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  1. Julian Lehmann: various press cuttings and articles

    This collection comprises miscellaneous press cuttings from German language newspapers dating from c1916 to the 1930s which can roughly be classified into those dealing with the life and work of contemporary Jewish personalities such as Freud, Einstein and Stefan Zweig, on the one hand and articles of a general Jewish interest on the other. In addition there are a number of draft typescript articles and notes on a variety of subjects ranging from obituary notices to articles describing the experiences of German Jewish immigrants to Great Britain during the Nazi era. They are either clearly ...

  2. Leonid (Lema) Bernstein collection

    The collection contains letters sent by Lema Bernstein from the Front to his parents who were evacuated from Kiev to Saratov, and later back to Kiev. The letters span the period of 1941-1945. Lema describes his service in the Soviet Army from 1941-1945, including his experiences performing as a member of the Soviet Army jazz orchestra.

  3. Popielarz family papers

    Original documents relating to emigration attempts by the Benno Popielarz family, originally of Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Include photostat of a letter of recommendation from the Reichsbund juedischer Frontsoldaten, attesting to the good character of Benno Popielarz (1939); a carbon copy typescript list of the belongings that the Popielarz family had to declare prior to emigration, listing the monetary value of each item (1939); a document authorizing the transfer of 15 shillings to a family member in England, to enable the Popielarz family to obtain a Chinese visa (1939); and a l...

  4. Personal Archive of Dr. Heinz E. Samson

    The documentation deals with a part of the estate of the Samson family, originally from the city of Norden in Northern Germany. There is pre-war documentation on tax issues and the assets of the Samson family, pre- and postwar correspondence with German authorities, personal documents and certificates, documents on the restoration of the Norden Jewish cemetery supported by the Samson family after WW II, the dedication of a memorial on the Norden Jewish cemetery, charity work, brochures and magazines related to the history of the Norden Jews.

  5. Organisationskomitee für die Spiele der XX. Olympiade München 1972 e.V.

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • B 185
    • German
    • 1966-1977
    • Schriftgut 3605 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 229,0 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Dem am 3.7.1966 in München gegründeten Organisationskomitee der XX. Olympiade München 1972 e. V., ab 25.2.1968 Organisationskomitee für die Spiele der XX. Olympiade München 1972 e. V. (OK), oblag die Vorbereitung und Durchführung der XX. Olympischen Sommerspiele, die vom 26.8. bis 11.9.1972 insbesondere in München und Kiel, aber auch in anderen Städten (u. a. Augsburg, Nürnberg) stattfanden. Seine Liquidation erfolgte in den Jahren 1974 bis 1977. Der Vorstand bestand aus dem Präsidenten Willi Daume (1913-1996) und drei Vizepräsidenten. Die hauptamtliche Organ...

  6. Collection of photographs Zbiór fotografii (Sygn. 1125)

    Selected photographs documenting life in Kielce: The Association of Former Political Prisoners Branch of Kielce, Hotel European, 1928; the strike in Końskie, 1935; studio portraits of a German soldiers; a small number of photographs portraying local Jews, the synagogues of Kielce and Sandomierz, a group of Jewish women and men from Kielce Ghetto on their way to forced labor in 1942. The photographs are mainly unidentified (place and date) scenes of the time of German occupation.

  7. German soldiers advance; Russians surrender; Burial ceremony

    The amateur films shot by German infantryman Corporal Eugen Biedenbach of 419 Infantry Regiment record his training and active service in the German campaigns against Yugoslavia and on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The films also containg pre- and post-war scenes of Biedenbach family life in Stuttgart (where the family of Eugen's wife owned a clothes store) as well as recreational activities. Reel 15: Soldiers prepare and eat food in the heat and fraternise with their Italian comrades in arms, whom they are relieving. Tschigirin (Ukraine) in September 1941. Soldiers prepare thei...

