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  1. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark

    2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armo...

  3. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark

    2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armo...

  5. Buchenwald survivors; German civilians view camp

    Slate: "Capt. Carter, Prod #186, Buchenwald, Rock-C39, Date 4-16-45" HAS of crowd of German civilians in main courtyard of Buchenwald, moving about, mix of soldiers and civilians. Male survivor stands in front of a building. Barred window partially visible in BG. Man is wearing what appears to be a uniform coat and looks directly at the camera. CU of his face as he demonstrates facial wounds; he has scars on his face and one eye is swollen shut. A younger male prisoner looks right and left and then directly at the camera. Camera pans from toe to head of a woman, against the same wall; she i...

  6. Buchenwald war crimes trial collection

    Consists of documents related to the Buchenwald war crimes trial (the United States of America vs. Josias Prince zu Waldeck et al.), which took place in Dachau, Germany, in 1947. Includes the official case booklet, photographs of the grounds of the Dachau camp, an album of newspaper clippings related to the trial, and copies of the charge sheet, sentencing transcripts, signatures of the defendants, and reports of the investigative team.

  7. Buchenwald, Nordhausen, Hadamar, Ohrdruf

    High pan of camp, barracks, open square. Survivors getting water from tank/truck, washing in canal, eating, cooking, pots, some are prisoners of war. Men eating. Fighting over food. Celebrating liberation. Posing for group photograph. "All Polish Greet the Fraternal American Army" on building. Men walking, waving, getting on trucks. Swastika chain link. Familiar faces of liberated men. Man with glasses, smiling, waving. Along road, striking at Germans passersby. Man with cane beating another, smashing windows. Captured Germans. Released women, cross on backs. Women cared for by medics, sick...

  8. Buchenwald, Soldiers in Germany

    Various LS views of camp. CU of a searchlight, the camera pans down to the square of the camp, smaller searchlights are in the FG. Camera pans down to barracks and across the plaza. People are scattered and walking around. MS of a clock/tower (from side), closer shot. CU of a prisoner's back with marked coat (a square of striped fabric over a red X). There is a crowd behind him. Another survivor with similar marking on back (no X). CU of a survivor with a hat, explaining something, gesturing in a wheel-like motion with hands, a patch with an X is on her back, dancing around in a circle. CU ...

  10. Buchenwald: Miscellaneous documents

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access the digital version of this archive.This is a microfilm collection of original records of and about Buchenwald concentration camp.

  11. Buchenwald; bombing of countryside

    Slate: "Mainzer / SFP 186 / Buchenwald / Roll MM-8 / 4-16-1945". MS, shirtless thin man sitting against red barn wall at Buchenwald camp. Another man, older with a shirt on. German civilians walking inside camp, forced to confront the atrocities. Two inmates in striped uniforms seated on a bench against barracks. Civilians walk through an opening in wooden barricade/wall. Slate: "Mainzer / SFP 186 / Buchenwald / Roll MM-9 / 4-16-1945". Pile of corpses with barracks in background. Bodies on flatbed, faces, feet, from various angles. German civilians touring the camp, survivors peering over w...

  12. Buchenwald; Dachau

    "Buchenwald Concentration Camp" General views of the camp at Buchenwald. Red EXT of camp. HSs of the area. "Jedem Das Sein" gate closes. Red Cross trucks from Switzerland enter the camp grounds. Male survivors leave the camp. Among the survivors are 1000 boys under 14. Evidence of crimes: CUs of dead with numbers tattooed on stomachs; emaciated survivors; stacks of bodies outside and inside the crematorium; the experimental building where various toxins were tried; truckloads of the dead; CU weapon of torture; INT, crematorium ovens showing skeletons inside and piles of bone ash. 1200 Germa...

  13. Buchenwald; effigy of Hitler; Nazi training camp

    Buchenwald concentration camp. Piles of corpses, gallows, a hanging effigy of Hitler. A obelisk inscribed “H.L.B.” Rows of barracks. Barbed wire fences. An aerial view of Bayreuth Nazi training camp.

