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  1. Selected records of the Romanian Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of the Minister (Cabinetul ministrului)

    Contains excerpts from records concerning Iron Guard activities, surveillance of Jews, interment of Jews in camps, deportation of Romanies and Jews to Transnistria, notes concerning the ghettos in Transnistria, and forced labor in Ragat. It also includes postwar documents on the confiscation of property and on war criminals.

  2. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 39 and 40 -- Whether Musmanno can testify; other leaders implicate Eichmann

    Sessions 39 and 40. Attorney General Hausner, citing that a certain witness could not make it for that day, breaks the current narrative to call Justice Michael Musmanno, a judge at the Nuremberg trials who was responsible for interrogating Nazi leaders, as a witness. Dr. Servatius objects and argues that he has already made judgments and would only present hearsay evidence to the case. 00:08:51 Tape jumps. Hausner is arguing that the cases of Musmanno do not affect this case. He says that since none of Eichmann's superiors are around, nor anybody directly related to this case, he must obta...

  3. Meeting of the Jewish Anti-fascist Committee, 1944

    A meeting of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee at the Kolonny zal [Columnar Hall] in the House of Unions, possibly on July 26, 1944. The meeting was meant to raise funds for the Soviet war effort. Members of the committee and military officers sit on the stage beneath a huge portrait of Stalin. Long shot of Solomon Mikhoels as he reads a speech (mute). Pan across the other men on the stage. Participants, in high spirits, sign a petition: David Bergelson signs at 01:07:08, Mikhoels signs at 01:07:33, Abraham Sutzkever signs at 01:07:52 and Ilya Ehrenburg signs at 01:07:58 At a meeting on Jul...

  4. Selected records of the Romanian Ministry of Cults and Arts (Inv. 2720)

    Contains records relating to the status of various Jewish communities from the old kingdom (Bessarabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, and Banat); correspondence of these communities with the Ministry; damages to synagogues and other religious property; the Iron Guard rebellion, conversion of Jews to Christianity including to Catholicism; and name lists of converts. Also contains records of the Ministry of Cults and Arts, including correspondence regarding the freedom of Catholics, Baptists and Jews, and sending of priests to Transnistria.

  5. Selected records from collections of the Constanţa branch of the Romanian National Archive

    Contains wartime records of the Prefecture, the Regional Inspectorate of Police, the Police HQ, the Legion of Jandarmerie, and other organizations, and postwar records of the local Jewish Democratic Committee (Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc, CDE), including activity reports, personal files, and other reports (1946-1952).

  7. Selected records from collections of the Hunedoara branch of the Romanian National Archive

    Contains prewar and wartime records of various local police organizations, including reports on Jews and other minorities, treatment of Jews, Ayranization, and deportations to Transnistria. It also includes postwar material on emigration to Palestine, measures to prevent further killing of Jews, Jews under forced labor, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the Deva Jewish Democratic Committee’s (CDE) correspondence with Jews, with the Joint, and with central Jewish authorities.

  8. Selected records from collections of the Braşov branch of the Romanian National Archive

    Contains postwar records of the Jewish Democratic Committee (CDE) of Braşov (a.k.a. Stalin), containing reports of meetings, name lists of members of the CDE, and name lists of Jews who returned from Transnistria. Also contains wartime records of local Braşov governmental organizations such as the prefecture, police, and the Legion of Jandarmerie. These include correspondence about the Iron Guard rebellion, name lists of Jews forbidden to return to Romania during the war, and correspondence concerning control of Jews and Roma, for example, case such as the confiscation of a radio. Also cont...

  9. Census of Jews in Arad, Romania, 20 May 1942

    Contains two series: 1. List of Jews christened or considered to be Christian per the law of 9 August 1941; 2. List of Jews of mixed marriage.

  10. Trench warfare; German surrender in WWI; captured Germans

    View of World War I warfare from the trench, smoke rising from bombings in the field. Soldiers charge forward in grassy fields. 01:18:07 "Kamerad" (slate with Donald C. Thompson inscription) German troops surrender to Americans, taken into trenches. 01:18:51 "And still they come" More enemies are captured. 01:19:22 "Removing buttons to prevent escape" Cutting suspenders out of pants. Captured men behind barbed wire enclosure. 01:19:57 "Searching German officer" U.S. military inspect a German's notebook. 01:20:20 "Germans forced to abandon ammunition" MS, weapons abandoned in a field. 01:20:...

  11. Klaus Zwilsky family collection

    The collection consists of documents, photographs, and a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Klaus Zwilsky and his family in Berlin, Germany, before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  12. Ida Marcus collection

    Consists of photographs and portraits, mostly pre-war, of members of the extended family of Ida Marcus (née Vanowsky/ Yarnilyski, also known as Chaie Marksfeld, later Fentel), originally of Russia. The family members pictured, some of whom lived in Łódź, all likely perished in the Holocaust. Also includes copies of Ida Marcus's naturalization papers and a copy of her daughter Minna's birth certificate.

  13. Speech; Anschluss; review military parade

    Title: "1938" Title: "Hitler Addresses Reichstag on Rearmament 20 February 1938" Hitler speaks at Reichstag. Title: "Anschluss March 1938" Title: "Return from Austria March 1938" Hitler reviews a military parade. Title: "Hitler Addresses Reichstag on the Anschluss 18 March 1938" Title: "Hitler's 49th Birthday 20 April 1938"

  14. SS Dachau Book

    Booklet produced by the United States 7th Army about Dachau concentration camp in Germany, not long after the Division liberated the camp.

  15. George and Katie Frankfurter collection

    The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Kato Ritter in Hungary and Auschwitz-Birkenau and Peterswaldau concentration camps and Gyorgy Frankfurter in Hungary and forced labor battalions before and during the Holocaust, and of Kato and Gyorgy in Feldafing displaced persons camp in Germany until their immigration to the United States in 1951.

  16. Bruno Einstein family collection

    The collection consists of a wardrobe trunk, documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Bruno and Frieda Einstein and their son Dieter when they fled Germany for the United States in 1939.

  17. Leo Bach collection

    The Leo Bach collection consists of an untitled memoir (326 pages) and copies of photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Leo Bach (born Leo Silberbach), originally of Krakow, Poland. In his memoir, Leo Bach gives extensive descriptions of the history of Poland, his family, his memories of pre-war antisemitism, and the German invasion of Poland. He describes life under the German occupation, his experiences in the Krakow ghetto, Płaszów concentration camp, Starachowice, Auschwitz concentration camp, a death march to Buchenwald concentration, and his liberation from Dachau concent...

  18. Estate of Rubin Soldaner, Raisa Dayan collection

    Collection of post-war documents, newspaper articles, and photographs of Rubin Soldaner, who was interned in the Auschwitz and Gross Rosen concentration camps. Papers document his postwar experiences in Poland, France, and ultimately in the United States. Includes naturalization certificate and restitution paperwork.

  19. Eugene Shelton collection

    Consists of materials related to the experiences of Corporal Eugene Shelton, who participated in the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Includes a photograph of corpses, a one-page testimony written by Cpl. Shelton about his experiences, and a large hand-drawn map of the movements of the 355th Infantry Regiment, which participated in the liberation of Ohrdruf.

  20. Lusia Berkowicz-Hammer photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph of Henoch Berkowicz, Abram’s father, taken in the Łódź ghetto, in Poland, circa 1940, and a photograph of Fajga, Abram’s sister, taken in Łódź, Poland,circa 1939.