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  1. Invasion of Norway

    The German invasion of Norway, which happened on April 9, 1940, simultaneous with the invasion of Denmark. The Norwegians offered much more resistance than the Danes, and they did not capitulate until May 9. Airplanes in the air. Interior of the plane with German soldiers, smiling and talking. The plane lands on an airfield on the coast of Norway and the troops disembark and gather their weapons and equipment. They march away from the airport, to "occupy the important military points in the area of the airport." View of Norway from an airplane. The planes drop bombs on targets near Oslo. Th...

  2. Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg Trial; Herman Priess testifies

    05:35:24 (Munich 248) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 19, 1946. Albert Speer is sworn in. Pan from Speer to Dr. Hans Flaschner, his lawyer, speaking. Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence corrects Dr. Flaschner on a point. MS, Speer testifying. 05:39:21 (Munich 245) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 18-19, 1946. Former SS general Herman Priess testifying.

  3. World War I warfare

    Title: "1914/1918" World War I warfare. Troops in trenches. Horses and carriages. Cemetery with wooden cross-shaped grave markers.

  4. MS St. Louis postcard

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn515240
    • English
    • 1934
    • pictorial area: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) overall: Height: 8.100 inches (20.574 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)

    Framed and matted postcard with both sides visible: recto- black and white drawing of ship at sea; verso- inscription in English, dated July 1, 1934. Postcard was sent to the United States from on board the SS St. Louis

  5. Bondy, Feldman, Kafka, and Loewenbach families collection

    The collection consists of a pin, correspondence, documents, photographs, and published materials relating to the experiences of the Bondy, Feldman, Kafka, and Loewenbach families.

  6. Lindley Pugh collection

    Consists of twelve photographs taken by Lindley Pugh after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, including photographs of arrested German perpetrators, the aftermath of summary justice, and photographs of convoys of German civilians fleeing the front. Includes one photograph of Lindley Pugh outside his quarters near the Dachau camp and one photograph of soldiers enjoying a Bob Hope show. Also includes one DVD of Mr. Pugh speaking about his experiences to his granddaughters' middle school class.

  7. Records of the Estonian State Archive, Tallinn (Fonds R-82, R-64)

    Contains selected records of the Standortkommandantur in Tallinn, the Estonian Sicherheitspolizei und der SD in Tallinn, and work assignments of prisoners in Klooga concentration camp.

  8. Hapag-Lloyd Collection

    The Hapag-Lloyd collection consists of a published map and cabin plan of the MS St. Louis, February 1937, and a copy print of a black and white photograph of the MS St. Louis.

  9. Marx family papers

    Comprised of documents, newspaper clippings, and correspondence that illustrate the experiences of Kurt Marx, the donor's father, who fled Frankfurt, Germany in 1938. Correspondence includes letters from Kurt's mother, Amalie, who was unable to leave and did not survive. Also included are documents and correspondence capturing Kurt's efforts to assist Amalie in emigration, but to no avail, in addition to a notebook labeled by Amalie [Marxsohn] and inscribed by Kurt.

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  11. Gymnastics Print 9 from a set of reproduced sketches by a French artist and concentration camp prisoner

    Print reproduction of a sketch, from a set of fifteen, depicting guards watching a group of prisoners, during an abusive exercise period, on their hands and knees being attacked and punished by Kapos and dogs at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France, and published in 1946. A few of the prisoners are identified with NN (Nacht und Nebel [night and fog]) on their uniforms. The sketches were originally created in secret in the camp by Henri Gayot and the published set includes an introduction by Roger LaPorte: both members of the French resistance and prisoners in Natzweiler. Both me...

  12. Oral history interview with Nat Bar Giori

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Czechoslovakia

    1150 B (11:01:12): Several shots of street scenes (Prague and Bratislava) and decorated places, monuments, graves, memorials. Passers-by stop to commemorate. 1150 C (11:06:19): Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 3, 1946. Huge gathering of Czechs sunbathing on the Vtlava riverside. Czech and Russian flags on a little stage for the entertainment of the bathers. Czech crowds swimming or sunbathing. LS and MS people playing cards on the beach. CU of Jewish woman, survivor of Auschwitz, with tattooed number on arm.

  14. Glass slides of photographs from unidentified concentration camp, post-liberation.

    Glass slides (8), containing photographic images of scenes in a liberated concentration camp, depicting liberated prisoners in barracks, United States military personnel, and corpses of victims. One image shows a former prisoner with a United States soldier, pointing toward an oven, and another shows an American soldier addressing a group of civilians, presumably German, standing in front of a crematorium. The provenance of these images is unknown.

  15. Arnstadt and Nordhausen concentration camps

    Arnstadt and Nordhausen after Allied soldiers arrive. General shots of corpses and survivors. Survivors receive aid. Some well-known shots of survivors as they board IRC van. (LIB 5566) Arnstadt Horrors, Arnstadt, Germany, April 14, 1945. 02:07:05 EXT, Sequence-German civilians disinter bodies of concentration camp victims. 02:07:27 CU, a cadaver with a damaged skull. 02:07:49 LSs, CUs, dog kennel for watchdog. 02:08:08 Begin new roll. 02:08:14 Pan from camp gate to tents used to house 1700 prisoners. 02:08:40 LSs to MSs, corpses lying outside of grave from which they have just been exhumed...

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Nazis in US; protest in NYC; Germans in US

    563 J (04:01:12): (shot in the studio) January 12, 1938. INT, two Nazi censors at work going through outgoing mail. CU, letter being opened. CU, letter placed back in envelope. 563 K (04:03:28): New York City, January 8, 1938. LS, Nazi propaganda workshop with artist making posters. CU, German drawing on bench of one of the artists. CU, finished poster held by Nazi officer. CU, poster only. MS, artist working, wall filled with German posters. MS, posters on wall. CU, folders inserted in envelopes by Nazi soldier. 563 L (04:08:01): New York City, December 24, 1937. EXT, main entrance to the ...

  17. Iasi, Romania Photographic Collection

    Photographs of the destruction of Iasi, Romania and of German soldiers in Romania.

  18. Ice skating in Berlin

    MLS & LS of people ice skating in Friedrichsheim Park, Berlin.

  19. Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman papers

    Contains photographs and documents relating to Vera Lechtman's parents, Sioma and Tonia Bialer Lechtman, before World War II in Vienna, Austria, and in Łódź, Poland; their immigration to Palestine in 1936; and their subsequent immigration to Europe in 1938. Includes photogaphs of Sioma Lechtman in the Gurs concentration camp in France, where he was interned after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

  20. Gunther and Harry Rice correspondence

    The Gunther and Harry Rice correspondence consists of letters and postcards received by both Gunther Rice and his uncle Harry Rice, from family members living in Germany, Poland, and England. The correspondence mainly documents the efforts in trying to bring family members from Germany to the United States from 1938-1941. The correspondence collected by Gunther Rice are from his time living in Otwock, Poland and Cardiff, England, and consists mainly of letters written by his parents (Chiam and Lea Esther) and sister, Betti, while they lived in Zbaszyn and Lwow, Poland (L’viv, Ukraine). They...