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  1. I'm An American Day -- Christmas in Freedom

    1. "I'm An American" NBC radio broadcasts

    The I’m An American Day celebration is being broadcast from Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York on December 23, 1944. The temporary haven is an emergency refugee shelter for more than 1,000 Europeans. Newspaper columnist Dorothy Thompson reports on the displaced people’s first Christmas in America. She reports there are refugees from 14 different nations. Thompson describes their enjoyments of American freedoms despite being restricted to base. She explains why saving their lives should be important to the American people. Joseph Smart, War Relocation Authority Director of the Emergency Refuge...

  2. Dulberg family papers

    1. Lester and Esther Suna Dulberg family collection

    The Dulberg family papers contain documents and photographs related to Louis and Esther Dulberg’s families in the years before and after the Holocaust. Included in the collection are several documents pertaining to Louis’ immigration. Among them, copies of his birth certificate, Polish identification cards, correspondence regarding his Visa application, and affidavits affirming his Polish military service and nationality. The photographs contain images of Esther’s first husband, Moshe and their children, Bella and Henry, and Louis’ first wife, Sara and their three children. Also included ar...

  3. Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting King Christian X of Denmark, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty ...

  4. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Goebbels created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting German Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcom...

  5. Political cartoon depicting Joseph Stalin created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930–1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These policy c...

  6. Political cartoon depicting Benito Mussolini created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These policy ...

  7. Political cartoon depicting Éamon de Valera holding the Éire Constitution created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Prime Minister of Ireland Éamon de Valera, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed...

  8. Political cartoon depicting Jawaharlal Nehru created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Indian politician and supporter of independence Jawaharlal Nehru, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming th...

  9. Political cartoon depicting Chiang Kai-shek created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Chinese Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission Chiang Kai-shek, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming...

  10. Political cartoon depicting Agustín Justo created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Argentinian President Agustín Justo (1932-1938), created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions im...

  11. Political cartoon depicting Prince Saionji Kinmochi created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting former Japanese Prime Minister and the nation’s last elder statesman, Prince Saionji Kinmochi, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while he was the Sunday editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1936-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist ...

  12. Political cartoon depicting Lázaro Cárdenas created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). These policy change...

  13. Political cartoon depicting Maksim Litvinov created by an American journalist

    1. Albert E. Carter collection

    Political cartoon depicting Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Maksim Litvinov, created by American journalist Albert E. Carter while writing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee, from 1930-1943. He often punctuated his articles with cartoons depicting global news and international leaders. Albert, a college senior, was working as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. During the mid-1930s, Germany followed a revisionist policy aimed at overcoming the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). ...

  14. Marcus family papers

    1. Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

    The Marcus family papers include correspondence, a family tree, and photographs relating to Erich and Thea Marcus and their children, Harry and Lilo, originally from Prenzlau, Germany. The family fled to Cuba before immigrating to the United States circa 1941. Correspondence largely includes personal correspondence to Erich from friends and family, including Susie and Lotte, as well as letters from organizations including the Congress Refugee House and New York Associate for Jewish Children. Also included is a family tree and photographs of Erich, Thea, and their family.

  15. Leather bi-fold wallet with two photographs glued inside owned by a German Jewish refugee

    1. Harry and Luba Marcus family collection

    Leather wallet, with two photos adhered inside, used by Erich Marcus. The photos are of Erich’s parents, Emil and Margarethe. Both parents were unable to escape Germany during the Holocaust and chose to end their own lives in 1940, rather than allow the Nazis to deport them to the killing centers in the East. Erich’s family owned a successful houseware factory in Prenzlau, Germany. Erich lived with his wife Phyllis and two children, Heinrich and Lilo. Erich’s parents, his sister, and her two children lived in Prenzlau as well. After Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, the Marcus fami...

  18. Silver fish fork with fish design owned by the Orsten family

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    A single fork from a silver, fish cutlery set, consisting of four forks and three knives, designed by Art Krupp Berndorf of Austria and owned by the Orsten family. The cutlery is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.

  19. Goldlust family papers

    Documents, correspondence, and photographs regarding the Holocaust experiences of the Goldlust family of Konstanz, Germany including Manja Goldlust and her children Paula and Leo’s deportations to the Gurs and Rivesaltes internment camps in France, correspondence from the camps with Manja’s husband Bernhard Goldlust in England, and Bernhard’s attempts to help them immigrate to England. Biographical material consists of Bernhard’s Foreigner passport (Fremden Pass), primarily postwar identification documents of Paula (some documents place her birth as 1928), an affidavit and related documents...

  20. Stern and Pächter family papers

    The Stern and Pächter family papers include biographical material, correspondence, testimonies, cookbooks, poems, and documents relating to Mina Pächter, Anny Stern, and their family’s experiences in Prague and Theresienstadt. The collection includes a document instructing Mina to report to Theresienstadt, copies of Mina’s biography and the Pächter family tree, letters from Mina to her daughter, Anny, and one of her sister, Red Cross letters from Mina to her son-in-law Georg and from Josef Stern to Fritz Lederer, copies of transcripts of Anny Stern and Elisabeth Laufer’s oral testimony, a c...