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  1. Satirical drawing by Karl Schwesig depicting a German prison

    1. Karl Schwesig collection

    Pencil drawing of a jug created by Karl Schwesig in 1933 while he was a prisoner in Ulmer Hoeh prison in Dusseldorf. After Hitler came to power in January 1933, Schwesig, a Communist, was arrested and imprisoned for 16 months. After his release in 1935, he lived in Antwerp, Belgium. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Belgium. Schwesig was arrested and sent to Vichy France, where he was held in St. Cyprien, Gurs, Noe, and Nexon internment camps. In 1943, he was sent to Ulmer Hoeh prison in Dusseldorf, where he was liberated by American forces in April 1945.

  2. Satirical drawing by Karl Schwesig depicting Nazi followers as robots

    1. Karl Schwesig collection

    Satirical ink drawing created by Karl Schwesig in February 1938 in Antwerp, depicting a woman standing next to a robot and cannon. It is part of a series of eight satirical drawings published in an illegal newspaper, the Kolner Rosenmontags-Zeitung (Cologne Rose Monday Newspaper). The newspaper was printed in Cologne and distributed at the Cologne Carnival on Rose Monday before Lent in early 1938. The printer was unable to smuggle the dangerous drawings out of Germany, so he kept them in his shop, where they were damaged by a fire during the war. After Hitler came to power in January 1933, ...

  3. Satirical drawing by Karl Schwesig depicting Nazi soldiers as pigs

    1. Karl Schwesig collection

    Satirical ink drawing created by Karl Schwesig in February 1938 in Antwerp, depicting Himmler measuring the udder of a cow with a milking machine. It is part of a series of eight satirical drawings published in an illegal newspaper, the Kolner Rosenmontags-Zeitung (Cologne Rose Monday Newspaper). The newspaper was printed in Cologne and distributed at the Cologne Carnival on Rose Monday before Lent in early 1938. The printer was unable to smuggle the dangerous drawings out of Germany, so he kept them in his shop, where they were damaged by a fire during the war. After Hitler came to power i...

  4. Satirical drawing by Karl Schwesig depicting the subjugation of Yugoslavia to Nazi Germany

    1. Karl Schwesig collection

    Satirical ink drawing created by Karl Schwesig in February 1938 in Antwerp, depicting a man and three scantily clad women protesting the Slavs. It is part of a series of eight satirical drawings published in an illegal newspaper, the Kolner Rosenmontags-Zeitung (Cologne Rose Monday Newspaper). The newspaper was printed in Cologne and distributed at the Cologne Carnival on Rose Monday before Lent in early 1938. The printer was unable to smuggle the dangerous drawings out of Germany, so he kept them in his shop, where they were damaged by a fire during the war. After Hitler came to power in J...

  6. Saul F. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Saul F., a distinguished professor of political science who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1932. He recalls emigration to Paris in 1939, then to central France; his parents placing him in a Catholic monastery; their capture and deportation to Auschwitz; several people hiding his identity during Nazi searches; becoming an ardent Catholic; and discovery by relatives in 1946. He recounts living in boarding school in Paris; a Zionist summer camp; emigrating to Israel with Youth Aliyah in 1948; army service; studying in Paris, Geneva, and at Harvard; marriage in 195...

  7. Saul Loeb collection

    Consists of 41 photographs taken by Saul Loeb, an officer in the United States Army and the assistant to Chaplains Morris Kertzer and Isidore Breslau in Marseille, France. The photographs, taken in the spring of 1945, depict Jews in Marseille, refugees emigrating to Palestine, scenes of Passover, and the Army chaplains. Also includes one scrapbook of photographs of Passover in Marseille, 1945. Most of the photographs are captioned. Collection also includes scrip from Theresienstadt and Łódź and scrip from the American military occupation of Germany.

  8. Savska banovina, odjeljak upravnog odjeljenja za državnu zaštitu

    • The Sava County, state security administration unit

    The collection contains reports on the monitoring of prominent political figures (V. Maček, I. Pernar, M. Radic, M. Šuflaj, A. Trumbić); reports of district city police; information on the political situation and events listings of separatist-oriented state and self-government officials, information on the assassination of King Alexander I, the writings about the founding and the combat of illicit organizations of former Croatian Farmers Party members, writings on liquidation of estates and districts bordering with Hungary, inspection of arms and ammunition, the data on foreign citizens, em...

