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  1. Albert C. Kornblum papers

    The Albert C. Kornblum papers consists of a certificate signed by Adolf Hitler, a certificate signed by Heinrich Himmler, a photograph of Nuremberg Stadium, a letter to Kornblum from US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and a map documenting the advance of the 15th Corps of the First, Third, and Seventh Armies from July 1944 to May 1945. The certificate signed by Hitler awards the first stage of the Honor Cross for German Mothers to Franziska Seefeldner. The certificate signed by Himmler awards the Death’s Head Ring of the SS to SS Obersturmführer Oskar Röntgen. The stadium photograp...

  2. Hermann Zutraun papers

    The collection documents the wartime experiences of Hermann Zutraum and his family, who survived the Holocaust in Ankara, Turkey. Included is a Red Cross inquiry from Hilde Strassburger to Martha Pick, Hermann’s wife Alice Murzynski’s aunt; a postcard sent to Martin Gabrielski in Berlin, Germany, from Hermann Zutraun in Ankara; and an envelope sent to Hermann’s aunt Else Zutraun in Berlin from Ankara.

  3. Else Singer envelope

    The envelope was sent from Else Singer of Vienna, Austria, to Dr. Ladislaus Fessler of White Plains, N.Y. It bears several "Deutsches Reich" stamps, tape printed with "Geöffnet" and a Nazi emblem, and tape printed with "Opened By Examiner 4981."

  4. Ernst Kallmes passport

    The passport (Reisepass) was issued to Ernst Israel Kallmes by the chief of police of Hamburg, Germany. Includes a "Single Journey Only" visa for the United Kingdom issued in Hamburg and an immigration visa for the United States of America issued in London, England.

  5. Ghetto ruins; memorial

    Scenes of flattened area of Warsaw ghetto; presumably post-war footage. Wide pans, including a fragment of the ghetto wall (14:38:17) near large standing ruin of building. Ends with inscription in Polish (14:39:45). This is the temporary memorial to the ghetto.

  6. Bricha: Jewish refugees leave Europe for Palestine

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. A clean copy must be ordered directly from NCJF. Refugees getting on board buses and trains, UNRRA officials help. Refugees waiting at the border at Nachod, a village on the Czech/Polish border. Reception center at Bratislava. 11:07:25 Groups of DPs (Bricha Underground) crossing the Alps from Gnadenwald, Austria to Italy in February 1948. Many shots of walking up paths, climbing slopes, jumping over streams, sheltering under a bridge. Arriving at foot of mountain, getting instructions.

  7. Flemish Hitler youth camp

    Flemish workcamp youths (Flemish version of Hitler Youth at camp). 5:10:15 LS, picturesque mountain and lake. 5:10:19 MLS, boys in uniforms carrying suitcases come into camp. CU, pan right H&S of boys in uniform; CU of armband and other insignia; tilt up to CU of boy's face. 5:10:41 First boy in line shakes hands with young Nazi officer (has swastika over threebar armband). CU, boy with military style cap with design of albatross or seagull. CU, cabin signs, "Nordland, Mifinger, Midufind." LS, low cabins amid trees. Boys come rushing out in uniform toward camera. 5:11:03 MS, Jogging bar...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees in Lisbon

    EXT street scene LS in Lisbon and EXT of American Export Lines building. INT sign for passenger and express freight services. Pan down to line of refugees waiting in line trying to get tickets, several shots. People at counter filling out forms, American flag in BG. CU of men filling out papers. MCU of group of men and women looking anxious at counter.

  9. Street scenes with tram 'For Jews Only'

    Footage from Nazi newsreels from beginning of occupation of Warsaw. Tram shots: HA street scene with view of tram tracks, trams. Sign: "Nur Fuer Juden." Very brief shot of unidentified border.

  10. The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

    Universal Newsreel Vol. 34, No. 31, Part 2. Release date, 04/13/1961. Adolf Eichmann is brought before court tribunal in Israel on war crimes charges. MLS of courthouse building. HA MLS seats for three judges and tables for prosecutors and defense. MLS Eichmann enters bulletproof witness box with guards. CU of Prosecutor Hausner, then previous shot of courtroom. MS Eichmann seated, stands, MLS three judges enter. MS of Chief Judge, then MS of Eichmann standing. Voice of judge: "The accused together with others during the period 1939 to 1945 caused the killing of millions of Jews in his capa...

  11. Estonian Youths Recruited for German Army

    Estonian youths receive physical exams, peasants surrender their horses to German army and estonian youths get close order drill instruction. 2:22:49 CU Dr. Mie? National Director of Estonia. Men read posted recruitment notice. CU Men coming through door; pan down to man checking papers against list. Men at table entering names. 2:23:05 Doctor with stethescope checks barechested man. Man pointing to figures on an eye chart. Profile of man holding hand over one eye. Group of volunteers stand together talking. 2:23:14 MLS Cluster of peasants or farmers with their horses in the snow. CU of var...

