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  1. Hat

  2. Magdolna Volgyesi papers

    Contains information about Magdolna Volgyesi's Holocaust experiences.

  3. Kan family life in US, postwar

    Color. EXT, row of houses along a street. "B.H. Sanders" on the side of a mailbox. INT, Betsy? holding baby. Front of a house, women and baby exit the house. MS of Betsy? holding baby. Baby in the stroller, Betsy? and her mother-in-law walk down the street (similar to 01:04:01 on Film ID 2478). INT and EXT shots of the baby and Betsy? with the baby sitting in a chair, the two outside, and the baby in a crib. There appears to be a Donald Duck toy in the baby's crib. 01:11:28 A man (Betsy's husband?) carrying the baby out of the house. MSs, father holds the baby. Betsy and her husband exit th...

  4. Demonstration in London

    "Moslem Demonstration" Moslem demonstration in London. Two men carry banner, "Down With H.G. Wells Short History of the World."

  5. Jasenovac camp

    This short film presents the atrocities committed in Jasenovac camp and was filmed only a few days following the liberation of the camp. This version is missing some of the opening titles, but includes the credits. Introductory statement scrolls by on screen: Ovaj dokumentarrni film sniman je poslije oslobodjenje sela I logora jasenovac. Snimke hoje prihazuju zatocenike I rad, snimali su ustase ranije s namjerom, da opovrgnu glasove o masovnom klnadu I mucenju, a nadoene su u filmskom ustaskom arhivu prigodom oslobodjenja zagreba. Podaci su doiveni od komisije za utvrdjivanje ratnih zlocina...

  6. NSV training; French antisemitic youth rally

    05:31:01 NSV pupils training for employment as Red Cross nurses: caring for babies in nursery, cooking in kitchen, uniforms, classroom instruction on anatomy, giving massages, hospital care, doctor and nurses seen at patients' bedsides. calisthenics, playing chess, medical care, with families. 05:33:32 Women entering Palais du Sports for French youth demonstration against Bolshevism. Military officers in uniform (Nazis?) entering stadium. HAS, crowd. Banner reading "Le Combat Seul." Youth welcoming speaker, heiling, Nazis seated in audience. French safety minister Darnand speaking from podi...

  7. Doll slip

    Julia Schor played with the doll slip while in hiding during the Holocaust.

  8. Reich exhibition; Goering in Athens; German-Americans protest in NYC

    05:07:09 Title: "Die erste grosse Ausstellung des Reichsnaehrstandes. Reichsminister Darre eroeffnet in Erfurt die riesige Schau der deutschen Landvolks." Erfurt, Germany. Reichsnaehrstand-Ausstellung (Reich exhibition and festival on social and moral position of the farmer within the German Volk). Darre speaks. LS fairgrounds and activities. Exhibition sites with machines, animals, breeding cattle and horses. "Blut und Boden" sign. Swastika with two wheat stalks. 05:08:38 Title: "Helden der Wissenschaft. Die deutschen Hoehenforscher Dr. Ing. Schrenck und Viktor Masuch stuerzten mit dem Bal...

  9. Hitler & the revival of the German nation

    "Des Reiches Wiedergeburt" [Rebirth of the nation] Hitler in automobile, crowd, heiling, in large hall. "Volk am Werk" [People at work] Hitler speech. Hitler breaking ground with shovel. Boys with shovels. Factory, walking through mud, shoveling (Hitler speech in background). Hitler speaking behind podium. Shoveling dirt, building buildings, farming. Hitler speech. "Die Ewige Jugend" Girl with flowers, boys, HJ, Hitler, more HJ. Boys marching, gathered in square to hear Hitler speak, flags with swastika. Hitler speech. Boys running, BDM, calisthenics in field (Hitler speaking in background)...

  10. Postwar Germany; refugees; war crimes trials

    Reel 2, Narration refers throughout to "M.G." -- military government. Damaged hospitals, pharmacies. Transportation and communication services are repaired. View of Cologne Cathedral. Refugees receive food and clothing at an American Military Government camp. A monument to Nazi concentration camp victims is unveiled. Shows brief scenes of an American Military Government trial. 01:31... Children burn Nazi flags, emblems, and pictures. (Footage from 111 ADC 4727) 01:32:20 Jews worship in their temples again 01:32:40 Man with Buchenwald armband on jacket 01:36:30 Kids burning flags, etc. Close...

