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  1. Eichmann Trial -- Session 42 -- Cross-examination of Grueber by defense attorney Servatius

    Defense lawyer Servatius is seated going through papers. He hands one of the papers to a man who passes by his table. Shot of the courtroom, Eichmann's booth; Eichmann is escorted in carrying documents. One of his guards delivers a note to Servatius. The camera focuses alternately on Eichmann and Servatius for several minutes. All rise as the judges enter court. Judge Landau announces the opening of Session 42 (00:05:41). Continuation of interrogation of Dr. Heinrich Grüber, Protestant Dean of Berlin by defense attorney Robert Servatius. Grüber describes his association with the Confessiona...

  2. Ubootflottille

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Das Kommando der Uboote, hervorgegangen aus dem Kommando der Amphibischen Streitkräfte, wurde mit Befehl Nr. 115 -Marine- vom 3. Oktober 1962 zum 1. November aufgestellt und dem Kommando der Flotte unterstellt. Zu seinen Aufgaben zählten: · Führung der unterstellten Ubootgeschwader und der Ubootlehrgruppe · Herstellung und Überwachung der Einsatzbereitschaft der unterstellten Einheiten · Weiterentwicklung und Erprobung der Uboottaktik · Mitarbeit an typgebundenen Vorschriften · Überwachung der Einzel- und Gefechtsausbildung und deren Auswertung · Mitwirkung b...

  3. Aron Straser photograph collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Aron Straser (born Aron Struczanski) and his family, originally from Smorgon, Poland (Smarhoń, Belarus). The collection consists of photographs depicting Aron’s father Jona Struczanski prior to his wedding in Smorgon, his family gathered around the grave of his grandparents, Aron shortly after liberation, and Aron’s future wife Gucia Widawska (later Judy Straser) shortly after liberation at Bergen-Belsen.

  4. Секретаріат ГПУ–КГБ УРСР

    • Секретариат ГПУ-КГБ УССР
    • UkrSSR GPU-KGB Secretariat

    The documents were mainly generated within four periods: 1930-1941; 1941-1945; 1945-1954; 1964-1991 The documents of the period of the Second World War (1941-1945) contain: • resolutions and orders of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR; • directives and instructions by NKVD of the USSR on work issues; • directives and instructions by NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR on work issues; • correspondence by NKVD of the UkrSSR with organizations, authorities and administration of the UkrSSR on the activities of the state security agencies; • special reports sent by NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR a...

  5. Grotewohl, Otto

    Bestandsbeschreibung 11. März 1894 in Braunschweig geboren 1908-1912 Ausbildung zum Buchdrucker 1912 Mitglied der SPD und des Verbandes deutscher Buchdrucker 1912-1914 Buchdrucker und Angestellter in verschiedenen Druckereien in Braunschweig, Wolfenbüttel und Krefeld 1914-1918 Soldat im 1. Weltkrieg 1918 Austritt aus der SPD, Mitglied der USPD 1918-1919 Vorsitzender des Arbeiter- und Soldatenrates in Braunschweig 1919-1921 Angestellter der Ortskrankenkasse Braunschweig 1920-1926 Abgeordneter des braunschweigischen Landtags, zwischen 1921-1922 Innen- und Volksbildungsminister von Braunschwei...

  6. Sąd Grodzki w Białobrzegach

    • Court of the first instance in Białobrzegi

    W skład zespołu wchodzą: 1.Repertoria spraw cywilny "C" i "Co" z lat [1934-1944] 1945-1948, sygn. 1 i 2, 2. Repertorium opiek z lat [1916-1944] 1945-1946, sygn. 3, 3. Repertorium spraw karnych "Kg" z lat [1941-1944] 1945-1946, sygn. 4, 4. Repertorium spraw komorniczych "E" z lat [1933-1944] 1945-1948, sygn. 5, 5. Repertorium pomocy prawnej "Ns" z lat 1946-1948, sygn. 6, 6. Repertorium spraw o uznanie za zaginionego i zmarłego z lat 1946-1948, sygn. 7, 7. Sprawy cywilne dotyczące podziału majątku, zakłóconego posiadania i alimentacji z lat [1942-1944] 1945-948, sygn. 8, 8. Skorowidz spraw ka...

