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  1. 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.

  2. Registration cards of Jewish refugees in Tashkent, Uzbekistan during WWII

    The collection contains 156,000 registration cards of Jewish refugees who arrived in Tashkent and were registered in February 1942. These registration cards list only those who came directly to Tashkent and then went to different localities in Uzbekistan. The card catalogue does not include those who arrived at other localities within the Uzbek Republic as well as significant number of Jews and non-Jews who came to Tashkent after February 1942 - including people joining their family in Uzbekistan from other parts of Soviet Union.

  3. Jews (Refugees? Deportees?) moving along a city street with belongings

    Wartime. Large group of Jews being moved along a city street with bundles, children, scarves, etc. Busy, a lot of activity. Medium close view of 2 or 3 people in a closed space, presumably refugees or deportees. People moving along a train platform, German military man in foreground.

  4. Female Austrian Jewish refugees at Czech-German border; England

    News of the Day: Czech-German Border. Jewish women refugees from Austria. Pan of tents on ridge, men and women; MS tents (loosely built) in rows. CU old women seated outside tents; CU old man. Piles of furniture, chairs, teapots. VLS: many people in field. England.

  5. Documents relating to Albert Einstein's activities on behalf of refugees

    Consists of several photocopies of a letter from Albert Einstein to Elmer Reinthaler of New York, written on June 10, 1939, thanking Reinthaler for his work on behalf of refugees. Also includes a copyprint of Einstein at an unknown dinner.

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees in France and Amsterdam

    667 J: At the "Comite Francais d'Assistance aux Refugees," branch of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Paris. The Committee provides legal and juridicial advice, to help the refugees stay in France and prepare their definitive settlement in some country. LS, relief (money) provided to Austrian refugee. CU, refugee signing receipt. LS, crowd refugees waiting in line. LS, refugees waiting in the lobby of the "Comite d'Assistance," and showing papers to officials of the Committee. MS, table where refugees show their identification papers to employee. Same, another angle. 02:52:34 LS...

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- Refugees; Jewish shelter; London, England

    Jewish shelter on Mansell Street, Whitechapel, London, England. Permanent institution for helping poor Jews, housing approximately 120 refugees (mostly Austrian). Dining hall, crowded, free meals. Adolph and Sarah Michaelson, the Superintendant and Matron of the shelter from about 1912 until 1940, appear in this sequence (Adolph is the gentleman with the mustache standing at 06:01:13 and at right at 06:01:35. Sarah wears a lace collar in the doorway at 06:02:40. Their daughter, Esther (known as Elsie, b. 1915), is the third serving person in a white coat who comes into the dining room at 06...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Reconstruction of war-damaged properties; refugees

    Reconstruction of Czech Tunnel and Bridge (Czech Newsreel material - Lavender) Optical shots of Czech workmen standing around looking at the camera. Pan to silent factories and smokestacks. LS line of Czechs in food queue, dissolving to shots of refugees returning to their homes, on foot and in wagons. Several shots of same, dissolving to man pasting poster on wall intended to get men to work repairing war damaged properties. Other posters. Men, women, and children, carrying shovels on their shoulders go to work. LS mob of men and women over hillside, dissolve to workmen clearing up debris ...

  9. List of Vilnius Residents and Refugees looking for Relatives

    List of residents and refugees of Vilnius looking for relatives. The table includes names of 159 residents and refugees of Vilnius looking for their relatives worldwide with some residing in Palestine and others in Europe, Displaced Persons Camps, Cyprus, and the USA. Source of information is registered in the left-hand side column, such as the Jewish Agency or the Joint Distribution Committee.

  10. Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Red windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching black set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...

  11. Red checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Red windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching black set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...

  12. Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Black windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching red set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...

  13. Black checked towel embroidered ES saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Black windowpane checked dish towel monogrammed ES received as a wedding gift by Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt in 1933. It was one of a pair, and they received a matching red set as well. These towels were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled Cologne in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were det...

  14. Silver oak patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Silver oak leaf patterned spoon, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeeburgerdijk q...

  15. Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Silver spoon with a fiddle thread pattern, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeebu...

  16. Silver fiddle patterned tablespoon saved by German Jewish refugees

    1. Fred and Juliana Silversmith family collection

    Silver spoon with a fiddle thread pattern, one of three spoons brought with Fritz and Juliane Else Silberschmidt when they escaped Nazi Germany for the Netherlands in 1939. These spoons were among the very few items that they were permitted to take with them when they left Cologne. The rest of the family's personal and household belongings were confiscated by German authorities. Fritz and Juliane, and Fritz's mother Selma and brother Rudolph fled to Amsterdam in 1939. After Germany invaded Poland that September, even legal emigrants were detained as enemy aliens. Fritz was interned at Zeebu...

  17. Isaac Bitton collection photographs of Jewish refugees in Lisbon, Portugal

    1. Isaac Bitton collection

    Contains 12 gelatin silver copyprints of Jewish refugees in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1939 to 1944. Descriptions by Isaac Bitton [donor] are provided on the reverse side of each photograph.

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- Germans arrive in Sudentenland; Sudeten refugees

    Big crowd mourning, (German) women in tears, talking. 03:43:18 Nazi speaker heard. 03:43:32 People in courtyard silently heiling. Pan, women cries as she heils. 03:44:23 Sad faces of children and women boarding streetcar. 03:44:41 Men on bicycles rush down street, men with QF ruined room. Border, gate going up, 03:45:06 grinning Nazis on horseback go through. Lots of marching Nazis, heiling (hesitant). 03:45:24 Nazis on carts, peasant women, flowers, heiling on cue, others being taught to heil. CU, elderly woman watches and does nothing. Goering with children. SS feeding people in square. F...

  19. Reports and other papers pertaining to refugees in Shanghai

    This collection comprises reports about the fate of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War Two; eyewitness statements of individual Jewish refugees; personal papers of Ernst Platz, former Jewish refugee in Shanghai; correspondence regarding documents relating to the Shanghai Jewish refugee experience

  20. Edgar Duchin: working papers re refugees from Nazi Europe

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital content This collection of papers relating to the fate of refugees from Nazi Europe was part of the working papers of Edgar Duchin (formerly Duchinsky), a solicitor who worked on behalf of refugees. A number of organisations dealing with the problems of refugees are represented. The papers at -/5 which document his activities viz representing the interests of individual refugees and his presence on a number of committees involved in similar work are testament to his commitment to the cause of refugees.