  9. Saxophone, case and accessories used by a Polish Jewish musician in a band that toured DP camps

    1. Henry Baigelman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn43163
    • English
    • a: Height: 30.125 inches (76.518 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) a1: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) a2: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) a3: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 11.375 inches (28.893 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) b: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 32.125 inches (81.598 cm) | Depth: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) c: Height: 22.625 inches (57.468 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) d: Height: 20.875 inches (53.023 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) e: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) f: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) g: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) h: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) i: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) j: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) k: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) l: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) m: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) n1: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) n2: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) n3: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) o1: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) p1: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) q1: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) r1: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) r2: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) s: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) t: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) u: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) v1: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) v2: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) w: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) x: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm) y: Height: 27.125 inches (68.898 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) z: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) aa: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) ab: Height: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) ac: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) ad: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) ae: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) af: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) ag: Height: 15.625 inches (39.688 cm) | Width: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) ah: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)

    Saxophone, case, and parts acquired and used by Henry Baigelman after the war. Henry was a professional musician in Łódź when Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. He and his family were imprisoned in the Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto where he and his brother David performed with the orchestra. On June 10, 1944, Himmler ordered the ghetto destroyed, David hid the family instruments. On August 4, 1944, the family was deported to Auschwitz where they were separated. Henry was transferred to Kaltwasser, Flossenberg, and Altenhammer concentration camps. In Altenhammer, the camp supervisor...

  10. Sbírka Československé školy ve Velké Británii

    • Collection of the Czechoslovak school in the United Kingdom
    • Národní archiv
    • 1578
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • 1,3 linear metres of which 1,3 linear metres inventoried. The fonds is partially accessible.

    The collection consist of originals and copies of the various documents, such as copies of identity documents, birth certificates, writing pads, textbooks, school certificates, photographs, messages from teachers to parents (or to the legal representatives of children), memoirs, school notes, presentations and newspapers. These materials also relate to more than 670 mostly Jewish children saved by the Kindertransporte organised by Nicolas Winton and other rescuers.

  11. Sbírka soudobé dokumentace

    • Collection of the Contemporary Documentation / NAD 1199

    The fonds originated due to the collecting activities of the Municipal Museum in Německý Brod, and later due to the activities of the district archives. These parts are followed by the documentation from the period after 1945. The fonds contains documents concerning: elections to the town council, the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, and the National Assembly, the war of 1866, World War I and II, revolutions, celebrations and various events, the workers' movement, the Communist Party and other political parties, cultural activities, sports, economy and industry, social life, Haškova Lipnice...

  13. Scellé constitué par la 1re brigade régionale de police judiciaire : documents saisis au domicile de l'inculpé(e)

    1. Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris
    2. Scellés
    3. Scellés des dossiers 495 et 500
    4. dossier 500

    Un plan de la ville de Dijon pour l'année 1890 exécuté par Bonnamas, un "laissez-passer pour les réfugiés" au nom de l'inculpé en date du 3 août 1940, un ouvrage sur Dijon, une enveloppe, une enveloppe, une adresse notée sur un morceau de papier, une carte de tickets de pommes de terre et denrées de substitution portant le cachet de la mairie de Boulogne-Billancourt, une carte de tickets de fromages et matières grasses portant le cachet de la mairie de Boulogne-Billancourt, une carte de consommateur de la laiterie parisienne, deux cartes d'acheteur de la Boucherie économique (Paris 6e) n°51...

  14. Scellé constitué par le commissariat de police de la circonscription d'Ivry-sur-Seine : documents saisis dans l'armoire de la chambre à coucher de l'inculpée

    1. Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris
    2. Scellés
    3. Scellés des dossiers 457, 468, 471 et 472
    4. dossier 472

    Deux enveloppes adressées à l'inculpée, un mandat carte de versement, une enveloppe adressée à la Fédération parisienne des Amis de l'Union Soviétique, une convocation à une réunion de l'Union des femmes d'Ivry, un questionnaire du mouvement populaire "Paix et liberté" vierge, une feuille d'adhésion vierge à la chorale populaire Jean-Baptiste Clément d'Ivry-sur-Seine, une lettre du secrétaire fédéral de la Fédération parisienne de l'Association française des Amis de l'Union Soviétique, un reçu au nom de l'inculpée , un rapport à la séance d'ouverture de la conférence nationale d'aide aux ré...