  11. Nazis advance in Montenegro; Serbian POWs

    Nazis continue their push Eastward. Nazis fighting partisans in rugged terrain of Montenegro. Nazi soldier setting up a telegraph machine. Soldiers on trucks on road. LS, mountain range. Nazis advance, fire artillery, scramble up mountainside. Firing. Very rugged terrain. Small forest, cavalry troops. Firing, bombing housing. Pan of "partisan" Serbian POWs, bedraggled, Asian features, swarthy skin, wearing turbans. CUs, weapons. POWs marching. Serbian villagers handing eggs to Nazi soldier as welcome gift, swastika flag visible. Farming, MS oxen plowing field. (Commentary: "The Volk thanks ...

  12. Documentation pertaining to refugees who escaped Germany to the Argentine Pampas

    Contains copies of documents and correspondence, relating to Ludwig Rosenblatt and other members of Rosenblatt and Plaut families, documenting their emigration from Germany to Argentina; the founding of Colonia Avigdor; and related subjects. Also includes a book about Jewish Colonization Association in Argentina

  13. Leather wallet with embossed images of Egyptian pharaohs acquired by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    Decorative brown leather wallet purchased by Dr. Edmund Lusthaus in Egypt circa 1943 where he was stationed with the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, as a medical officer. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Soviet government released the Polish POWs to join the fighting. Lusthaus joined the volunteer...

  14. Hand towel

    Paul Kuttner received the towel from his mother, Margarete Kuttner, before his immigration from Berlin, Germany, to Great Britain through Kindertransport in February 1939.

  15. Verdoner children eating and playing

    Yoka and Francisca Verdoner, with their mother Hilde Verdoner. The story begins with the two children playing in their backyard, followed by a series of interior shots, in medium close-up of Yoka and Francisca eating chocolate pudding. Several good closeups of the children feeding themselves and each other (and making a mess), particularly Francisca. Closeups of Hilde eating as well. Closeup of father, Gerrit Verdoner feeding Francisca, both wave to the camera. Closeup, Gerrit, Francisca and Yoka hamming it up for the camera.

  16. Morris Hillquit

    Morris Hillquit nominating Socialist Norman Thomas for President.

  17. Newsreels featuring warships in the Atlantic

    TIME weekly newsmagazine: "Crisis in the Atlantic", 1941. The March of Time, "The Atlantic 1941" LS, three warships in convoy. One sends blinker signal. INTs, captain and two attendants in ship's cabin. Aircraft carriers, battleships and destroyers in Atlantic Ocean. Full screen view, US fighter planes depart. LSs, MSs, Navy Dept building in Washington DC, as civilian workers enter. Sec of Navy, Frank Knox exits from car. Knox at naval dedication ceremony. Animation: comparative shipping tonnage of US, British, and Axis powers. US operators in code room send messages. CU, newspaper clipping...

  18. FDR speaking at NY World's Fair & in Washington, DC

    "Freedom - President Urges Tolerance in US" President Roosevelt speaking in Washington urges tolerance. On the site of the New York World's Fair, speaking before National Education Association, Roosevelt speaks out against censorship. 01:46:53 "Washington" In Washington, FDR argues that his policies are legitimate under the Constitution.

  19. DPs on General Black arrive in New York

    04:11:01 Gen Akin Making Presentation, Washington, DC, 1948. Maj Gen Spencer B Akin, Chief Signal Officer, presents a plaque to Dr Westmore of the Smithsonian Museum. 04:13:10 First Displaced Persons allowed to enter this country under new quota on the "General Black," New York, October 30, 1948. Several scenes of the transport "General Black" under way in New York harbor. Various scenes of DPs waving from the deck of the vessel. Atty Genl Tom Clark at pier. Clark going aboard "General Black." LS, a tug pushing the ship. Scenes on deck as gangway is set into place. Clark in BG shaking hands...

  20. Swimming; family takes a train in June 1940

    Eva is slightly older now, her hair in braids, she walks towards the camera with her mother Lilly and another young boy holding her hand. They play with a small terrier dog. The dog runs through a field. Large building. A girl jumps over a rope. Others practice handstands, backbends and cartwheels on the grass. The group picks up the little girl with braids. 01:02:37 Intertitle “Svábhegy 1940. Julius~ augusztus.” (film slightly damaged) Toy sailboat in water. People go down a water slide. Eva cries, and then relaxes on a float with a young boy. Everyone plays in the water. CU of Eva stickin...