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  1. Project Second Wave records

    Contains transcripts of oral history interviews, completed questionnaires, and other related documents created and collected by Dr. Gerald Holton and Professor Gerhart Sonnert during "Project Second Wave," which documented the experiences of young refugees from Nazism who came to the United States and the lives and careers they built. Approximately 86 interviews were conducted for the project in 2003 and 2004.

  2. German invasion of Denmark

    German planes overhead as Germany invades Denmark. The narration says that in order to protect the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries German troops have been dispatched to Denmark and Norway. LS of a park in Copenhagen with hundreds of leaflets scattered on the ground. CU of a hand holding one of the leaflets. A German general and a Danish officer salute each other. Exterior view of the German embassy. Ambassador Renthe-Fink and General Nimmer smile while standing next to the embassy. Danish soldiers receive pistols and cigarettes from German soldiers. Civilians wave to German troops ...

  3. Forest, adults gathered in Palestine

    A farm building, fence, cows. The camera is very shaky. Circular pan of pine trees. 02:07:56 Possibly the Lieberman House in Nahariya, Palestine? Three men talking to each other. Woman stands in front of a car. Man in a straw hat holds a baby on top of a brick structure (a well?).

  4. Kurtz family and friends approach New York City

    Interiors of Queen Mary ship at sea, the four American friends walking down a brightly lit corridor with clock reading 7:03 AM on September 5, 1938. David Kurtz in a gray suit and short, red, wide-bottomed tie. Window reflection with the three women smiling. Extreme LS of distant Statue of Liberty viewed from the S.S. Queen Mary. Pan across New York City skyline from north to south. Various posed shots of Essie, Louis, Lillian, Liza, and David aboard ship. David holds the camera case under his arm. HAS of people on deck greeting the ship's passengers, including David and Liza's three childr...

  5. Mussolini and Hitler

    A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1937 with English titles: "Europe's powder keg! Endless Spanish Rebellion is source of constant concern to all nations." "Worst London cloudburst in 27 years! Streets of British capital are flooded when rain descends in torrents!" "In the U.S., storms and floods render thousands homeless." "George VI reviews grand fleet. Newly crowned Monarch sees Britain's mighty sea force at it's best." "Texas horror! 450 perish when mysterious explosion demolishes school at New London." "U.S. Labor strikes. Industrial production halted - Workers lose mi...

  6. Agnes Barcela collection

    Collection of photographic prints documenting the experiences of the Fejer and Steiner families in Hungary before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes portraits taken at the Veres studio.

  7. Six clips from an anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda film

    01:12:05 to 01:12:20 Onlookers watch as Jews with horse-drawn carts full of belongings enter Stuttgart after Suess has convinced the Duke to reverse the ban and allow them into the city. A man leading a horse sings the song Shir Hagamal (Song of the Camel). This and many other scenes in the movie were filmed in Prague and Harlan coerced some Jews into performing in this scene and in a later scene set in a synagogue. [This information comes from Susan Tegel's article - see Notes field for citation]. 01:12:26 to 01:12:39 Suess pulls a frightened Dorothea away from the curtain by the window in...

  8. Jews in Riga

    Panoramic view of Riga's Old Town from Kipsala Island, including a view of Dome Cathedral, Church of Jekaba, Church of Maria Magdalena, Anglican Church, and Polish Church of the St. Mary. Daugava River with boats. Jews (mostly men) with Star of David patches on the back of their coats getting onto a boat (possibly finished with a day of labor on Kipsala Island?). Various shots of the boat with several dozen Jews, some with satchels. An overloaded boat leaves the dock.

  9. Munich putsch commemoration, 1938

    Commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Munich putsch (beer hall putsch), which occurred on November 9, 1923. Footage of Hitler in Austria after the annexation as an illustration of the realization of the dream of Greater Germany before the narrator hearkens back to the memory of those Nazis who died in service to the movement. Close ups of parts of the Feldhernnhalle memorial and the entrance to the Buergerbraukeller, the beer hall where the putsch was launched. Julius Streicher leads a parade of uniformed men down a street. Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler are also present. Close-ups...

  10. Peter grows up

    Baby Peter developing and growing up. CUs and MSs of the baby in a high chair, crib, playing peek-a-boo, crawling, playing with sister, ring a rosie in the garden, toddling, walking with father (Dr. Max Schur), picking fruit from bushes in the garden, and drinking water from a large bucket or barrel.

  11. Lieberman family welcomes newborn Babeta

    A new baby (Hanna's cousin Babeta) is in a carriage drinking from a bottle. It is held up by its mother Nelly and father Emanuel (with glasses). She is played with, diaper changed, and fed.

  12. Corpses discovered in Lvov

    Titles on screen: KRIGET I ?STER / Tyska Trupper besätta Lemberg. Triumphal music (no commentary) as the Germans enter Lvov. They are greeted by smiling and waving Polish citizens. Women pose with German soldiers. Title on screen: GPU:s sate i Lemberg The music becomes much darker and we hear the familiar soundtrack of the women crying that is used in the German newsreels about the Lemberg massacre. There is only a brief shot of the prison where the bodies of those murdered by the departing Soviets were discovered. Title on screen: Anfallet gar vidare mot Minsk. Cheerful music plays as Germ...

