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  1. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  2. Star of David badge with Juif printed in the center

    Jews in France were required to wear these on their outer clothing at all times after May 1942; badges were often cut from a pre-printed roll.

  3. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  4. Lederer Collection

    The Leder collection consists of two documents regarding the ability to receive packages in Theresienstadt. The first is a document issued to Marie Lederer regarding her ability to receive packages in Theresienstadt from Irma Horner in Prague, July 20, 1944. The second document concerns the ability of Dr. Bernhard Mandl, in Theresienstadt, to receive packages from Rudla Kilian in Prague, September 16, 1944.

  5. Star of David badge with Juif printed in the center

  6. The Striker, October 1937, 15th year 1937 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    Issue of Der Stürmer, a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's slogan was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons and staff cartoonist Fips. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945. He was tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted, and executed per the ruling that his repeated articles...

  7. Oval warrant badge for the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei

    Oval identification tag (warrent badge) for the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei, or Kripo, was the criminal police force of the security police in Germany during the Third Reich.

  8. Wehrmacht helmet found by a US soldier during the war

    German Army helmet found by Richard Farley while serving with Patton's Third Army in the European Theater.

  9. Oral history interview with Esther Korman

  10. Shawcross closing statement at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 323) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 27, 1946. MS, brief, Chief British prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross making final plea for conviction (speech only partly recorded). HMS, showing left side of prisoners' dock - Goering, Jodl, and others speaking with their attorneys during recess. HMS, von Papen and Seyss-Inquart during recess. 01:50:15 HS, MLS, MS Shawcross making his final plea for conviction of the defendants. 01:50:49 "12 million men, women, and children have died thus, murdered in cold blood." 01:51:07 "What right has any man to mercy who has played a part, howeve...

  11. Old man in Berestowitz, Poland

    MCU, old man with beard (Jewish?)

  12. Melvin Yonack papers

    This collection consists of postwar correspondence and travel permits pertaining to Melvin Yonack's experience in Austria as a liberator of Mauthausen and as a War Crimes Investigator.

  13. Frame for a painting by a former concentration inmate of a US Army colonel who was part of the liberating force

    Frame for a portrait painting created by Aldo Carpi Di Resmini, a former Italian inmate of Mauthausen concentration camp, in Milan, Italy, for Colonel Frank Weaver, who was with the US Army when it liberated the camp.

  14. Katz Family photographs

    Consists of photographs related to Katz family, including a photograph of Nettie Stub standing in front of a sign "Mein Schuljahr," Hannover, Germany, 1935; a photograph of Herman Stub, inscibed on verso "Andenken von Papa für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942; and a photograph of Minna Stub, inscribed on verso "Andenken von Mama für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942.

  15. UN Security Council meets

    Delegates arrive at Hunter College, New York for a meeting of the UN Security Council. Shows scenes of the meeting as Sec. Byrnes speaks on international cooperation.

  16. Jack Moses papers

    The Jack Moses papers consist of correspondence, identification papers, and photographs documenting Jack Moses, his family’s immigration to the United States, his military service during and after World War II, and the fate of relatives who remained behind in Europe. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Nazi-era newspapers and booklets. The collection also includes an SS membership booklet and a Nazi Party membership booklet for unrelated men.

  17. Oral history interview with Rose Jacoby and Alex Jacoby

  18. Nazi death camp at Belsen destroyed

    Issue 159, Part 3: Barracks of Belsen, survivors being given medical assistance. Women being deloused. Children loaded onto truck and being sent out of camp. Josef Kramer under arrest. British army uses flame throwers to torch barracks.

  19. Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, .50 Reichsmark

    .50 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Ar...

  20. Concentration camp inmate uniform cap worn by an inmate of Auschwitz

    Blue and gray striped cap issued as a uniform to Stephen Gotthelf in 1944 when he was a prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp.