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  1. James Livesay papers relating to the liberation of Nordhausen

    The records relate to James Livesay's experiences at the liberation of Nordhausen (a.k.a. Dora, Dora-Mittelbau): an original photograph that Livesay took during the burial of the camp's inmates accompanied by a brief testimony of Livesay's; two 1945 newspaper clippings from a West Virginia newspaper, "The Register," describing the activities of Livesay and the 104th U.S. Infantry Division; a copy of a "Witness to the Holocaust" questionnaire distributed by Emory University's Center for Research in Social Change that Livesay filled out to describe his war-time experiences, including those wh...

  2. Arendt, Rudolf

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Geboren am: 25.01.1923, Diensteintritt Kriegsmarine: 01.10.1940, Beförderungen: Seekadett, 15.02.1941, Fähnrich zur See, 01.08.1941, Oberfähnrich zur See, 01.07.1942, Leutnant zur See, 01.01.1943, Oberleutnant zur See, 01.05.1944, Diensteintritt Bundeswehr: 01.05.1956, Beförderungen: Kapitän Leutnant, 22.09.1956, Korvettenkapitän, 19.09.1960, Fregattenkapitän, 04.11.1963, Kapitän zur See, 14.09.1971, Flottenadmiral, 09.05.1977, Konteradmiral, 01.04.1980, Chef des Führungsstabes der Streitkräfte: 01.04.1980 - 31.03.1983, Pensioniert am: 01.04.1983 1940 Eintrit...

  3. Henry Landman collection

    Collection contains correspondence, documents, photographs, leaflets, postcards, and related materials, including a yarmulke, which document the immigration of Joseph and Regina Landman, and their son Henry (Heinz), originally of Augsburg, Germany, to the United States as a result of anti-Semitic persecution in Germany. Includes biographical documents about Joseph and Regina, sports awards received by Henry in Augsburg, prior to emigration; correspondence with relatives of Regina Landmann, including the Aretz family; documents and ephemera related to Henry's service in the United States Arm...

  4. Kriegsberichterstattung: Von einem Gefangenenlager in Italien senden britische Kriegsgefangene Weihnachtsgrüße an ihre Familien

    Decelith Folie D. 8 discs. "From a prison camp in Italy, British prisoners of war send Christmas and New Years greetings to their families." Several South African soldiers speak in Afrikaans to their families. The narrator names, gives the home address, and mentions specific family members of each POW. The POWs say they are “fit and well” and send love and greetings to family and friends by name. Some names are unintelligible. One provides an address of 18 Ratcliffe Road, Yorkshire, Sheffield. Ralph Thompson Matthews calling his wife Vera Matthews, 143 Oxford Road, County West (?). Gunner T...

  5. Tag

    Tag worn by Rita Buchholz as a child on a transport sponsored by the US Committee for the Care of European Children. She sailed from Lisbon on August 20, 1941, aboard the Mouzinho, arriving in New York on September 2.

  6. Anne Marie Yellin photograph collection

    The photographs depict Anne Marie Yellin and her parents before World War II as well as Anne Marie and other children who were in hiding during the Holocaust in a convent, St. Antoine de Padoue, in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium.

  7. Signal Corps Cameramen; Nazi SS Trial

    21:00:41 (LIB 6866) Combat Cameramen, Germany, March-April 1945. LS, jeep pulls up to street corner, camera team gets out and still man pockets film in paratroop trousers. MLSs, CUs, two soldiers lead cameramen through rubble-strewn street. Cameraman stops to take pictures with a Speed Graphic. LS, still cameraman takes pictures of two infantrymen walking past burning building in Schweigen. LS, officer takes picture with still camera of advancing column of the 100th Div in Nussloch. LS, cameraman takes pictures of two soldiers as they pass burning rubble and buildings. CUs, cameraman using ...

  8. Family films, 1938

  9. Card file of members of Hungarian labor battalions who perished

    The card file was collected and compiled by the Hungarian Ministry of Defense (Honvédelmi Minisztérium) between the years 1945-1954, and includes the personal cards of Hungarian Jewish victims. Some of the documents are photocopies of death certificates which were issued by local courts on the basis of lists and publications of various bodies such as the International Tracing Service, the US army, declarations by individuals regarding Hungarian Jews who had perished, and lists prepared by former prisoners.The card file, which was used for legal, and other, purposes includes information abou...

