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  1. Liberation of Minsk

    The Soviet regular army meets up with Jewish or Roma partisans (they are not identified as such in the narration). One of the partisans wears a bullet clip around his shoulders. A female partisan, wearing a patterned head scarf, smiles at the camera. Scenes from the liberation of Minsk on July 3, 1944. A sign in German reads, "End of the Autobahn Minsk." A cameraman films the activity. Shot of the ghetto burning. A Soviet tank rolls down the street. German POWs with their hands raised in surrender. Soldiers greet smiling townspeople. A swastika falls off a building. A Soviet soldier cuts a ...

  2. Selected records from the OSE archives related to Tunisia

    This collection contains records related to the founding, financing, and disbanding of the Tunisian branch of the Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, Children's Relief Organization). The Tunisian branch was founded in 1947 and ceased activity in 1983.

  3. Selected records of the Schutzstaffel (NS 47)

    Contains partial files and fragmentary records of the Schutzstaffel Oberabschnitte, Abschnitte, Standarten, Sturmbanne, and Stürme.

  4. The assistance center for racially-persecuted persons, sponsored by the Evangelical Association in Stuttgart Records of the "Hilfsstelle für rassisch Verfolgte bei der Evangelischen Gesellschaft Stuttgart" (K 13)

    Contains correspondence, questionnaires, newspaper articles, essays, photographs, and research material on the fate of so-called "Judenchristen" (persons of Christian faith regarded as Jews under the Nuremberg laws, also known as "non-Aryan Christians"), Roma, and other non-Jewish victims. The records pertain to factual and individual-related information concerning emigration, food parcels, restitution, NS persecution, theological arguments, and public relations. Includes an index of people who received any kind of help or assistance by the "Hilfestelle." Some of the names in the index are ...

  5. Russian orphans return to the USSR

    A Soviet soldier raises a border gate to allow a medical van to pass though. The van contains the orphans of Ostarbeiters [forced laborers from the East] who are being repatriated to the Soviet Union. The children are lifted out of the van by a nurse and Soviet soldiers. Shots of the children and nurses in front of a building featuring a large portrait of Stalin. The children are led into the building, where they receive bundles containing food and toys. Portrait of Stalin on the building. The last shot shows two soldiers holding orphans in front of another portrait of Stalin.

  6. Metal badge with the letter Ž to identify a Croatian Jew

    Jewish identification badge with a Z for Zidov (Jew) that Alfred Grunhut was forced to wear in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1941-1945. Grunhut was a well known cabaret and theater actor. He survived the Holocaust despite the zealous persecutions of Jews by the independent state of Croatia. This government was run by the fascist Croatian organization, Ustasa, whose rule was endorsed by the Germans after they partitioned Yugoslavia in April 1941. By May, the Jews of Zagreb had to register at the community center and wear badges. There were frequent deportations to the concentration camps established...

  7. Twentieth Century Fox version, Reel 2: Triumph of the Will excerpts; rearmament; Nuremberg Laws

    Reel 2 of the English language version of "The Nazi Plan" produced by Twentieth Century Fox with new graphics. Nighttime rally. Ernst Roehm (?) speaks at a podium. SA members sing. Hitler, Goebbels, and Baldur von Schirach at a huge gathering of Hitler Youth. Young boys play drums, wave at Hitler. Von Schirach introduces Hitler, who makes a speech. Only part of the speech is translated. Title: Sixth Party Congress presented in excerpts from the official German film "Triumph of the Will" 4 - 10 September 1934. Excerpts from speeches of Hess, Rosenberg, Dietrich, Streicher, Ley, Frank, Goebbe...

  8. Postwar Zurich

    Aerial views of Zurich: tram station, pedestrians, Tram #15, traffic along main street next to river, bank, cathedral and mountains in BG. War damage to city structures.

  9. US Foreign Service; Cordell Hull; US diplomats

    March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 4 Title on screen: "The Foreign Service" Footage of cities around the world where the US Foreign Service might be found. Shots of the American flag, the shield of the consulate general, and American embassies. The narrator notes that the most important task of the foreign service officer is to make friends for his country. Washington DC: the Capitol and the Old Executive Office building. Secretary of State Cordell Hull at work in his office. The narrator describes Hull as a man of peace who nonetheless insists that his country must be ready to defend itself. Stage...

