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  1. Communists in prison; Germans rush to join the Nazi party

    Onscreen title: "The head ringleader of the red arsonists is arrested. As one can see, he is doing quite well." A policeman patrols outside the prison at the Rossplatzkaserne in Halle. Two SA men stand before the door. Prisoners walk in columns in the courtyard of the prison. One of the prisoners carries a chair on his back. The prisoners mill around the prison yard. One smokes a pipe. An SA man walks through what is described in the Bundesarchiv record as the sleeping quarters of the prison. Shot of some kind of game on a table (? the interior shot is dark). Prisoners carry large buckets o...

  2. French occupation of the Ruhr

    Graphic of a boot coming down on a Ruhr skyline, followed by a quotation from William Tell. A map shows the Ruhr area and the towns that are occupied by the French. A title onscreen asks why the French occupied the Ruhr in the first place, followed by shots of the bustling coal industry. Shots of French troops on the streets. Panning shot of stationary rail cars filled with coal.

  3. Tallit with dark blue stripes on each end buried for safekeeping

    Tallit or prayer shawl buried for safekeeping by Johanna Baruch Boas while she lived in hiding in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. The tallit was worn by her husband, Bernhard, during religious services. Bernhard died in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. She brought it with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Brussels in March 1939 with her daughter’s family. Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and soon there were frequent deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Johanna had a non-Jewish landlady who hid her in her attic. In December 1944, a few months after the liberation of Belgium, Johanna...

  4. Ludmila Monastyrska memoir

    Contains one memoir, 12 pages, about Ludmila Monastyrska's experiences during the Holocaust hiding with neighbors, her father helping Jewish families to escape into the forest, and the fate of her family during the Holocaust.

  5. Ettore A. Peretti, PhD, pamphlets

    Contains thirty-one pamphlets, most of which had been distributed on the streets in Nazi Germany; copies of "Das Jahr im Bild," "Der Stürmer," "Berliner Zeitung," "Berliner Tageblatt"; a speech delivered in the Reichstag by Adolf Hitler; "Dr. Goebbels auf dem Reichsparteitag 1935: Kommunismus ohne Maske"; "Max Schmelings Sieg-ein deutscher Sieg"; and "RAK." The material was collected by Ettore Peretti, an American student living in Germany in 1935-1936. Some of the leaflets were also published in English to show English-speaking visitors examples of what was being published in Nazi Germany.

  6. Parade in Pancevo town square

    German soldiers, ethnic German civilians, Bund deutscher Maedel and Hitler Youth members in the town square in Pancevo. The BDM girls carry Nazi flags and the civilians give the Hitler salute. A band plays "Deutschland ueber Alles." The BDM girls parade by, followed by women in ethnic costume and children. Members of the Infanterieregiment Grossdeutschland march through town. Footage becomes color at 01:18:23.

  7. Joseph Zeller photographs

    Contains six black and white photographs pertaining to the Holocaust experiences of Joseph Zeller, originally of Czerneardova, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). Includes a photograph of a United Jewish Partisans gathering and two photographs of a sports team.

  8. Samuel Sigman papers

    The Samuel Sigman papers consist of correspondence between Samuel Sigman and his paternal aunt Brajna Izrael in Małoryta, Poland (now Malaryta, Belarus). Letters from Brajna and Leibl, Mina, and Izak Grinberg (probably grandchildren of Brajna) address Samuel Sigman as “Sioma,” are dated circa 1936-1938, and convey gratitude for money sent and Rosh Hashanah greetings. Samuel Sigman’s letters to his aunt and to the JDC document his search for his family in Soviet occupied Poland circa 1939-1940. The papers also include photographs of Leibl, Mina, and Izak Grinberg in Małoryta in August 1938 a...

  9. Harry Levitt collection

    Collections consists of seven postcards and a letter the Grudka family in Siedlce, Poland mailed to Sarah and Abraham Levitt in New York before World War II and during the Nazi occupation and one post war postcard from Bytom, Poland.

  10. Klara Süss papers

    The collection includes a journal and accounting book kept by Klara Süss. Klara began her journal in 1941 while aboard the SS Navemar, waiting to immigrate to the United States. In the journal she recounts her experiences being forced from her home and sent to Camp de Gurs, living in Marseilles, and the process of obtaining visas. The collection also includes a translation of the journal, a German passport issued to Klara, American citizenship papers issued to Klara and her husband David Süss, and the leather wallet the certificates were housed in.

