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  1. Dr. Francis W. Roscoe collection

    The collection consists of two portraits of Dr. Francis W. Roscoe painted by Josef Nassy when both men were imprisoned in Laufen internment camp during World War II.

  2. Minnie Vromen family collection

    The collection consists of a Star of David badge, clippings, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Minnie Vromen and her children, Clara and Jaap, while living in hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

  3. Dr. Sievers on the stand at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 345) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, August 8, 1946. Dr. Wolfram Sievers charged with perjury is again put on the stand and questioned by Mr. Jones, a British assistant prosecutor. Sievers is questioned about his earlier given testimony, that he cannot name figures of dead since he had no insight in that. He said that he did not play a part in the creation of the skeleton collection at the University of Frankfurt, but he admits that the skeletons were expected to come from Auschwitz.

  5. Mark C. Levy collection

    The collection consists of artifacts, books, and documents relating to the experiences of Mark C. Levy as a tank commander in the United States Army 4th Armored Division, 3rd Army, and as a military intelligence officer in Germany during and immediately after World War II.

  6. Foreign Address and Occupation Index

    Consists of index cards (Form G-153) completed by all immigrants to the United States aged 18 to 65 (except those who were housewives or children between 1940 and the date of their immigration) who either: (1) Naturalized after October 1, 1957 in which case, the card will be stamped “NATZ; (2) Arrived after September 1957; (3) Adjusted status to permanent resident after September 1957; or (4) Entered as conditional entrants admitted under Sec. 203(2)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. These index cards indicate all dates and addresses of foreign residence from January 1940 to Januar...

  7. Selected records from collections of the Botoşani branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. The records were generated by the Botoşani district prefecture, the police of Botoşani, the mayor of the town of Dorohoi, the police of Dorohoi, the district Dorohoi district prefecture. Includes selected records from the Jewish communities of the following localities: Dorohoi (1931-1949), Săveni (1941-1948), Ştefăneşti (1945-1949), and Mihaileni (1945-1948). Contains also records from the Centrul National De Romanizare Botoşani and includes selected records relating to: aryanization of Jewis...

  8. Selected records from collections of the Buzău branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions.The records were generated by the police of Buzău, the mayor of the town of Buzău, the legion of genarmerie of Buzău, the district prefecture of Râmnicu Sărat, the legion of gendarmerie of Râmnicu Sărat, and the mayor of Râmnicu Sărat. Includes also selected records from the Buzău regional office of the Centrala Evreilor in Romania the Central Office of Jews in Romania and the records of the Jewish community of Buzău.

  9. Ray and Hersch Berman collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the experiences of Ray Golembiowski and Hersch Berman (donors) before, during, and after the Holocaust. Includes four published booklets.

  10. Selected records from Ministerul de Razboi, Cabinetul Ministrului

    Contains records concerning the policies of local offices on Jewish matters, including records relating to movements of the Third and Fourth Armies, antisemitism, and Jewish forced labor. Also contains list of Jews from Neant forced labor camp, and records from Vspnisska camp.

  11. German invasion of Poland

    Reel 2: Footage of Polish military parade and maneuvers. Burning villages "Polish outrages." Danzig: fighting in street, tank through streets, burning buildings. Professor Burkhart. Swastikas hanging from buildings in Danzig. German troops enter city. Graphic of "Polish attack" and German counter attack. German motorized troops mass. Tanks, then cavalry along road. Long line of troops march past trucks. More motorized troops mass. CUS of armored vehicles on the move. Tilt up to long line of tanks along road. MSs of tanks. Cavalry across field. Pov motorcycle along road. Side view - motorcyc...

  12. Selected records from Ministerul Economiei Naţionale

    Contains selected records from Ministry of National Economy. Records include following subjects: implementation of legislation regarding Jewish and non-Jewish staff of industries; expropriation of Jewish goods; the antisemitic polices of the Iron Guards; Iron Guard control of Jewish companies; surveillance of Jewish commerce; regulations concerning food packages sent to Jews in Transnistria; reports on Jewish commerce; forced labor of Jews in Ilia, in the Hunedoara district; aryanization of Jewish enterprises; memos of W. Filderman about the Jewish star (star of David); orders concerning fo...

  13. Card files of non-Aryans Fremdstaemmigenkartei

    Contains partial and preliminary indexes of Jews in Germany of the later Reichssippenamt (Reich Office of Genealogy) mainly concerning Jewish students, also cards on Jewish companies as well as variety of diverse information on Jews in Germany, like obituaries.

  14. Schulhof family collection

    Correspondence, documents, photographs, album, and printed material, related to the history of the families of Joseph and Charlotte (nee Poras) Schulhof, and their son, Peter, originally of Prague, Czechoslovakia, documenting their emigration in 1940, following the German occupation of their homeland, and their time living as refugees in Shanghai and Tianjin (Tientsin), China, from 1940-1948, prior to their immigration to the United States. Also includes photographs (8), from family album of Peter Schulhof, that were sent subsequent to the initial shipment, depicting Schulhof, his parents, ...

  15. Association of the Prussian provinces Selected files from the collection: Verband der preussischen Provinzen (B. Rep. 142-06)

    Contains records relating to health politics: castration and sterilization law; welfare and eugenics; taxes for nursing facilities. Also includes correspondence related to welfare services for “psychopaths” and “cripples”, and statistics related to welfare services for Jews.

  16. Selected files from various collections of the Landesarchiv Berlin

    Contains records relating to Jewish properties and cemeteries, health care, forced labor, discrimination, Jewish children's home, and adoption issues. Also contains personal files, name lists of Jewish people and addresses of Jewish properties, including alphabetical street names register of expropriated Jewish property in Berlin, alphabetical name register of Jewish people whose mortgages on land were sold, correspondence concerning Jewish mortgages and war damages; Jewish marriages; and the Blood Protection Act.

  17. Selected files from the collection: Amtsgericht Mitte, Berlin (A Rep. 341-02)

    Contains records relating to 52 criminal cases (selected out of over 6,000 similar cases from the Amtsgericht of Berlin-Mitte). Includes records of persons arrested for refusal to work; "pro-Jewish behavior;" enticement; receiving stolen goods; and breach of work contract.

  18. Chamber of Industry and Commerce Selected files from the collection "Industrie- und Handelskammer" ( A. Rep. 200-02)

    Contains records relating to financial transactions of the metal industry. Includes also information about several press agencies and different companies with specialization in the production of cigarettes, umbrellas, chemical products, and perfume.

  19. District Committee, District Administrative Tribunal of Berlin Bezirksausschuss, Bezirksverwaltungsgericht Berlin (Pr. Br. Rep. 031-01, -02)

    Contains records relating to Jewish matters: the ban on performing one's profession; defilement of the race (Rassenschande); appreciation taxes for Jewish people; proof of Aryan ancestry; Jewish students, doctors and pharmacists; cancellation of driving licenses for Jewish people; and annulment of citizenship. Includes also information about Roma camps, organization of Gestapo, and small commercial matters like shops.

  20. Main Administration of Berlin Selected records from the collection "Hauptfinanzverwaltung" (A Rep. 005-03-020)

    Contains copies of some of the volumes of annually published financial reports and/or annual financial plans about subjects including business construction and health care from 1933 to 1943, produced by the Hauptverwaltung Berlin (Main Administration of Berlin). Also includes recommendations concerning the elimination of Jewish, Marxist, and pacifist books from the public library of Berlin (1933).