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  1. Four Americans visit Lake Lucerne

    The four friends pose in a doorway at Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, numbered 4 Haldenstrassen. At a pier from which they would take a ferry across Lake Lucerne, views of the mountains.

  2. Jews in Vilna

    Sound is a bit scratchy at certain points. Crowds of people at the annual Kaziukas craft fair in Vilna. Horses stand on muddy ground. Vendors sell round pretzel-like bread (Kaziukas bread?). A woman with a fur collared coat buys strands of the round bread from a smiling vendor. CUs of nicely decorated cookies and sugar hearts. Visitors to the fair look at paintings, caged birds, rocking horses, and other items for sale. View of giant crosses on a hilltop and aerial views of the city. Picturesque shots of alleys, cobblestone streets, and archways, while the narrator describes the city as a "...

  3. Two clips from an anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda film, Jud Süß

    01:11:19 to 01:11:33 Suess and the Duke watch a ballet rehearsal from a balcony. The Duke orders his secretary to go and fetch one of the ballet dancers for him. 01:11:39 to 01:11:47 Suess and the Duke at a ball at the palace. A woman lifts the skirt of another woman to show off the second woman's legs to the Duke. Suess smiles at the girl and the Duke removes her mask and asks her why she is crying. [Suess has arranged for the young pretty girls to be separated from the others at the ball so that the Duke can have his choice. Suess himself dances with and attempts to seduce Dorothea].

  4. Hanna playing indoors in prewar Poland

    Hanna jumps in her bed, which has netting around the side.

  5. Roundup of Jews and Poles after the invasion of Poland

    Shot of a group of civilian men arrested by the invading German troops. The narrator claims that they were involved in an atrocity against ethnic Germans in Bromberg [Bydgoszcz]. The soldiers search one of the men. Much-used shot of the man in a hat with his hands raised being marched across the street by German soldiers. A column of Polish prisoners under guard, including some Jews, walk along a road. The next shot shows Jews, some of them old men, being lined up against a wall. A group of religious Jews crowded into the open bed of a truck. The camera pans slowly along a line of religious...

  6. Touring Volendam

    LS of the four American travelers posing beside a tree in front of an unidentified building, probably in Amsterdam on July 31 or August 1, 1938. Louis Malina is smoking and waving to the camera. Street life in Volendam, Netherlands. Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes. Pan views of boats docked in the Volendam harbor. People and children, some ...

  7. Touring Volendam and Brussels

    Girls dressed in Dutch costume in Volendam, Netherlands. Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes. The four friends sit outside Cafe Spaander in Volendam, probably on August 1. Signpost shows where folks gather to return to "Amsterdam". CUs, women with children. The Americans walk in gardens in Brussels, most likely on August 2, 1938, dressed the sa...

  8. Family takes a walk and children play in prewar Poland

    It is winter, a group of older family members (including Benedikt's sister Nelly, who is Thomas's mother) are waiting outside the house in Jaremcze. The children are both walking. They all walk out of the house and down a pathway. Hanna is on the back porch with a croquet mallet, talking to Nelly in the window, playing around. Thomas joins her. They bang on the house a bit and walk around.

  9. Fighting as the Soviets advance

    Map showing cities from Berlin to Warsaw. German troops who survived the battle for Budapest receive food and drink. Sign on a building welcomes the "Rueckkaempfer aus Budapest der Waffen SS." CUs of soldiers, some of whom have beards. The men board an open truck and depart down a muddy street. German soldiers march past a sign reading Ratibor (Raciborz, Poland). Fighting in Silesia. Atrocities committed by the Soviet troops in territory re-captured by Germany. Destroyed houses and scattered clothing. The corpse of a murdered old man. Corpses covered in sheets while people mourn over their ...

  10. City street scenes

    Very dark interior shots followed by a brief scene at the beach at Snekkersten and then street scenes in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark. "Spredte Traeck fra Fam. Schermeisters. Tilvaereise." [Small Notes from the Schermeister Family. Life.] The street scenes show quick cuts of alleys, people in the street on bicycles, shops, a newspaper headline announcing Von Papen as vice chancellor, and the exterior of the Hotel Øresund.

  11. Himmler and Greiser in Posen

    Heinrich Himmler presides at ceremonies celebrating the second anniversary of Posen's return to the Reich. Himmler, Gauleiter Arthur Greiser and Sergeant Lueth review troops and watch Hitler Youth and RAD members on parade.

