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  1. Jack W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jack W., who was born in Velyikyy Bychkiv, Czechoslozakia (presently Ukraine) in approximately 1927, one of eleven children. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; Hungarian occupation; his father's and older brother's draft into Hungarian slave labor battalions; his father's release; German invasion; deportation with his family to the Ma?te?szalka ghetto in May 1944, then to Auschwitz six weeks later; selection for work with his father (his mother and younger siblings were killed); briefly seeing two older sisters; praying secretly daily; liquidation of the Zigeunerlager...

  2. Jack Waksal photograph collection

    The Jack Waksal photograph collection consists of 18 photograph prints taken for identification cards in Kruszyna labor camp (Kruszyna, Silesian Voivodeship) in 1941. All of the men depicted in the photographs perished in the Holocaust. The photographs were acquired by Jack Waksal, a Holocaust survivor originally from Jedlińsk, Poland, after the war from the photographer. Four of the photographs have a small piece of paper affixed to the back with a typed name: “Slifkowich,” “Uer Nifeld,” “Sraria Fishman,” and “Kirshenbam Leizer.” Additionally, there is a photograph depicting a street scene...

  3. Jack Weiner photographs

    Consists of original photographs and glass slides from the collection of Dr. Jack Weiner, a member of the United States Army who worked at the 115th Field Hospital in Kassel, Germany, in 1945. The collection includes photographs of Weiner and his staff in the summer of 1945, of structures damaged in the war, and original glass slides of the liberation of a concentration camp. The photographs are described on the verso.

  4. Jack Y. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jack Y., who was born in ?o?dz?, Poland in 1926. He recalls his traditional family; German invasion; his father's brief flight to Warsaw; ghettoization; forced factory labor; hiding his younger brother during round-ups; pervasive starvation, disease, and deaths; deportation to Auschwitz in 1944; separation from his parents and brothers; transfer to Oberbayern soon after; slave labor repairing bombing damage; transfer to Buchenwald, then Theresienstadt; liberation by the Red Cross and Soviet troops; learning his father was alive; their reunion in ?o?dz?; his father's r...

  5. Jack Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Jack Z., who was born in Volodymyr-Volyns?kyi?, Russia (Poland after World War I) in 1913. He recalls one sister's emigration; attending university in Warsaw; anti-Jewish violence; working in his uncle's factory; digging anti-tank ditches during German invasion; fleeing to his hometown; Soviet occupation; marriage; his daughter's birth; German invasion; formation of a Judenrat; mass killings of Jews; escaping from the ghetto in 1942; a non-Jew hiding and feeding him; returning to the ghetto; learning his wife, daughter, father, and sister had been killed; immediately ...

  6. Jack Zimmermann papers

    The papers consist of pre-war photographs of the Zimmermann family in Przemyśl, Poland and post-war photographs of Malwina Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann, and Cesia Zimmermann at the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany and of the Zimmermann family after they immigrated to the United States in 1949. Also included is a certificate from the ORT-UNRRA trade school in Landsberg for Jack, a driver's license issued to Jack in Landsberg, and a letter sent to Jack from Mulke, in 1948.

  7. Jäckel, Eberhard

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1607
    • German
    • 1993-1999
    • Nachlässe 15 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 1,1 laufende Meter

    Zitierweise BArch N 1607/...

  8. Jäckel, Eberhard.- Bildbestand

    Bestandsbeschreibung Fotos zur Partei- und Berufstätigkeit sowie Familienaufnahmen und Reisebilder Zitierweise BArch N 1607-BILD/...

  9. Jacket

    Worn after liberation in 1945 by Misha Mielup. Originally worn by Jewish police, 1943, St. Ottilien, Germany. Given to Misha Meilup while at hospital, St. Ottilien, Germany.

  10. Jacket issued as a uniform to an inmate in the Dachau concentration camp

    Issued to Alex Jacquemart.

  11. Jackie Deslauriers collection

    The collection consists of NSDAP (Nazi Party) newspapers published in Germany during the government of the Third Reich.

  12. Jackson accuses defense counsel of antisemitism at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 95) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 10, 1946. MLS, Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson telling the Tribunal that Dr. Alfred Thoma, defense counselor for Rosenberg, had translated sections of documents in an antisemitic character. Jackson charges that the defense is trying to disseminate antisemitic propaganda. Dr. Rudolf Dix, counselor for Schacht, defends before the Tribunal the entire defense staff whom he feels has been accused by Jackson. Note: Camera did not catch all of Jackson's charge. Jackson holds up the stencils involved in his accusation.

  13. Jackson addresses German criminal code at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 16) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 28, 1946. MLS, front view, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson speaking about organizations within the Nazi government and their members. Jackson deals at length with the German criminal code of 1871.

  14. Jackson in his office

    (Munich 135) Justice Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg, Germany, May 2, 1946. US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson seated at desk in his private office talking with Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor. Same setting, Jackson talking with Thomas J. Dodd, assistant prosecutor. CU, Jackson speaking. CU, Dodd. Jackson's secretary Mrs. Douglas handing him some papers. MS, Jackson reviewing and signing the papers.

  15. Jackson raises international law issue at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson addressing the Tribunal on a point of international law. Goering sits in the witness box and his attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer stands alongside him. Justice Lawrence answers Jackson. LS, defense counselors talking excitedly to the prisoners about Jackson's statement. MS, Jackson, defense counselors, and interpreters discuss the issue.

  16. Jackson reads Accusation Act at Nuremberg Trial

    Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 21, 1945. MCU, Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, addresses the court. Rear view, Chief U.S. Prosecutor Robert H Jackson reads the Accusation Act, including names of the defendants, history of the Nazi Party, and the annexation of Austria. MS, Goering and Hess in box. VS, courtroom and lawyers listening to Jackson.

  17. Jackson speaks about Nazi organizations at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 16) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany. HS, Front view, a defense attorney, Dr. Martin Horne, speaking to Tribunal. Horne repeats the request of the defense to admit Winston Churchill as a witness - the court had already decided against that before the defense could bring it up. 01:39:43 LHSs, MSs, US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson delivers the prosecution's case against certain organizations in the Nazi Government and emphasizes their criminality. 01:43:29 Jackson says, "A thousand little Fuehrers dictated, a thousand imitation Goerings strutted, a thousand Schirachs incited...

  18. Jacky and Lisa Comforty collection

    Oral histories from the Jacky and Lisa Comforty collection

  19. Jacky Barkan. Collection

    This collection contains six articles from Belgian newspapers Het Volk, Het Nieuwsblad and De Gentenaar, covering the story of Jacky Barkan, a hidden child, in search for the De Meulemeester family that hid him in Sint-Kruis-Brugge. During his search, Jacky also discovered that Gabriel and Edouard Zimmerman and Henri Schlamowitsch were hidden by other members of the De Meulemeester family, living in Brussels.

  20. Jacob and Frida Lewinter papers

    The collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to the postwar lives of Jacob and Frida Lewinter and their children Sophia and Milka in Saint Petersburg, Wrocław, Poland, and Israel. Biographical materials include photocopies of identification papers, genealogical materials, and financial documents. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Jacob and Frida from their daughter Sophia and her then-husband Arthur Segal. Photographs and albums include portraits and travel photographs of the family in Russia, Poland, and Israel.