegsgeschädigte Kinder], personal photo albums on the activities of the children's colony of the Swiss Re...

  4. Hillel Storch papers

    The Hillel Storch papers consist of correspondence, photographic negatives, personal papers, printed materials, and subject files documenting Storch’s work on behalf of the World Jewish Congress in Sweden to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and to resettle survivors after the Holocaust. Records document his missions, activities, and meetings with Nazi leaders to save Jews from the extermination camps, and include materials about his work with Heinrich Himmler’s assistant Franz Goering and physical therapist Felix Kersten, and SS Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg about the “White Buses” oper...

  5. Selected records of the United States Lines. Branch in Warsaw Linie Stanów Zjednoczonych. Oddział w Warszawie (Sygn. 247)

    Registers of passengers departing from Poland in the 1930s by the American lines, finacial documents of Nathan Pearlmutter (1939), identity documents and passenger’s passports, a weekly newsletter for emigrants: "Wiadomości dla Emigrantów" (1930-1939) and a publication: "Emigration and Colonization" (1938).

  6. Sztrumpf, Wajsberg, and Kaufman families papers

    The Sztrumpf, Wajsberg, and Kaufman families papers include wartime correspondence and pre-war and wartime report cards documenting the Janina Sztrumpf’s family from Kraków, who survived the Holocaust in Romania, and their Wajsberg and Kaufman relatives. The correspondence includes letters and postcards exchanged among relatives and friends including the Janina’s family in Romania; her grandparents Roza and Izydor Wajsberg in Tarnopol; Roza’s relatives Mikolaj Kaufman in Tel Aviv and Mery and Roman Schneider who had been evacuated to Teheran; Grzegorz Joffe in Warsaw; Sebastian Joffe in Lyo...

  7. "Old Glory is Their Flag Now"

    Copy print: black and white image of children standing outside in front of Grant’s Tomb in New York with American flag raised on flagpole in background; pasted on verso are captions in English and Yiddish, stamped “Photo by Al Puhn”; Caption titled “Old Glory is their flag now” identifying the children as “…survivors of Nazi concentration camps from the nearby Reception Shelter of United Service for New Americans at the Hotel Marseilles…”

  8. Children at the Sephardic school in Kastoria

    Title card: “Kastorialies out to welcome Mr. & Mrs. Bocko Mayo on their arrival.” Large group of children, with adults in the back, walking towards the camera in an alleyway. More adults, great CUs. Many men, nicely dressed in suits and hats, including Calev Elias, Jack Elias, Russo, Sol Hazan. Mr. and Mrs. Bocko Mayo (with fur). Group shot, including Anna Mayo and Calev Elias. More shots of locals walking around and posing for the camera. Group poses in street, including Allegra Confino and the rabbi (with a fez). More street scenes. Title card: “Mr. & Mrs. Bocko Mayo visiting chil...

  9. The Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States collection

    The institutional archives of the Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States; including but not limited to: papers, correspondence, publications, financial records, documents and other materials gathered by Donny J. Casarella, Vice Chair of the Committee [donors' grandfather].

  10. Kletsk photograph collection

    The collection consists of pre-war photographs depicting Jewish residents of Kletsk, Poland (Kletsk, Belarus).

  11. Selected records from the Marijampolė Branch County Archives in Lithuania related to restitution of Jewish property

    Records of the county State Notary and Taxation Offices in Marijampolė and Šakiai related to the restitution and inheritance of the individual and communal Jewish property after World War II.

  12. The Kahn and Budge families collection

    Contains photographs depicting the Kahn and the Budge families of Frankfurt am Main, both wealthy Jewish families of bankers and stockbrokers; the photographs date from late 19th century to mid-20th century. The Budge family moved to Hamburg, where they purchased a mansion or “Palais,” which was confiscated by the Nazi regime in 1938. Documents in the collection include a diary written in 1914; an affidavit dated January 28, 1936, which enabled Emil Kahn and his two sons to immigrate to the US in 1937; financial statements and money transfer documents; and a letter written in German by Sieg...

  13. Joseph Feingold papers

    The Joseph Feingold papers contain materials related to the family of Joseph Feingold, originally of Warsaw and Kielce, Poland, documenting their pre-war life in Poland, their experiences during the German occupation of Poland in World War II, exile in the Soviet Union, and Feingold’s immigration to the United States in 1948. Included are photocopies of correspondence that Feingold’s father, Aron, sent to his mother, Rachel, while Aron was imprisoned in a labor camp in the Soviet Union in 1940. Other correspondence includes photocopies of letters that Rachel sent from the Kielce ghetto to h...

  14. Fonds Abadi (CMXCIV)

    Archives of Moussa and Odette Abadi, two unknown Jews, who created the Réseau Marcel (Marcel network) in Nice, France to save children during World War II. They saved 527 children from deportation with the cooperation of the local authorities, the Catholic Church (Monsignor Rémond), and many humanitarian organizations. The Réseau Marcel was one of the most successful Jewish rescue networks in Vichy France. Odette Rosenstock was a French doctor, she survived Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, and Moussa Abadi, Syrian-born was a co-conspirator, whom she married after the war.

  15. Bavarian village; Hitler Youth; Autobahn

    Home in Bavaria. The visiting Americans (the Major Family) and locals dine outdoors. CUs of individuals in the garden. "The Fire Department of Munich rescues a cat" Many specators watch a fireman climbing firetruck ladder to rescue a cat in a tree. 01:14:17 "In the Bavarian Tyrol" (color) EXT, buildings in Bavarian village. Men in traditional Bavarian dress. Decorated maypole for a folk ceremony with swastika symbols at the top. Street scenes, local shops. Hotel Alte Post (Anton Preisinger guest house) in Oberammergau. Bicycles. (changes back to black and white) Group of Hitler Youth with b...

  16. Keren Alexandria collection

    Contains documents concerning the commemoration of the Aleksandria community in the region of Wolyn, Ukraine. Includes handwritten and typewritten letters; a memorial article about the town; an announcement about searches for relatives; a names list of victims; material from Yad Vashem; and documents and notebooks listing letters and donations to the association.

  17. Samuel Jacob Landau collection

    Contains documents and correspondence relating to the internment of the family of Samuel Jacob Landau, and their subsequent immigration to the United States.

  18. Visiting Oberammergau

    “OBERAMMERGAU” St. Peter and Paul Church in Oberammergau. World War I memorial. People seated at a restaurant. The inscription on the side of the memorial pillar. Other activities in town center. Bavarian-style buildings, people dining, crowded streets.

  19. Ernest Braun papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Ernest (Eliezer) Braun of Vienna, Austria, including his escape from Austria in 1938 to Yugoslavia and Italy, his immigration to the United States in 1944, and his time living at the Fort Ontario refugee camp in Oswego, New York. Included is a small amount of biographical material; a false identification card from Italy; correspondence from his parents Josef and Gisela Braun and his sister Nelly Braun, all of whom perished during the Holocaust; writings; and photographs. Biographical materials include birth certificates, address books, a...

  20. Berariu family papers

    Contains 15 archival documents, four postcards, and two identification cards related to the Holocaust-era experiences of the Berariu family.