  8. Buchenwald; US destroying German weapons

    (LIB 5569) Bridge Crossing, Saalfeld, Germany, April 14, 1945. SEQ: Tanks of 607th TD and 735th Tank Bn move through streets. LSs, rear views, infantry men of 87th Div atop several of the tanks as they pass camera. MSs, Maj Gen Troy Middleton and Maj Gen Frank L Culin question German officer. LS, vehicles pass over steel treadway pontoon bridge. MS, Maj Gens watch vehicles crossing. Head-on shot, tank crosses steel treadway pontoon bridge. VS, soldiers righting caisson which has falled partly between treadways. (LIB 5570) German Railroad Gun, Unter-Steinach, Germany, April 14, 1945. SEQ: US...

  9. Margit W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Margit W., who was born in Zlatni?ky, Czechoslovakia in 1912. She recalls her family moving to Trenc?i?n; attending religious and technical schools; learning to sew; her marriage in 1934; her son's birth in 1937; anti-Jewish measures; her husband's forced transfer to a nearby town and eventual deportation (she never saw him again); forced labor as a seamstress in Nova?ky, where she could keep her son; and avoiding a transport through an influential acquaintance. She describes sending her son to her parents, who went into the mountains; fleeing to the mountains herself...

  10. 24. Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjäger-)Division der SS

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die überlieferten Schriftgutsplitter stammen aus Rückführungen aus den USA. Bestandsbeschreibung Überliefert sind nur zwei Pläne und wenige Fotos. Erschliessungszustand Vollständig erschlossen Zitierweise BArch RS 3-24/...

  11. War Crimes Trial: Franz Strasser

    Summary: Austrian Franz Strasser is tried for the murder of Lt E Warren Woodruff and an unknown airman. His testimony is in German. Cpl. Henry Halperin is the interpreter for all witnesses; Sgt. Sessler interprets for Franz Strasser. The six-officer Army Military Commission included Capt. Victor Miles, Lt. Harvey Szanger, and Col. Raymond E. Zickel. Reel 3: Pusch testifying. Defense attorneys addressing Commission. Pusch testifying; Strasser listening; Reichl testifying; defense listening. Commissioners, including Judge Col. Raymond E. Zickel sitting the second from the right at 01:22:39 an...

  12. Lodz District Office Starostwo Powiatowe Łódzkie (Sygn. 2121)

    The Lodz District Office records include Security and Order Department records, administrative and military records, construction reports, welfare records, industrial reports and statistics, and information on foreign residents. Security and Order Department records document political parties, elections, social organizations, confiscations, employee reviews, natural disasters, foreigners, foreign passports, emigration, gun permits, and entertainment venues. Administrative records including certificates of loss or granting of citizenship and records about consular services, population moveme...

  13. Papers of the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

    Minute books of the headquarters committee and the council of the Jewish Lads' Brigade, 1897-36, 1955-83 (10 vols.); minute book camp sub-committee, 1898-1909 (1 vol.); minute book of special meetings of the council, 1936-55 (1 vol.); camp order book of the London Regiment, 1901-2 (1 vol.); award book, 1908-38 (1 vol.); attendance book of the Hackney Boys' Non-Commissioned Officers' Union, 1916-29 (1 vol.) Photographs, including albums for the Birchington, Walmer and St Mary Cray camps, 1931-3; mementoes, 1920-53 Orders and typescript profiles of notable individuals associated with the Brig...

  14. Eugen and Helene Cohn papers

    The Eugen and Helene Cohn papers include correspondence and certificates documenting the couple’s health and status as refugees and internees in France following their return to Europe aboard the MS St. Louis, their efforts to gather the necessary documentation to emigrate to Cuba via Portugal, and their departure for Cuba aboard the SS Nyassa.

  15. Ann W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Ann W., who was born in Radzi?o?w, Poland in 1932, the youngest of four children. She recalls Soviet occupation in 1939; confiscation of the family's flour mill; German occupation; Poles helping Germans to identify Jews; the destruction of prayer books from the synagogue; public beatings of Jews, including her parents and two siblings; escape from Radzi?o?w with her family; hiding for two months with help from her father's business associates; being rescued by people when they agreed to convert to Christianity; attending conversion classes; constantly changing hiding ...