  15. Scellé constitué par le commissariat de police de Puteaux : documents saisis au domicile de l'inculpé(e)

    1. Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris
    2. Scellés
    3. Scellés des dossiers 161, 501, 503 et 506
    4. c-22c8tld7e-1m2ncjkxc3dod

    Quatre cartes d'adhérent à la Confédération générale du petit commerce petite industrie et artisanat (1936-1939), une carte d'électeur de la ville de Nanterre valable pour toutes les élections du 1er avril 1935 au 31 mars 1936 n°99. Un brouillon d'article intitulé "Ennemis du peuple", un brouillon d'une lettre adressée au "camarade Finck secrétaire général de la Fédération des produits chimiques", un brouillon d'une lettre de juillet 1936 adressée aux "camarades du journal L'Eveil de Nanterre", des tracts, des brochures, une carte d'adhérent au Comité national de lutte contre la guerre et l...

  16. Scellé constitué par le commissariat de police de Saint-Maur-des-Fossés : trois sortes de tracts abandonnés par l'inculpé lors de sa poursuite sur le paillasson d'un logement du 2e étage de l'immeuble où il s'était réfugié

    1. Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris
    2. Dossiers de procédure
    3. dossiers 177 à 183
    4. dossier 180

    Titre : Tract clandestin, "Jeunes français, jeunes françaises unissons-nous" Auteur : Fédération des jeunesses communistes de France Publication : s.d., s.l. Dimensions : 14 x 11 cm Langue : Français Note(s) : 43 exemplaires Titre : Tract clandestin, "14 juillet journée de lutte pour la libération nationale de la France" Auteur : Fédération des jeunesses communistes de France Publication : s.d., s.l. Dimensions : 14 x 11 cm Langue : Français Note(s) : 51 exemplaires Titre : Tract clandestin, "Jeunesse et peuple de Paris" Auteur : Comité du Front national de lutte pour l'indépendance de la F...

  17. scellé unique contenant 83 pièces saisies à la préfecture de Montpellier 376 demande de renseignements au préfet sur l'attitude de la municipalité de Frontignan

    1. Haute Cour de justice. Volume 10 Haute Cour de justice. Rép. num. détaillé dact., par M.-Th. Chabord, 11 vol., 2420 p. Volume 10 : 3w/310-3w/334
    2. Marcel Peyrouton.
    3. Dossier II suite de l'information

    scellé unique contenant 83 pièces saisies à la préfecture de Montpellier 376 demande de renseignements au préfet sur l'attitude de la municipalité de Frontignan, 17 février 1941 377 idem sur l'attitude du député Majurel, maire de Castelnau-le-Lez, 17 février 1941 378 idem, maire de Saint-Pons, 17 février 1941 379-380 idem, Viala, délégué du préfet au Bureau de bienfaisance de Viols-le-Fort, 3 février 1941 et réponse 381-382 idem,attitude de la municipalité de Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, 3 février 1941 et réponse 383-385 texte d'un télégramme signé Peyrouton prescrivant l'exclusion des municipal...

  18. Scene still for the film “So Ends Our Night” (1941)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    Scene still for the American feature film, “So Ends Our Night,” released in the United States in February 1941, and re-released in 1948. Scene stills are photographs taken on or off the set of a motion picture and are then used as marketing and advertising tools. “So Ends Our Night” was an independently produced adaptation of the 1939 novel, “Flotsam,” by Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque was a German veteran of World War I, who became famous for writing “All Quiet on the Western Front” about war and the experiences of German soldiers. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, ...

  19. Scene still for the film “The Illegals” (1948)

    1. Cinema Judaica collection

    American scene still for the film, “The Illegals,” which was released in the United States in July 1948. The docudrama depicts the attempted illegal immigration of Jewish refugees from Poland, through Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, and Italy to Palestine. Before reaching its destination, the ship is captured by the British and redirected to Cyprus. “The Illegals” was filmed on-location over a six-month period, about two months before the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the establishment of the state of Israel in May 1948. Britain had been given control of Palestine following...

  20. Schächter family papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Filip and Janina (née Hirsch) Schächter (later Philip and Jean Schechter) living in Poland and Germany under false identities, and their daughter Basha Schächter (later Barbara Cohen) who was a hidden child in Dürnholz, Germany (Drnholec, Czech Republic) from 1942-1945. Biographical materials include documents under Janina and Filip’s false identities, Janina and Frank Rogalski; identification papers; Basha’s identification card from the Stuttgart displaced persons camp; a testimonial document by Janina; a small amount of correspondence ...