  13. Propaganda film about the Reich Party Day 1936 and 1937

    Three short clips from the propaganda film Festliches Nuernberg, filmed at the Reich Party Days in 1936 and 1937. 01:00:00 to 01:00:05 Exuberant crowds cheer and give the Nazi salute, presumably to a passing motorcade (5 seconds). 01:00:09 to 01:00:17 SS men carrying "Deutschland Erwache" standards march down an aisle in a hall, surrounded by saluting Nazis in uniform. A legend on the wall of the room says, "A strong government is the bulwark of peace." 01:00:20 to 01:00:32 Shots representing Germany's booming industry and economy: the launch of a huge ship, smokestacks with smoke rising fr...

  14. German invasion of Denmark

    UFA logo onscreen. The narration says that the German protection of Denmark is now consolidated. Shots of a bridge linking Jutland to Funen, built by German engineers. Panning shot of crowds of people lining the dock as a ship moves past. HAS of crowds of bicyclists and pedestrians in the street. German soldiers and armaments are unloaded from a German ship (Nazi flag visible flying from ship). The dock is crowded with people. King Christian X takes his daily horseback ride, saluted by both Danish civilians and a German soldier. German military commander Generalleutnant Leonhard Kaupisch sp...

  15. Vosskamp and friends visit Hamburg by boat

    Boat tour on a lake or river bordered by hills and mountains. Scenic views of the towns and homes that line the shore. 01:10:00 Johannes Vosskamp looks into binoculars. Boat name "Derindje". Closer views of people on board the boat, some with life jackets. View of a city from the harbor. HAS of the docks and of a large crowd with a couple embracing in the center. The boat returns to the water, passengers cover their shoulders with blankets. 01:12:21 A couple of SA soldiers walk about on the streets of Hamburg. A child approaches a dwarfed man selling souvenirs. More passengers deboard the b...

  16. Anti-Jewish sign and Le Juif Suess marquee in Paris

    Men fish off the quay in Paris with a view of Notre Dame in the background. A large group of German officers walk down the street. They salute the tomb of the unknown soldier and look up at the Arc de Triomphe. View of a building with a sign reading Kommandant der Stadt Paris. Soldiers go in and out of the building. A German soldier buys a newspaper from a Frenchwoman. Street signs pointing to Verdun, Compiegne and Amiens. German soldiers consult a street map. 02:21:44 A sign in a window in German and French indicates that the stores is a Jewish business (Juedisches Geschaeft; Entreprise Ju...

  17. Volkssturm defends territory

    Map of the Eastern Front, indicating Warsaw, Breslau, Kattowitz, Litzmannstadt, and other locations. German soldiers on the Eastern Front in deep blowing snow. Low aerial shot of German soldiers in East Prussia. German and Soviet ships in battle on the Baltic Sea. Scenes from the defense of Breslau: CU of a notice from the City Commandant, Krause, ordering all men, women, and children over the age of ten to help in the defense of the city. A man puts up a poster which encourages people to use antitank weapons (Panzerfaust) against the enemy. Shot of men holding antitank weapons. CU of armba...

  18. Duisburg Nazi Party members go to Nuremberg for Reichs Party Day

    Title: "Mit der Ortsgruppe Duisburg-Süd zum Reichsparteitag Nürnberg 1935". Second title reads: "Schmalfilmaufnahmen von Hans Vosskamp" Nazi Party members from Duisburg-South go to Nuremberg for the 1935 Reichs Party Day. The men, dressed in uniform, gather on the platform in a train station (Duisburg?), in good spirits, conversing, purchasing refreshments from a vendor, smoking. 01:01:46 Brief shot of a cameraman. Men with packs march past the camera. View of the passing German countryside from the train window. Marching band parades in Fuerth, a few spectators line the streets. LS, buildi...

  19. Postwar Berlin and U.S. airlift; Truman re-elected President

    A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1948 with English titles: "West's worst floods! Thousands made homeless when swollen Columbia River inundates vast territory!" "Raging torrents devastate Canada's Fraser Valley." "Florida lashed as tropical hurricane roars in from Caribbean!" "Holland's new queen. Wilhelmina, after 50 years of kindly rule, abdicates in favor of her daughter Juliana." "All Amsterdam cheers the new Queen and her Prince Consort Bernhard" 01:01:59 "Berlin crisis! World is tense as Russia and Western Powers test strength." Troops at airfield, planes in flight. ...

  20. Thames River, postwar

    Outtakes from the RKO feature film "Berlin Express," an anti-Nazi film about the search for a German emigrant turned US secret service who fights a conspiracy of Nazis in postwar Germany. This reel contains location shots in London and Paris. "Thames River / Water Gypsys [sic]" Views of the river, boathouses, workers operating the locks. Various views of the boats at harborside. Boaters unload ship contents and move the boats around in the river beside a warehouse. (mostly black and white, the first few seconds appear in color)