  11. Photograph reproduction of dedication to Rezso Kasztner

    Framed photographic reproduction of dedication to Rezso (Rudolph) Kasztner [donor's father]. The original document was written in May 1945 in Switzerland on behalf of those rescued on the Kasztner train, and signed by Yitzhak Klein and Dr. Deszoe Hermann. The original document hung in the family's apartment in Tel Aviv, and was used as evidence during Rezso Kasztner's trial in 1954-55. The location of the original document is unknown. (2006.415.1a- photograph) (2006.415.1b- frame).

  12. Iosif Kats memoir

    Contains one handwritten memoir, untitled, 10 pages, about Iosif Kats' Holocaust experiences. Mr. Kats was born in Voronovitsa in Vinnitskaya Oblast in the Ukraine in 1922. After the Geramns occupied Voronovitsa on August 19, 1941, Mr. Kats and his family were forced into a ghetto. On November 12, 1941, the Jews were taken from the ghetto to be shot; luckily, Mr. Kats and his father were able to escape. From 1941 to July 1943, Mr. Kats hid in various areas. He was arrested and sent to a work came in Nikolayev from July 1943-March 1944. In March 1944, he went to Murafa, where he reunited wit...

  13. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (Heidelberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    Front page from Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, with the headline: "12 Todesurteile in Nuernberg" or 12 death sentences in Nuremberg. The other side details the roll each Nazi-party member played and the crimes for which they were either convicted or absolved.

  14. Touring Paris

    Jacoby family tours Paris. CUs, pan up Eiffel Tower. Various sights in Paris: EXTs of buildings, statues. French on streets. "John Baillie" tailor shop. Opera House. Traffic. Cafe la Paix. Street scenes. Brasserie. S. Raphael (hotel) car. Champs d'Elysee. Arc de Triomphe. Obelisk in Place de la Concorde. Street scenes, civilians, gardens with pond & tourists. In park outside Paris, street entertainment (band, unicyclist). Leon Blum speaks, airshow, spectators wave white flags. 00:23:07 Notre Dame. Cecil shop. Street scenes.

  15. Illa Sherman photographs

    Collection consists of 20 prewar and wartime photographs of Illa Sherman and her family. Illa Sherman survived the Holocaust in hiding and in a convent in the Warsaw environs.

  16. Ety Moncarz Rosinski photograph collection

    Collection of four pre-World War II photographs taken in Brussels, Belgium.

  17. Skiing vacation in Austria

    A group of skiers prepares to ski down a hill. Longer shots of the group from the bottom of the hill.

  18. Stamp wallet and 119 postage stamps, issued by Nazi Germany

    Set 1: 1 stamp wallet and 23 postage stamps. a. Wallet is brown cardstock. All printing is black ink, except where noted. Manufactured by: ELBE FILE & BINDER CO., Inc., of Fall River, Massachusetts. Front states: STAMP WALLET; at top, Perforation Gauge. At bottom: Property of / Al Perrin, written in script with blue pen. Back has advertisement for manufacturer. Inside is perforation gauge on left, with shallow pockets on right. Dimensions: 5.44 x 3.44 inches b. Stamps with the right side profile of Adolf Hitler’s head. Stamps are uncanceled. All stamps have: DEUTSCHES REICH printed at t...

  19. Antisemitic Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate found by a US soldier

    Anti-Jewish and anti-Allied forces Nazi propaganda leaflet acquired by Charles E. Pugh while he served as a United States paratrooper in France during World War II. These leaflets were dropped from planes over Paris in late 1943, as part of a German propaganda campaign to raise suspicions against the United States and its part in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy which threatened the safety of France and all of Europe. The streets would appear to be littered with real dollar bills. Then, after picking one up, a person would discover that it was fake and see the information detailing how Jews ...

  20. Lea Sonnenschein papers

    Transcript of an interview and a manuscript documenting the experience of Lea Sonnenschein in Amsterdam, Westerbork transit camp, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Troebitz, Leipzig, Munser, Buchenwald, and Herenveen.