  12. Kristallnacht burning of Bielefeld synagogue while bystanders watch

    Brief shot of crowds at a swimming pool (see notes about the history of this footage). Title on screen reads: Die Synagoge brennt! 10.11.1938. [The synagogue burns! 11-10-1938]. Footage of the dome of the Bielefeld synagogue on fire interspersed with shots of bystanders watching it burn from open windows and balconies. The dome is consumed until just the frame is visible, then it collapses in on itself. Shot of crowds of people in the street. Briefly visible on screen is the next title: Der Krieg bricht aus! 1.9.1939 [The war breaks out! 9-1-39].

  13. Drucker family papers

    Consists of correspondence sent to Max Sukman in Chicago, IL, primarily from the Drucker family, his wife Adele's family, in Berlin, Tarnów, Poland, and Ljubljana. Also includes five envelopes. Letters: Ascher Jonas Drucker in Berlin, on June 26, 1938 Israel Drucker in Tarnow, July 14, 1938 Ascher Jonas Drucker in Berlin, on October 24, 1938 Israel Drucker in Tarnow, January 7, 1939 Ascher Jonas Drucker in Berlin, on January 21, 1939 Mina Mandel ? in Tarnow, December 27, 1940 Ester Drucker in Berlin, on June 6, 1941 Postcard: Ruth Drucker in Lubljana, Italy (today Slovenia), September 4, 1941

  14. Sunday School trip to Mintard, Germany

    "Sonntagschule Duisburg-Meiderich Quadtstr." Led by Fritz Fackert and Oskar Brauner. "Sommerausflug 1936 nach Mintard" [A Summer Outing to Mintard, 1936] The youngsters (along with their parents) march along to the festival area. Children and their parents relaxing and frolicking about in a grassy area: playing soccer, drinking chocolate milk, and being sociable.

  15. Ukrainian bishops with Nazi officials

    Several Ukrainian bishops cross a courtyard. Once inside they are greeted by the German Nazi official, Waldemar Magunia, who shakes their hands. One of the bishops then reads a statement into a microphone. According to the narrator, their statement affirms their strong opposition to Bolshevism. MCU of one of the bishops and then Magunia. Magunia shakes the hand of the bishop who read the statement.

  16. Kazimierz Wilk collection

    Contains letters which Kazimierz Wilk (donor's late husband) was able to write from his cell in the Montelupich prison in Krakow, Poland and later from the Gross Rosen concentration camp; dated November 1943 - January 1944. Includes documents relating to Mr. Wilk's education and employment as a civil engineer during and after the war.

  17. Prague Trade Fair

    Wide shot of the grounds of the Prague Trade Fair with Julius Meinl coffee advertisements visible. Shot of the installation of an exhibit or advertisement consisting of a huge human ear- shaped sculpture. The narration says that this is the first fair since the outbreak of war and it has been very successful. Twelve nations are participating, demonstrating the importance of the Protectorate's economy. Interior shots showing visitors to the fair, including a German soldier. Visitors inspect the exhibits. CU of a small swan sculpture on a table. Spectators watch pneumatic rammers in operation.

  18. Polish Consulate and travel agency in Vienna

    Crowd lining up in front of the Polish Consulate at Rennweg 1. Different angle of crowd (Jews?). Counter-shot, travel agency on Schwarzenbergplatz #7 displaying swastikas, men debating in front of shop, cinema sign in BG (Kammerlichtspiele movie theater). CU, people seem irritated by filming. CU, two men (Jews?).

  19. Nazi decorated Vienna

    Opera House with swastikas. Shell headquarters with swastikas (Schubertring). Other street corner, Café Schwarzenberg, re-branded as "Café Deutschland".

  20. Stiel family collection

    Contains photographs depicting Esther and Isidore Stiel [donor’s parents] before the war, with their firstborn son Jacques during the war, and after the war with Raffie [donor]. Also contains a copy of a letter written by a nun in the convent where Raffie was hidden, to reassure his mother that he is well, dated September 29, 1943; a testimony given by Esther Wolf (Stiel) regarding her and her husband’s contacts with Weinreb; postwar Red Cross tracing correspondence regarding relatives who perished in Holocaust, and the trial protocol of Frijdrijk Weinreb, dated November 1947. Isidore Stiel...