  10. Holocaust-era serials collection

    Collection is comprised of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals published in Western Europe and the United States in the period leading up to and during the Second World War. Publications are relevant to Holocaust studies and education in that they demonstrate widespread antisemitism, Nazi propaganda, international responses and military and resistance activities. Serials in collection are both originals and reprints printed after the original publication.

  11. Charles W. Alexander photograph collection

    The collection consists primarily of photographs documenting the Nuremberg trials taken by Charles W. Alexander. The photographs depict the participants in the Nuremberg trials both in the courtroom and behind the scenes, smaller war crimes trials, and scenes of Germany. The collection also includes two books of similar photographs and captions of the personal experiences of Charles and his wife Anne Alexander in Germany in 1945-1946.

  12. Austrian newsreel excerpts, March 25, 1938

    Excerpts from reel 1 of Ostmark-Wochenschau Nr. 13/1938 (25. März 1938), from frames 02107 to 05331. German narration. Title card: “Eintreffen motorisierter deutscher Truppen-Abteilungen in Wien und Graz” Night motorcade with motorcycles, cars, and tanks through city streets. Nazi officials wave and smile from platform before the Heinrichhof Cafe in Vienna. CUs. Crowds watch and cheer from balcony. Salute. (01:26) Daytime motorcade in Graz. Crowds line cobbled streets, swastika flags. Sign for: "Grand Hotel Steirerhof". Cars and tanks pass. Excerpts from reel 2 of Ostmark-Wochenschau Nr. 13...

  13. History of Nazi party and evidence discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 373) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 22, 1945. US Army Major Frank Wallis addressing the court, telling part of the history of the Nazi Party. MS, defendants' lawyers sitting in courtroom. MS, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Walther Funk, and Hjalmar Schacht. Cut back to Major Wallis addressing the court. MS, Hermann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Franz von Papen, and Alfred Jodl listening in prisoners' dock. MS, Dr. Rudolf Dix, defense counsel for Hjalmar Schacht, addressing the court. Dix asks that certain documents, which have not yet...

  14. Personal papers of Helga Lewin (née Krebs) relating to her compensation claims

    The papers in this collection document the attempts made by Helga Lewin to gain compensation for suffering caused by the Nazi regime. They include settlements and decisions made by the Entschädigungsamt, Berlin and the Berlin district court along with affidavits and numerous expert witness statements.

  15. Buchwald family: papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Buchwald family, Jewish refugees from Bratislava who emigrated in 1939 to escape Nazi persecutions.Family papers including correspondence with Violet Bonham Carter regarding sponsorship for Wilhelm to enable him to leave Bratislava (1938-1939); William Theodor's school reports from schools in Bratislava and Salford grammar school; testimonials for Max and Jrma Freud and Mr S Neurath (relationship to the Buchwalds is unknown); post-war correspondence with friends and Katerina Buchwald's National Health and Pensions Insurance Contributions C...

  16. Deutsches Konsulat in Laibach

    Schadensersatzangelegenheiten General a. D. Wolfgang Waldherr.

  17. Achduth-Jedność, Fraternal Federation in Warsaw Stowarzyszenie Braterskie "Achduth-Jedność" w Warszawie (Sygn. 117)

    Records of the “Achduth-Jedność” Fraternal Federation in Warsaw: List of members and candidates for membership, minutes and correspondence of 1938, insurance policies, bills, a journal of minutes of general assemblies.

  18. "I saw Buchenwald"

    Consists of a copy of "I saw Buchenwald" by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jack La Pietra. The testimony describes the inhumane conditions and places of torture and death seen by La Pietra as he was taken through the camp by one of the Buchenwald survivors shortly after liberation. It was written in 1979 and and epilogue was added in 1985.

  19. Herczlinger family: copy papers

    Copy family documents and digital photographs

  20. Zentralverband der Werftarbeiter Deutschlands

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bei den vom Zentralarchiv des FDGB in der Historischen Abteilung zusammengefassten Beständen handelt es sich um Restbestände verschiedener Provenienzen, die zu den seit 1935 im Zentralarchiv der Deutschen Arbeitsfront zusammengeführten Unterlagen gehörten. Die durch kriegsbedingte Verluste stark reduzierten Bestände wurden 1945/1946 dem FDGB übergeben. In der Folgezeit wurden die Bestände durch lokale Provenienzen und Kopien aus anderen Archiven ergänzt. Aufgaben und Organisation: Hervorgeganen ist der Zentralverband der Werftarbeiter Deutschlands aus dem 188...