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  1. Walter Spitzer allegorical drawing of three children seated in a concentration camp

    Drawing created on June 21, 1947, by Walter Spitzer, and given to Hana Jane Barton in a cafe in Paris, France. The drawing depicts three children, sitting on the ground. According to the artist: “ the boy will grow up to be a criminal; the girl will become a bitter woman; and the child on the right will be an idiot - after all, what can you expect them to be, after what they experienced.” Each child represents a different characteristic: despair, cunning, obliviousness. Spitzer, born in 1927 in Poland, was imprisoned in multiple concentration camps during the Holocaust. The 17 year-old Spit...

  2. Edna Bojm collection

    Consists of postcards written by Nissim (Nino) and Ermosa (Mosa) Bachar [donor's father and mother] during his period of internment in Albania during World War II. Includes pre- and post-war family photographs of the donor and her family, including two photographs of Nissim Bachar in a labor camp in Albania.

  3. Wolf Hampel collection

    Collection of three notebooks written by Wolf Hampel (donors’ father) while he was receiving educational training as an electrician in Munich as a displaced person; one photographic print of Wolf Hampel boxing in the Bad Reichenhall DP camp; one document issued to him by the U.S. Army; Wolf Hampel was born in Łódź, Poland. He was sent to Auschwitz and was eventually liberated in the Dachau concentration camp.

  4. Demonstrations in Berlin

    MS, Brandenburg gate. Various shots of the massive crowd gathered at the gate. Narration: "On the Brandenburg gate a cameraman filmed endless columns of the demonstrating revolutionary soldiers and workers of greater Berlin. Two weeks ago the sailors revolted in Kiel. A few days after that the Bavarian Republic [was founded]. In many places in the Reich workers and soldiers have seized power." 01:02:50 "Revolutionary demonstrators on Unter den Linden." MS, people parading through the gate. Spectators waving at the camera.

  5. Postwar destruction of German city; US soldiers celebrate

    Pan of desolate grounds and destruction of buildings at an airfield in Stuttgart(?). A small aircraft flies in the sky. Remnants of demolished German airplanes and their skeletons on the ground. Street scenes, a civilian with a briefcase walks towards the camera. Pan of bomb destruction. Camera focuses on "The Churchill Machine Tool CO LTD Manchester England" engraving. Piles of debris on the ground. Extensive damage, ruins. 01:18:52 CU of U.S. Army jeep. An officer with a mustache talks to someone off camera while standing next to the vehicle holding the steering wheel. He and another offi...

  6. Borokowsky, Gideon, and Reifenberg families papers

    Contains documents illustrating the experiences of Erich Reifenberg and Martha Borokowsky [donor’s parents] in Germany and their eventual immigration to the United States. Erich traveled from Germany to Holland and immigrated to Baltimore from Rotterdam in 1937, and Martha immigrated to Baltimore in 1938. Also includes documents concerning Bertha [Berti] Gideon, Martha’s cousin, who also immigrated to the United States from Germany to New York in 1939.

  7. Margaret Bourke White photograph

    1 Gelatin Silver Print: photograph by Margaret Bourke White. Photograph depicts charred remains inside Buchenwald crematorium oven, on display for German civilians forced to view Nazi atrocities found by American forces after they liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp.

  8. Radio-Sende-Spiel [Radio transmission game], a Nazi propaganda board game

    Playing board for a Nazi propaganda game, Radio-Sende-Spiel: Ein luestiges Wuerfelspiel fuer vier Personen [Radio Station Game: A funny dice game for four people.] The game is based upon the sending of radio messages between transmission towers of the German Armed Forces within Germany circa 1942, thus Czechoslovakia and Poland are shown as part of Germany. The player's goal is to make it around the board while avoiding enemy or foreign radio stations. Radio transmissions are monitored by enemies of Germany. Cities outside German boundaries, such as London, Paris, Bucharest, and Moscow, are...

  9. Pinta family collection

    Contains two photographs, one partial identity card issued to donor's father after liberation, and one modern copy print regarding the experiences of the Pinta family.

  10. Lt. Col. Ralph Willey collection

    Consists of 25 photographs from the collection of Lt. Col. Ralph E. Willey, a division Signal Corps officer for the 104th (Timberwolves) Division. Includes photographs of the liberation of Nordhausen and of the survivors and victims found by the 104th upon liberation. As Lt. Col Willey was a Signal Corps officer, he may have taken these photographs. Also includes a copy of a newspaper article entitled "Horror Conditions in Concentration Camps Told By Lt. Col. Willey, Who Saw Them," which references a letter he sent home after witnessing the liberation of Nordhausen, and a short memoir entit...

  11. Sosua collection

    Collection of research materials concerning the refugee settlement of Sosua in the Dominican Republic. Includes several copies of "La Voz" [Our Voice] or Sosua, a weekly newsletter published by the Jewish community living there; also included are copies of "Sosua Berlin" and "El Boletin" a Jewish monthly newsletter.