  16. Robert Ley names new Gauleiter of Salzburg; Soviet POWs at forced labor; Grand Mufti of Jerusalem meets Hitler; Generals and Hitler at the FHQ.

    Salzburg, Austria: Head of the German Labor Front (DAF) Dr. Robert Ley confers the title of Gauleiter on student leader Dr. Gustav Scheel. Ley drives past cheering crowds and reviews Austrian (?) troops. Before a large crowd Ley thanks the current Gauleiter, Dr. Friedrich Reiner, for his service, and presents an official announcement of the appointment and the flag of the region to Scheel. 01:23:24 Soviet POWs exit a barrack, pick up shovels, and march off to forced labor. They are shown shoveling dirt at some kind of construction site. Close-ups on some of the faces of the prisoners. 01:24...

  17. Gemeentebestuur Etten-Leur, 1936-1949

    Op het functioneren van de gemeente als zodanig en het vervullen van haar taken is de Tweede Wereldoorlog van grote invloed geweest. Niet alleen werden de omstandigheden door deze oorlog aanzienlijk moeilijker, tevens bracht de bezetter een wijziging in de voor ons land normale opbouw van het bestuur van een gemeente. De gemeenteraad werd buitenspel gezet door het verbod om na 31 augustus 1941 nog als zodanig bijeen te komen. Eveneens moesten alle gemeentelijke commissies, op een enkele uitzondering na, hun werkzaamheden laten rusten. De taken en bevoegdheden van de gemeenteraad werden over...

  18. Inventaris van het archief van de Commissie van Onderzoek inzake Menten, met gedeponeerd archief van de Velser-affaire en documentatie betreffende de zaak Schallenberg van het Ministerie van Justitie (1934) 1942-1979 (1985)

    • Nationaal archief
    • 2.09.63
    • Dutch
    • 1942-1979
    • 7.5 meter; 710 inventarisnummers

    De zaak Menten kreeg halverwege de jaren zeventig van de vorige eeuw veel media-aandacht in Nederland. In 1976 werd er door de toenmalige Minister van Justitie Van Agt een onderzoekcommissie aangesteld die het verleden van P.N. Menten moest onderzoeken. In het archief van deze onderzoekscommissie zijn alle stukken bewaard gebleven waar zij gebruik van heeft gemaakt. Het betreft eigen correspondentie en die met het ministerie van Justitie, getuigenverklaringen en het eindrapport van de commissie. Tevens zijn er kopieën van onderliggende documenten, maar ook originele documenten uit het centr...

  19. Dienst van het Sekwester (Tweede Wereldoorlog). Reeksen ‘Verdachten’ en ‘Vijanden’.

    Dit volumineuze bestand valt uiteen in twee grote reeksen, die meerdere duizenden individuele dossiers bevatten. De reeks “vijanden” (ennemis) bestaat uit een groot aantal dossiers betreffende natuurlijke of rechtspersonen met een ‘vijandelijke’ nationaliteit (Duits, Japans) wiens bezittingen automatisch (op basis van de besluitwetten van 23 augustus 1944 en 1 augustus 1945) onder sekwester werden geplaatst. De reeks “verdachten” (suspects) heeft betrekking op Belgische natuurlijke of rechtspersonen die verdacht werden van collaboratie tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, en wiens bezittingen da...

  20. Moshe B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Moshe B., who was born in a Polish town (presently Belarus) in 1920. He recalls Soviet occupation; German invasion; an aborted escape attempt; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization; planning resistance or escape with other young people; the ghetto leadership informing them they would jeopardize everyone, so ceasing their efforts; forced labor; some of his family's escape from the ghetto's liquidation (his father remained with his sick sister and they perished); hiding his mother, sister, and brother with a non-Jewish farmer; joining the partisans; his family leaving...