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  1. Ruth Rintel papers

    The papers consist of photographs and a magazine relating to the Ruth Rintel's family in the time period of the Holocaust. The magazine, "Heute" - July 15, 1946, has a black and white photograph of Ruth Rintel as a child on the cover with the caption "Judisches Kind in Landsberg."

  2. Eichmann Trial -- Session 71 -- Testimony of Vera Alexander, Nachum Hoch, Gedalia Ben-Zvi

    Footage begins during testimony from witness Vera Alexander. The witness is shown various sketches of scenes depicting life in Auschwitz which were drawn by another survivor following liberation (the sketches are shown on screen). 00:09:38 Vera Alexander is excused and leaves the witness stand and the next witness, Nachum Hoch, is called to the stand. Hoch is sworn in and testifies in Hebrew (00:10:37) beginning with his deportation from Transylvania to Auschwitz and the selection process at the camp. He then goes on to describe being beaten (00:13:28) for attempting to get another ration o...

  3. Rosenstock family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting the Rosenstock and Eisen families in Poland and Denmark before and during World War II and as refugees in Sweden during and after the war.

  4. Zella Shabasson Rosenberg photograph collection

    Collection of photographs showing liberation scenes: American flag over a liberated camp, American soldiers holding a newspaper announcing German surrender, and liberated prisoners taking revenge on a former guard at a concentration camp (possibly Dachau).

  5. Tabaczyński and Asz families papers

    The Tabaczyński and Asz families papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting Eugenia Tabaczyńska Shrut and her family as well as the family of her first husband, Mark Asch, before, during, and after the Holocaust in Kłodawa, Warsaw, the Warsaw ghetto, Italy, France, and America. Biographical materials include a Makabi membership card issued to Marek (Mojsze) Asz and a false permit issued to Itta Gella Asz for travel from Warsaw to Greece. They also include five documents issued to Eugenia (Gina) Tabaczyńska including a wartime work card for the Schultz Company, an...

  6. Litman Altman identification card

    The identification booklet was issued to Litman Altman (Leon Slucki) [donor's husband] with handwritten and printed entries and a black and white photograph.

  7. Photograph of schoolgirls in Germany

    Group portrait of German girls posing outside their school in front of a Nazi flag. Among those pictured is Lilli Eckstein six months before she was expelled from the school for being Jewish. Inscription in blue ink on verso:"1935- Lilli Eskster?- 1/2 year later we were expelled from school- Heldenbergen, Germany."

  8. Lloyd Stephens photograph collection

    The collection consists of nine photographs depicting atrocities committed in Gardelegen, Germany, including the laying out and burial of victims. The photographs were taken by Lloyd Stephens, member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

  9. Jewish new year card

    Consists of a New Year card for Rosh Hashana, on which is a photograph of Rywek Zytnik's cousin, Chaim, and text in Hebrew and Polish. The card was produced in Dzierżoniów, Poland.

  10. Eva Zysman papers

    The papers consist of a pass and an identification card, issued circa 1945 to Eva Kronenberg Zysman by UNRRA Team 502 in Stuttgart, Germany.

  11. Ticket

    The train ticket was given to Jadzia Liwer [donor] for passage from Yokohama-shi to Tokyo, Japan, and return; printed in black ink on recto and verso; recto background: printed red ink design; No 1418.

  12. Erich and Margot Leyser photograph collection

    The collection consists of two studio portraits of Erich and Margot Leyser, who were passengers aboard the MS St. Louis. Both photographs have inscriptions written by Margot Leyser. One photograph is inscribed with "Zum Abscheid aus Deutschland 4-Mai-1939" and the other photograph is inscribed "10.Juli 1946" and is stamped .".Optica Ariel..Montevideo" Uruguay.

  13. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 53, 62, 63 and 64 -- Excerpts from diary of Grand Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini and other witnesses

    Session 53. Witness Margit Reich is questioned by State Attorney Gavriel Bach. Bach asks about correspondence she received from her husband after he was sent to the Kistarcsa camp in Hungary. She reads from a postcard thrown from a train and a letter written on toilet paper that she received from him. Footage cuts to Session 62 at 00:10:44. Witness testimony from Leslie Gordon. The witness speaks in English, which is translated into Hebrew. He tells of being put to forced labor in Buczacz, Hungary, where the SS and SD forced him to dig ditches. A German truck painted with the words "Deutsch...

  14. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8

    Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues his opening statement. Hausner refers to the contributions of several Jewish persons to highlight the social and cultural decimation produced by the events of the Holocaust. According to the official court transcripts, the prosecution concludes his opening speech with these words: "By the mercy of Providence, which preserved a saving remnant, Adolf Eichmann's design was frustrated, and the intention that the cherished was not implemented to the end." However, the following transcription was taken directly from the tape starting ...

  15. Medical kit

  16. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 18 and 19 -- Testimonies of D. Meretz, W. Zimet and M. Burger

    Sessions 18 and 19. Assistant State Attorney submits Prosecution Document 505, a cable from Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador in London. The cable describes a meeting with Ribbentrop about possible Jewish emigration to foreign nations. Bar-Or submits a report on Eichmann's trip to Palestine and Egypt. Blip at 00:09:21 and Bar-Or continues to submit relevant documentation. Blip at 00:11:30. Court is not in session; Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius and the Judges enter the room. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau reprimands Bar-Or for using so much time to submit fifty documents. Bar-Or asse...

  17. Eichmann Trial -- Session 92 -- Cross-examination of the Accused about the Madascar Plan, deportations, "im Auftrage"

    The camera fades in on Hausner and Servatius seated in the courtroom. Assistant State Attorney Gavriel Bach enters (00:01:34). The camera pans to the empty booth. Adolf Eichmann enters the booth (00:02:51). All rise as the judges enter and Presiding Judge Moshe Landau opens the ninety-second session (00:04:58). Hausner begins cross-examination of the accused (00:05:23). Hausner continues his questioning from the previous session about the term "by order" (im Auftrage) which Eichmann used when he signed documents. This is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2133 (at 00:00:45 and again at 01...

  18. Eichmann Trial -- Session 98 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Footage begins in the middle of Session 98. Cross examination of the accused continues with Attorney General Gideon Hausner questioning Eichmann about his refusal to allow parcels to be sent to Jewish deportees in the General Government from their relatives in the Reich. Eichmann replies that there was nothing he could have done on his own initiative (00:01:14). Hausner continues, asking Eichmann why this matter concerned him and if he had to receive instructions from Heinrich Müller, head of Section IV (Gestapo) of the Reich Main Security Office, first (00:03:28). After giving insufficient...

  19. Gem micromatic safety razor and case given to a concentration camp inmate after liberation

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn516031
    • English
    • a: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    Gem safety razor and case given to 24-year-old Morris Rosen after his liberation from Theresienstadt concentration camp on May 9, 1945. Following the occupation of Poland by Germany in September 1939, Morris, his parents, and 10 siblings were interned in the Jewish ghetto in Dabrowa Gornicza. From 1942-1944, the Germans transferred Morris through a series of camps: a labor camp in Szczcakowa, Sosnowitz and Annaberg concentration camps, and Gruenberg and Kretschamberg labor camps. In early 1945, Morris was in Kretschamberg labor camp when the Germans decided to evacuate the inmates because o...

  20. Robert Barton photograph collection

    The collection consists of three photographs depicting life in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, after World War II.