  12. Leszek Grzywaczewski photographs

    The collection consists of photographs depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 including burning buildings, Polish firefighters, German SS officers, and captured Jews being marched down Nowolipie Street prior to deportation. Also included is one post-war photograph depicting Hungarian troops preparing to execute Lajos Remenyi-Schneller, who was tried and convicted in 1946 of collaborating with the Nazis. All the Warsaw photographs were taken by Leszek Grzywaczewski, a Polish firefighter whose unit was called to the fire, but not allowed to intervene with buildings inside the ghetto.

  13. Town Archives of Banyuls papers

    The papers consist of a photocopy of Vincent Azema's election signed by the Municipal Council dated 1935 and a photocopy of a letter written by Vincent Azema dated on July 17, 1940, concerning the allotment of a pension to an elderly person.

  14. Hanukkah lamp found in rubble of Chancellery used by Hitler

    Virginia Link and her husband Lt. Colonal Willard C. Link were in Berlin, Germany from June to August 1947. During that time they visited the rubble of the German Chancellery with their friends Major William Ryan and his wife Matilda Ryan. Virginia walking through the rubble somehow noticed what appeared to be a brass object partially covered with debris. She recovered the item, returned home, cleaned it and kept it as a keepsake.

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees in Caldas da Rainha

    Shot of Caldas da Rainha (30 miles from Lisbon), residence for all refugees living in Portugal, many of whom were Jewish. VS of cattle fair. 02:45:32 Refugee works garden, woman spreads wash. EXT of Cafe Boccage, then packed INT [cafe is meant to replicate artists' cafe in Montparnasse, "La Rotonde"]. INT of Hotel Lisbonse where refugees meet to talk, play cards, sit on sofas, and chat. At 02:46:14 is a side view of Isaac Margosis at the extreme right in the glasses talking to the people playing cards. VS. Quick EXT shot of Jews leaving improvised synagogue as young boy looks at doorway.

  16. Albert Speer at arms factory

    Group of German soldiers approaches factory workers eating at bench. Worker talking to group of soldiers as heavy object moves by on chain in FG and then out of furnace, officers watch. Good MSs of production process as molton hot object is molded. Soldier passes out cigarettes to workers standing next to him. Albert Speer in suit and overcoat, bareheaded, speaking to workers by whom he is surrounded. Speer facing camera. Workers standing and perched on deck above ground level, listen, CUs of various workers. Good long shot of men standing on ground level and those leaning over balcony of s...

  17. Pavelic and Croatian Troops

    Ante Pavelic (Nazi Croatian leader) strides toward camera at head of procession; children give him flowers; MCU smiling women on sidelines look on. MS Pavelic salutes uniformed men at attention as he walks down line shaking hands; officers follow behind. Croat flag is carried by marching, "Heil"-saluting male civilians (recruits to the Black Legion). Pavelic shakes hands with some within the smiling crowd.

  18. German invasion of Poland

    Reel 2: Footage of Polish military parade and maneuvers. Burning villages "Polish outrages." Danzig: fighting in street, tank through streets, burning buildings. Professor Burkhart. Swastikas hanging from buildings in Danzig. German troops enter city. Graphic of "Polish attack" and German counter attack. German motorized troops mass. Tanks, then cavalry along road. Long line of troops march past trucks. More motorized troops mass. CUS of armored vehicles on the move. Tilt up to long line of tanks along road. MSs of tanks. Cavalry across field. Pov motorcycle along road. Side view - motorcyc...

  19. Berestowitz, Poland

    Intertitles appear in Yiddish and English. "The Old Mill" Pan, children in front of mill, lake, farm, field. "The Market, Not so busy" Town street with few people. Pan, including courtyard, horses, wagons, boys, houses. "A Catholic Church" Views of church and surrounding area. "A Bearded Blacksmith" Man (back to camera) next to horse-drawn cart, talking with other men. "A Picturesque Peasant" CU, man. "Polish Peasant Types" CU, women, children pose in BG. Another woman, staring blankly at the camera. Pan of houses in village. "A lucky find for an American dowry" Family poses at door of hous...

  20. Post World War One relief film

    Polish refugees with ox-driven carts along road with people and all their possessions. Peasants who have lost everything sitting on ground. CU, children and crying woman. Photographic stills of destroyed Polish villages with quick intertitles - German villagers escaping from Russian army and desolate Polish countryside. Three people flee on a sled. Group of women and children in front of snow dugout/hut.