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  1. 1945 news roundup

    News documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade of the Year 1945" "Now it can be seen! British Battleship Bombed!" "Nazi U-Boat scores direct hit on HMS Barham" "Hitler’s V-2 bomb exposed by Allies" "Millions mourn the death of President Roosevelt, Truman succeeds as President" "Soviets last offensive in the heart of Berlin" "Prime Minister Churchill reviews British and Canadian troops" "American flag raised on Iwo Jima" "Atomic bomb destroys Nagasaki" "Millions of GI’s come home on ships" "Carrier Saratoga steams into San F...

  2. 1945 program commemorating the Holocaust

    Consists of a program for a memorial service held on 20 Adar 1945 (March 5, 1945) in Jerusalem at Churvah Synagogue. The service included the reciting of Kaddish, the designation of the week following the 23rd of Adar as a week of mourning for the victims of the Holocaust, asking the community to open their arms to refugees, and the expression of concern for the children who survived the war hiding in Catholic monasteries.

  3. 1946 letters addressed to wife (Augusta) from Eastern European cities, plus letter to Hillel Becker

    Contains 4 letters from Becker addressed to wife (Augusta) from Eastern European cities on July 23, 24, and 26, and August 2, 1946, describing his work through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Also contains a transcribed copy of a letter addressed to son Hillel Becker in June of 1946 from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  4. 1946 news roundup

    News documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade of the Year 1946" "War's Aftermath 'Round the World!" Includes war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Pope (Pius XI) creating new cardinals, a plane crash in Belgium, and atomic test bombing of Bikini Atoll.

  5. 1948 documentary short about Poland (reel 1)

    Reel 1. Title cards read “THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FOUNDATION PRESENTS” then “POLAND,” “THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE,” and additional credits appear over an illustration of a flag with the Polish eagle. EXT Wawel Cathedral in Kraków. River and raft in FG, Wawel Cathedral in BG. People walking in a courtyard. (01:10) Map with illustration of Kraków and labeled “UNION OF POLAND-LITHUANIA AND RUTHENIA.” EXT market in front of St. Mary's Basilica. Additional buildings, courtyards, and street views. Sandomierska Tower. Many people walking in the streets. Sigismund's Column in Warsaw. Sign next to a ...

  6. 1948 documentary short on Poland (reel 2)

    Reel 2. Street scenes, buses, people on sidewalks. Trolley with sign reading “DWORSKA”. Inside a trolley full of passengers. View out the trolley windshield at street, people waiting to board and a policeman standing on a median. Sidewalk scenes, two men walking by with boots over their shoulders, women looking at a cart displaying wares. Boy runs by with newspapers under his arm. People stand on the sidewalk reading papers in front of a large poster with “IRENA DUNNE” headline. Newspaper stand. Funeral parade and hearse led by people carrying wreaths. Horse and cart passing on street in fr...

  7. 1948 JDC Country Directors’ Conference

    The second JDC Country Directors’ Conference (April 5-11, 1948) in Paris. Attendees from the United States, nineteen European countries, North Africa, Cyprus, and the Middle East met to analyze relief, resettlement, and reconstruction operations for some 1,000,000 Holocaust survivors in Europe. Among those present were Dr. Joseph Schwartz, Chairman of the European Executive Council for JDC; JDC official and US Army Brigadier General Morris Troper; Laura Margolis, Country Director for France; Edward Warburg, JDC Chairman; Rabbi Jonah D. Wise, National Chairman of UJA; and Moses A. Leavitt, J...

  8. 1948 Jewish organizations photographs

    Consists of four photographs from the World Jewish Congress meetings which took place in Montreux, Switzerland, in July 1948. Includes a photograph of the Israeli delegation, including Rabbi Joseph Gabrieli and Abba Eban, who later became the Israeli foreign minister. Rabbi Gabrieli is the father of the Shoshana Rosenberg, the donor. Also includes photographs taken at a post-war Mizrachi Zionist meeting held in August 1948 in Tel-Aviv. In 1949 Rabbi Gabrieli became the director of the Mizrachi organization.

  9. 1948 short fiction film by Karl Sztollar

    Title "Eine Tür Steht Offen" Credits: Helios-Film Wien Directed by Karl Sztollar Pictures by Julius Jonak Music by Robert Stolz Window opens to the sky. Title card reads “Eine Tür Steht Offen.” Credits over sky. Open car full of young people driving on a winding road through the hills. Two men, a woman, and a dog in the car. View out the windshield of the car. CU Smiling woman with her arm around the man. Car stops, young people pile out and run up some stairs. Scenic overlook with tables set up. Young people admire the view. Pan over the view of the city. 2:22 Young people having a picnic ...

  10. 1949 Independence Day parade in Israel; family visit to the zoo

    Continuation of parade [in RG-60.1803 at 08:49 - probably 1949 Independence Day in Israel] with Israeli soldiers, a marching band, someone in the crowd holding an Israeli flag, airplane flyover, more defense forces. 12:19 Circular pan of harbor, clouds (Israel?). Moshe in suit steps down off of a ship. 12:50 Family members walk towards the camera, monkeys at zoo, children play on a swing. Women on patio, baby feeds a small dog and plays with children outside a home (probably in Israel).

  11. 196. Infanterie-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  12. 197. Infanterie-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  13. 198. Infanterie-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  14. 1981 International Liberators Conference collection

    Contains testimonies written by concentration camp liberators during the 1981 International Liberators Conference held in Washington, D.C., in October 1981. The testimonies describe liberation experiences at various Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe at the end of World War II. Also included are letters from Miles Lerman and Elie Wiesel to the liberators describing the International Liberators Conference. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  15. 1981 International Liberators Conference collection Bergen-Belsen

    Contains two articles concerning the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The first article, "Belsen Concentration Camp," by J.A.D. Johnston, describes the history of Bergen-Belsen, gives prisoner statistics, and outlines the establishment of the hospital at the camp. The second article by Chris Mitchell, entitled "The Valley of Death, the Armies of Life," appeared in "Moment" (issue date not specified). It describes the role of the British military in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, the treatment of the SS guards captured at the camp during liberation, and the mass burials of v...

  16. 1983 American Gathering volunteer materials

    Consists of three round buttons worn by volunteers at the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, held in Washington, DC from April 11-14, 1983. Also includes three small cards used as nametags by Steven Frank, a volunteer at the event.

  17. 1988 "Saving the Bulgarian Jews" conference documents

    Consists of speeches and articles written on the occasion of the 1988 roundtable conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, entitled "Saving the Bulgarian Jews 1941-1944." Included are speeches by Mrs. Shulamit Shamir, Dr. Stefan Petrov, a report of the conference by the Bulgarian embassy in Washington, and a message of greetings from Todor Zhivkov.

  18. 199. Infanterie-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  19. The 1990 Jewish Welfare Fund Appeal of Cleveland's Pre-Mission to Poland Group collection

    The collection consists of nine pieces of scrip from the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto in German occupied Poland scrip : nine 50 pfenning notes and ten 5 mark coins.

  20. 19th century antisemitic print collection

    The collection consists of five nineteenth century lithographs depicting scenes of antisemitism.