  12. UNRRA donations; World Security Conference; American 1st Army advances into Germany

    Title: 75,000 Tons of Clothing for Liberated Peoples. Clothing donations shipped to Europe under the auspices of UNRRA (? UNRRA label on a bundle of clothing). Warehouse full of donated clothing. Shot of Henry Kaiser, director of the program. Title: San Francisco Plans for United Nations Parley. Shots of the War Memorial buildings, where the World Security Conference will take place. American delegates to the conference hold a meeting in Washington. The delegates are shown at the White House with Roosevelt. CU of Secretary of State Stettinius explains the purpose of the conference: to consi...

  13. Hanauer family history

    Consists of one family history narrative by Ralph Uri Hanauer's daughter, Terri Brahm. Includes biographical and genealogical information about relatives, life in Germany and the family's Holocaust experiences, as well as copies of family photographs.

  14. Huisman family collection

    Contains an illustrated photo album created by seventeen-year-old Max Appelbaum. The album uses a grouping of donated family photographs from the Marie Louise Refugee Center in St. Simon, near Toulouse, France to show their appreciation to camp director Jacob Huisman and his wife Judith who lived in the camp with children Michele and Annie (donor's uncle and mother). The photo album is dated 1942 and was presented to the family before they immigrated to Toronto, Canada. Includes a group of loose photographs showing pre-war families' experiences. The Marie Louise Refugee Center, a Belgium an...

  15. Samuel and Franka Baral papers

    The Samuel and Franka Baral papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, immigration documents, and testimony relating to Samuel Baral and Franka Baral’s experiences fleeing Kraków, internment in a ghetto, going into hiding, and immigrating to Palestine and Australia. The collection includes a certificate of naturalization and a certificate of registration for Australia issued to Franka and travel documents for Samuel to return home as well as a letter from Samuel’s mother, Juda, to the German Compensation Collection Agency and a copy of Jakob Baral’s birth certificate. The c...

  16. Pair of silver candlesticks with floral engraving recovered in postwar Germany

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn36115
    • English
    • 1945
    • a: Height: 12.750 inches (32.385 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) b: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)

    Candlesticks given to 25 year old Lotte Cohen in Germany after she relocated there following her liberation in January 1945 from Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. The candlesticks were given to her by a shopkeeper who told her that they were taken from the home of a Jewish family after they were deported. Lotte never spoke of her own experiences during the Holocaust. But she used these candlesticks for every holiday and always told her family the story of their recovery. Lotte, her parents, and her 7 siblings were deported from the Netherlands to Auschwitz. Lotte, one brother, and her...

  17. Olympics -- Berlin 1936

    Further scenes of the 1936 Olympics. The action moves to the harbor in Kiel for a sailing race. Panning shots of the boats and flags of several nations. Intertitles introduce the German sailors as they arrive on the dock. German sailors win the gold and the bronze medals. Next are men's and women's swimming and diving events. Goering and Hess are present in the stands. Next events: water polo, field hockey, soccer, gymnastics (synchronized exercises of large numbers of athletes, first men, then women), pommel horse, vault, high bar, horseback riding events. Closing ceremonies, performed in ...

  18. Paula Abelow collection

    The Paula Abelow collection consists primarily of photographs and correspondence with her family. Contained within the collection are correspondence from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends to Paula, her sister Alice and her brother Walter while they were living in Switzerland in 1938-1939. Also included are 4 family photo albums, as well as some loose photographs depicting the family on vacations and their travels to the United States and Mexico. Additional documents include a work permit, and photocopies of her aunt’s birth and death certificate. The Paula Abelow cont...

  19. Olympics -- Berlin 1936

    Part Two. The Olympic flame arrives at the regatta course at Gruenau. The first event is the 10,000 meter kayak race followed by rowing (in the rain - shots of crowd with umbrellas). Hitler greets the head of the international rowing organization and watches the race. Hitler and Goering cheer from the stands as Germany wins. Shot of the German victors sitting in their boat and giving a Hitler salute. Start of another rowing race, close-ups of Nazi dignitaries in the stands.

  20. Sarah Zyberstajn Zepkovicz collection

    Collection of prewar tax certificates paid by Sarah Zepkovicz to the Jewish Community as a member of the Zionist organization Poale Zion. Includes an membership card for "Poalai Zion" (Poale Zion) for Sarah Zepkovicz, and several promissory notes and other related documents from Yehuda Arye Zilberstajn to Mr. Zybershatz in Palestine stating that upon his arrival to Palestine he would work for him for one year. Mr. Ziblerstajn never made it to Palestine and perished in the Holocaust. Statement in Yiddish by Sarah Zyberstajn Zepkovicz "What it meant to be a Halutz (Pioneer)."