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  1. Hitler returns to Berlin in July 1940

    Camera pans over Upper Rhine. Hitler's motorcade crosses pontoon bridge eastwards; tracking shot shows children in swimsuits waving near a customs post and adults showing signs of love, loyalty and gratitude. Hitler, now aboard train, accepts flower from girl and shakes hands of HJ boy. Train journey continues past Marbach (Neckar), peasant on his plow, and stops at stations where Hitler autographs postcard portraits of himself. Camera shows Hitler in profile. Berlin prepares welcome; swastika flags fly, BDM girls spread flowers along route from Anhalter Bahnhof to Reichs Chancellery, polic...

  2. John Paul Wronski photograph collection

    Contains photographs taken in the Dachau concentration camp after the liberation in April 1945. Staff Sergeant John Paul Wronski (donor’s late husband), born on April 21, 1917 in Buffalo, NY, who served as a radio operator in 312th Air Fighter Control Squadron, under General Patton. Mr. Wronski wrote on the back of the photographs description of what he saw in the liberated camp. Mr. Wronski participated in D-Day crossing into Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Also includes a postcard with an image of propaganda painting by Nazi painter Adolf Reich (1887-1963) depicting German citizens voluntari...

  3. Soup drudgery Print 8 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting desperate prisoners struggling to scoop and eat soup that has been spilled on the ground at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both men were marked “Nacht and Nebel”, individuals presenting a threat to German security that had been abducted in the middle of the night and were meant to be...

  4. Yehuda Avisar papers

    The Yehuda Avisar papers consist of biographical and military materials, correspondence, creative writing, and photographs documenting Avisar’s activities as a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) in the 1st Camouflage Company of the Royal Engineers, Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF). Biographical and military papers include Avisar’s service and pay book and discharge book and a movement order. Correspondence includes letters among Avisar, E. Aronov, Yisrael Karmi, and others discussing the war. Creative writing includes skits, poetry, songs, and essays documenting the cultural life of Avisar’s mi...

  5. Jewish family visits relatives in London before the war

    David Cohen-Paraira and his daughter Ellis visit London in 1938 before Ellis started high school. Brief shot of Ellis and her father David. Spectators observe the changing of the guard in London. 01:07:03 Aunt Jessie (Jessica Vaugh) watering her garden. Jessie (a Scottish non-Jew) was married to David's brother Salomon. Ellis, her aunt, and her cousin, Pamela, play with a ball. 01:07:30 Ellis and Pamela wear equestrian riding clothes (Pamela rode horses as a hobby) and take tea in the garden. Uncle Salomon acts as a waiter. Quick shot of a boat. Salomon was killed during the Blitz in London.

  6. Abraham Heckman collection

    Consists of original documents related to life in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes a brief history of the camp, written in short paragraphs and highlighting major events and executions; a narrative, one page, entitled "Mord und Hunger im November 1939" by Dr. Gustav Herzog, originally of Vienna; a blank form for reporting on the execution of inmates; and documents related to services honoring those who perished at Buchenwald.

  7. Bernard Solonche collection

    Contains three photographic prints documenting corpses in one of the open railcars of the Dachau death train, taken immediately following liberation; handwritten caption written on verso of one print; dated April-May 1945. Includes a photographic print of large field of corpses; caption on verso identifies the bodies as those of American soldiers killed during the Battle of Bulge in the Ardennes in Belgium; dated 1945. These photos were sent home by US Army medic Bernard Solonche (donor’s brother), who served with the 45th Infantry Division during WWII

  8. Ladislav (Laszlo) Csatáry trial

    This collection contains the secret police file and trial records for Ladislav (Laszlo Csatary). Records are closed to researchers.

  9. Harry Oberyant papers

    Collection of letters sent home by US Army soldier Harry Oberyant (donor's father) documenting his experiences as a liberator of the Dachau concentration camp; 1984 testimony (2 pages) written by Harry Oberyant; 3 photographs of him.

  10. Boletín informativo de la Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas

    Contains an incomplete set of the serial titled: Boletin Informativo de la Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (D.A.I.A), published by D.A.I.A., in Buenos Aires, 1935- . One folder also contains newspaper clippings and articles from various Latin American newspapers concerning the 1992 terrorist bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires.

  11. Jewish Brigade text and songs for Passover

    Consists of three documents, including one text discussing the writing of a new version of the Passover Haggadah; two typewritten drafts of a song from the Passover Haggadah, containing references to the Jewish Brigade; and a handwritten draft of a song titled "Slaves We Were," with updated references to World War II.

  12. Gymnastics Print 9 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting guards watching a group of prisoners, during an abusive exercise period, on their hands and knees being attacked and punished by Kapos and dogs at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both me...

  13. May family photograph collection

    Collection of photographs documenting the experiences of Samuel and Fella May (donor's parents) as displaced persons in the years immediately following the Holocaust and their immigration to the United States in 1949.

  14. Hitler greets throngs in Berlin

    Hitler in an open car parades on decorated streets in Berlin and arrives on the Wilhelmsplatz. Good CUs of happy Germans saluting Hitler. Hitler with staff on the balcony of the Reichs Chancellery, greeting the masses.

  15. Sara B. Hull photograph collection

    Collection of fourteen photographs documenting the atrocities found at Gardelegen after liberation.

  16. Brodie pattern MK II green steel helmet worn by a Belgian officer

    British issued Brodie pattern MK II green steel helmet worn by Marcel Frank when he was a Belgian liaison officer with the British Army during the liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp in late April 1945. Marcel was stationed at Lueneberg, on the outskirts of Bergen Belsen, and assisted with the repatriation of Belgian survivors in the displaced persons camp. He was present when the British uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of forced laborers in the nearby forest. Local former Nazi officials were forced by the Army to exhume, make coffins, and properly rebury the 243 bo...

  17. Hermann family correspondence

    The Hermann family correspondence consists of letters and postcards written by Sophie, Julius, and Gerda Hermann in Munich and Brussels, Paul and Ruth Bohrmann in New York, and Elise Bickart in Munich and shared with Kurt and Gertrude Hermann in Cuba and Florida. The correspondence relates news about the Hermann, Bickart, and Bohrmann families and their relatives and friends, condolences on Julius’ death, and efforts to bring Hermann and Bickart relatives to America.

  18. Justice Ministry : State Public Prosecutor's Office at the Superior State Court Vienna-Criminal cases, 1939-1945. Justizministerium : Staatsanwaltschaft beim Oberlandesgericht Wien-Strafsachen (Signatur: AT-OeStA/AVA Justiz), 1939-1945

    Clemency appeals before the Vienna Court of Appeals, including from former illegal Nazi party members in Austria for crimes committed before Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany.

  19. Walter Brewer Jr. papers

    Contains four photographs, and one one-page typescript document, dated "Ohrdruf, Germany, April 9," which describes how the inhabitants of the town of Ohrdruf were confronted with the concentration camp in their midst after its liberation by Allied soldiers, 1945. Photographs consist of four snapshots of Walter Brewer, Jr., during his military service in World War II.

  20. John J. Kurdzo photograph collection

    Photographic print: image of American soldier standing in front of anti-Nazi posters in German and Polish drawn by freed prisoners hang outside a barrack of the Buchenwald concentration camp; captioned on verso "Concentration Camp"; in English. Photographic print: image of the crematorium ovens at the Buchenwald concentration camp; captioned on verso "ovens Concentration Camp"; in English.