  11. Alice Lonsdale collection

    Collection consists of 18 pre-war photographs from Austrian Jewish families, Loeffler [donor's immediate family] and Loeb [maternal relatives]. Depicted in the images are the Alice Loeffler, her brother Hans, and her parents, Alfred and Dora Loeffler, who did not survive; dated circa early 20th century; mainly in Vienna, Austria. Alice went on the Kindertransport to the United Kingdom in 1939.

  12. Kippah buried for safekeeping while the owner lived in hiding

    Yarmulke, a skullcap worn by observant Jewish males, buried for safekeeping with other religious items by Johanna Baruch Boas while she lived in hiding in Brussels, Belgium, from 1942-1944. It originally belonged to her husband, Bernhard, who died in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. She brought it with her when she fled Nazi Germany for Brussels in March 1939 with her daughter’s family. Germany occupied Belgium in May 1940 and soon there were frequent deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Johanna had a non-Jewish landlady who hid her in her attic. In December 1944, a few months after the li...

  13. Page listing contents of portfolio

    Portfolio tabel of contents for a book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  14. Eric Sommer collection

    Collection consists of two false ID cards issued to Eric Sommer’s parents, David and Hilde Sommer, German Jews who were able to survive the Holocaust in France passing as non-Jews. The cards were issued to "Emile Schwebel" and "Henriette Schwebel" in March 1943 in La Mure and February 1943 in Sainte-Colombe-la-Campagne, France. Also included with the collection is a copy of a handwritten memoir.

  15. Fasching [Carnival] parade with antisemitic float

    Carnival in Munich. Shots of large crowds watching the parade. A group of men wearing wine barrels march down the street. One float shows a huge caricature of a man holding large letters spelling "Kolonien." Marching men hold letters spelling "KDF." Raucous carnival celebrations in Mannheim. Men on horseback hold signs reading "Ufa." Crowds cheer loudly and parade participants yell and play to the camera. One of the floats contains a caricature of a Jew brandishing a quill pen and wearing a Star of David on his chest. A sign on the float reads "Die Luegentante der Weltpresse." [The lying au...

  16. Army broadcast regarding the liberation of Dachau

    Narrator introduces himself as Jack Parker, with the Seventh Army in Germany and describes the “Dachau death camp” which he had entered the previous Monday, April 30th. Parker is a correspondent for some American radio network but does not name which one. Parker and his colleagues had been in Munich, where there was still fighting, and was on his way back to their “press camp” when they got word that Dachau had been liberated. He describes in some detail as he and four other correspondents approached and then entered the camp: the death train (Parker describes it as well as the journey from...

  17. Plastic Star of David button worn to identify a Bulgarian Jew

    Star of David button made of Bakelite that Linka Nathan, or her mother, Rebecca, were required to wear to identify them as Jews in Sliven and Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1942-1944. Her father, Jacques was issued a circular, yellow button to identify him as a veteran of World War I. Beginning in July 1940, the Bulgarian government initiated anti-Semitic legislation that prohibited Jews from holding certain jobs, living in certain areas, or marrying non-Jews. Linka's father was one of the attorneys selected to interpret the new legislation to members of the Jewish community in Sofia.

  18. Wistreich and Tragarz families papers

    Wistreich and Tragarz families papers include documents and photographs relating to the Wistreich family during the Holocaust, including their escape from Krakow to the United States via the USSR, Japan, and Shanghai and photographs and documents relating to the Tragarz family in France. Dora and seven of her siblings survived in hiding in Corez, her sister Perlette survived Auschwitz, her oldest brother Charles was killed at Auschwitz, and their parents were also killed in the Holocaust. Charles’ baby son Daniel survived. Dora and her twin sister Miriam used the aliases Denise and Marie Ta...

  19. 'Tran und Helle' dialogue re. listening to foreign broadcasts on radio

    Tran and Helle admire Tran's radio. Helle notes that Tran can hear all sorts of great programs from throughout the Reich. Tran says that he can also hear foreign news broadcasts, to which Helle replies that Tran could go to prison for such behavior. Even if Tran is not caught, says Helle, good Germans do not do such things. Helle continues to berate Tran for believing that foreign broadcasts tell the truth. Tran answers that he is old enough to tell if something is true and he turns on the radio. The voice of the radio announcer says that someone was just sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison ...

  20. John Kaufmann album "Deutschland, England, Australien"

    Album entitled "Deutschland, England, Australien" created by John Kaufmann (born Hans Werner Kaufmann), originally of Heidelberg, Germany. The album includes writings, drawings, and photographs chronicling his family and his Holocaust experiences as a German refugee who fled to England in August 1939, was sent to Australia in July 1940 aboard the HMT Dunera as an enemy alien, and interned in the Hay internment camp in New South Wales.