  14. Buchenwald; US destroying German weapons

    (LIB 5569) Bridge Crossing, Saalfeld, Germany, April 14, 1945. SEQ: Tanks of 607th TD and 735th Tank Bn move through streets. LSs, rear views, infantry men of 87th Div atop several of the tanks as they pass camera. MSs, Maj Gen Troy Middleton and Maj Gen Frank L Culin question German officer. LS, vehicles pass over steel treadway pontoon bridge. MS, Maj Gens watch vehicles crossing. Head-on shot, tank crosses steel treadway pontoon bridge. VS, soldiers righting caisson which has falled partly between treadways. (LIB 5570) German Railroad Gun, Unter-Steinach, Germany, April 14, 1945. SEQ: US...

  15. Bucher, Ewald

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1087
    • German
    • 1962-1989
    • Nachlässe 76 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 2,7 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Jurist, Abgeordneter, Bundesminister; 1941 Promotion, nach dem Krieg Rechtsanwalt, 1950 Eintritt in die DVP/FDP, 1953 Mitglied des Bundestages (FDP), 1962 Bundesminister der Justiz, 1965 Bundesminister für Wohnungswesen und Städtebau, nach 1966 Tätigkeit in der Wirtschaft, 1972 Austritt aus der FDP Biographische Angaben fr. Bundesminister für Wohnungswesen und Städtebau; Dr. jur. Ewald Bucher, kath., wurde am 19. Juli 1914 in Rottenburg/Neckar geboren. Er besuchte von 1924-1929 das Progymnasium in Rottenburg und von 1929-1933 das Realgymnasium in Schwäbisch-G...

  16. Buchheit, Dr. Gert (Historiker)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Dr. Gerd Buchheit (geb. 2.6.1900 in Saargemünd, gest. 31.5.1978 in Landstuhl) Gerd Buchheit studierte Geschichte, Germanistik, Philosophie und Kunstgeschichte an den Universitäten Heidelberg, Bonn, Erlangen und München. Nach dem Studium arbeitete er als Lehrer in München und Pirmasens, später als Kunsthistoriker, Militärwissenschaftler und zeitgeschichtlicher Schriftsteller. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war er Offizier im Kommandostab des Militärbefehlshabers in Frankreich. Ein Schwerpunkt seines Schaffens stellte der deutsche militärische Geheimdienst dar....

  17. Buchka, Gerhard von

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Direktor der Kolonialabteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes, später Vizekanzler an der Universität Rostock, Mitglied des Reichstages (konserv.) Zitierweise BArch N 2043/...

  18. Büchler family deportation

    Contains information about the Büchler family's deportation to Auschwitz.

  19. Buchmann, Albert und Buchmann, Erika

    Bestandsbeschreibung Albert Buchmann 28. Oktober 1894 Geburt in Pirmasens 1901 - 1908, 1908 - 1911 Besuch der Volksschule, dann der Sonntagsschule 1908 - 1914 Tätigkeit als Fabrik-Schuhmacher 1910 Mitglied der SPD sowie des Zentralverbandes der Schuhmacher, im Zentralverband bis 1923 zweiter Vorsitzender des Ortsverbandes München 1914 - 1919 Soldat 1918/1919 Kriegsgefangenschaft in Belgien 1919 - 1923 Tätigkeit als Fabrik-Schuhmacher 1919 Mitglied der USPD 1920 Mitglied der KPD 1922 Mitglied des Zentralkomitees der KPD 1922 - 1923 Mitglied der Leitung der revolutionären Betriebsräte Südbaye...

  20. Buchner, Max

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1088
    • German
    • 1910-1941
    • Nachlässe 130 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 4,3 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Lebensdaten 14.9.1881 geboren in München Studium der Geschichtswissenschaften an der Universität München 1911-1919 Privatdozent für neuere Geschichte ab 1924 Herausgeber der „Gelben Hefte" (historische und politische Zeitschrift für das katholische Deutschland) Wirken gegen den politischen Katholizismus Führer der katholischen Gruppe der Deutschnationalen Volkspartei 1926 ordentlicher Professor für mittelalterliche Geschichte an der Universität Würzburg 1936-1941 Ordinarius für Geschichte an der Universität München 8.4.1941 gestorben in München Bestandsbeschr...