  7. Magnus and van Oosten families papers

    The Magnus and van Oosten family papers consist of correspondence, certificates, printed material, and photographs, related to the experiences of the extended family of Sary Melles (née Magnus) during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. The collection includes correspondence from her brother, Ibertus Magnus, written shortly before and during his imprisonment by the Germans, first in Assen, the Netherlands, and then at Buchenwald, as well as a notification of his death and a death certificate. Also included is a brochure that documents the jazz band that he performe...

  8. Miriam A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Miriam A., who was born in Suchdol, Czechoslovakia (presently Czech Republic) in 1923, the youngest of three children. She recounts being the only Jewish family in town; a happy childhood; cordial relations with non-Jews; attending school in Kutná Hora; antisemitic harassment by teachers; attending boarding schools where they did not know she was Jewish until March 1939; German occupation; visiting Jewish friends in neighboring Kolín; anti-Jewish laws, including travel bans and confiscation of her father's business; hiding valuables with non-Jewish friends, includin...

  9. Житомирский генерал-комиссариат, г. Житомир

    • Zhytomyr General Commissariat
    • Zhytomyrskyi general-komissariat

    The following files contain information about the organization of the occupation administrative and power apparatus, as well as anti-Jewish policies: File 1. Orders for transfer of policemen, sentences, October 28, 1942 - October 21, 1943, 54 p. File 2. Reports of district officials on their work in the field and the structure of the of the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists), July 31, 1941 - March 25, 1943, 179 p. File 3. Reports by Kovalsky M., Vingalova N., Arendt M., Grinasevich M., Stavichenko M., Sheriy V., Vetvitsky S. and Kulitsky A., December 9, 1941 - February 24, 1942, 2...

  10. Nazi Germany trims: Leica factory, ferry, Pestalozzi Froebel Kindergarten, airplanes, peasants, exhibitions, nursery, tobacco, anti-Jewish signs, Goldschmidt school

    TRIMS. INTs, Leica factory, various shots. 01:00:43 Fountain at industry exhibition. Crowds looking at exhibitions, including "Das Weisse Gold," "Glaswolle," yarn/textiles, boots, "Continental" tires, "Sicherheits-Glas." Man standing next to large machine. 01:02:01 Small town in Germany. LS, Leica factory, INTs. CUs, lens, laborers, on lunch break, polishing, inserting film into camera. 01:04:01 HAS, LS, German village, cathedral spires, train in FG. 01:04:09 LS, factory, smokestacks. 01:04:18 Laborers on dirt mound with pick axes and sledgehammers. CU, "Krupp" insignia. Locomotive, rail li...

  11. Division z.b.V. 426

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  12. Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate given to a US soldier after the liberation of Paris

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7086
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) b: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) c: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm)

    Nazi propaganda leaflet resembling a US dollar bill given to US Army Colonel Lewis H. Weinstein in Paris on the day of liberation, August 25, 1944. His jeep was surrounded by thousands of grateful Parisians near the Montparnasse railroad station. An emaciated man with a Star of David badge pushed his way forward and asked him if he was Jewish. Weinstein said yes and the man blurted out: “ I’m the last of my family. The rest went to Drancy.” He tore off his badge and handed it and an envelope with the leaflet to Weinstein, and disappeared. These leaflets were dropped from planes over Paris i...

  13. Eichmann Trial -- Selections from sessions 93 and 94 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    The footage begins in the middle of Session 93. Judges Landau, Halevi, and Raveh are seated at the bench. Assistant State Attorneys Bach and Bar-Or are seated at the prosecution table. Robert Servatius is seated at the defense table. Cross-examination of Adolf Eichmann by Attorney General Gideon Hausner continues. Eichmann is asked if the testimonies from Rudolf Hoess, Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Dieter Wisliceny, Rudolf Mildner, and Alfred Six submitted in his defense were truthful or whether these men gave false testimony. A small portion of the session is missing and footage resumes with Hausne...

  14. Processo de pedido de visto para Maria Moser, Anne Crevoiserat, Elizabeth Brennecke, Emma Walser, Annemarie Goetze, Elsbeth Koller, Ernestina Scherrer, Paul Guerraty, Charles Demarmels, Firmin Deschenaux, André Morisaud, Edouard Jenny, Jean Moeri, Jean Leon Humoir, Mathilde Kunz, Rosine Roth, Mina Krüse, Ruth Brunner, Ida Schweizer, Auguste Hurliman, Emile Henry, Josef Pfrunder, Emil Nef, Karl Stucky, Ida Gautschi, Ruth Urwyler, Regula Kundert, Plattner Elizabeth, Gertrude Hurlimann, Marie Luise Luthi, Katharina Sodlinger, Irene Chardonennens, Gertrude Bentz, Emma Niederhauser, Marthe Kern e Suzanne Benoit

    Processo de pedido de visto ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Maria Moser, de nacionalidade suíça, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Anne Crevoiserat, de nacionalidade suíça, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Elizabeth Brennecke, de nacionalidade suíça, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Emma Walser, de nacionalidade suíça, com destino a Port...

  15. Фінансова дирекція Губернаторства Трансністрії, м. Одеса.

    • Governorate of Transnistria Finance Directorate

    The fond includes two inventories systematized according to the structural-chronological principle. Among materials held in the fond (op. 1-2) on the occupation authorities’ use of the forced labor of POWs and civilian specialists are documents directly concerning the Jewish population. These include reports by the director of the Finance Directorate on organizing the work of Jews in the camps of Transnistria (1942-44); a report of the Mogilev prefecture on the work of a commission on deporting Jews from Bukovina and Bessarabia to Transnistria (1942); lists of Jews driven from northern Buko...

  16. Circular patch with a yellow Star of David worn by a Jewish Romanian woman

    Handmade, Star of David patch on a black background that belonged to Pincu Kaiserman’s sister, likely Rosa, in Romania, sometime between September 10, 1941 and 1943. In September 1940, Romania fell under the rule of a radical military coalition led by General Antonescu and the Iron Guard, a fascist, anti-Semitic military group of Nazi collaborators. In November, Romania joined the Axis Alliance and began passing many anti-Semitic laws similar to Germany’s Nuremberg Laws. On June 26, 1941, Romanian authorities accused members of the Iași Jewish community, where the Kaiserman family lived, o...

  17. Lithograph of Israel from Arthur Szyk’s visual history series of the United Nations

    Postwar lithograph by artist Arthur Szyk depicting a visual representation of the history of Israel. Arthur Szyk was a Polish-Jewish artist who fled Nazi-controlled Europe for London in 1937, and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1940. He started his career in book illustration and was considered one of the greatest modern practitioners of the art of illumination. His widely published caricatures made him one of the most famous political satirists during World War II. In 1945, he was commissioned by Canadian philatelist Kasimir Bileski to create illustrations for a series of sta...

  18. Neumann and Mendel Business and Family papers

    This collection of family papers and business papers comprises several separate deposits, made some time after Luise Neumann's death in the 1980s. This is a good example of a collection of business papers of a former Jewish Company in Germany which was taken over as part of the Nazi aryanisation process, containing a range of records one would expect to see in a business archive as well as documents referring specifically to the persecution of the owners on the grounds of race [1023/1/39 and 1023/1/13]. The collection also contains papers which document the experiences of the family as they...

  19. UNRRA selected records AG-018-018 : Dodecanese Islands Mission

    Consists of the UNRRA Central Registry Files and Subject Files relating to relief and rehabilitation, welfare inquires, and displaced persons and refugees on the Dodecanese and Rhodes area.

  20. Inspektion der Pioniere des Heeres (In 5)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Der Inspekteur war im Frieden der höchste Vertreter seiner Waffengattung und überwachte ihre Ausbildung. Seine Vorschläge zur Organisation, Ausrüstung und Bewaffnung wurden vom Chef des Generalstabs des Heeres und vom Allgemeinen Heeresamt geprüft; sie bildeten die Grundlage für Befehle des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres. Gemäß Heeresverordnungsblatt von 1920 (Nr. 1086) war der Inspekteur der Pioniere und Festungen zuständig in folgenden Angelegenheiten - für die theoretische und praktische Ausbildung der Pioniere in allen technischen Dienstzweigen und ihr Zusa...