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  1. Selected records from the State Archives in Szczecin

    Contains selected records from the State Archive in Szczecin, records originate from the towns Sianów, Myslibórz, and Łowicz ( county Lębork), files of the Oberpräsident von Pommern (bulk 1933-1934), and Regierungspräsident Stettin (bulk 1933-1943). Includes lists of Jews, records relating to religious matters, Jewish parties and organizations (Haszomer Hacair, Poalej Syjon, Mizrachi), Jewish schools, social welfare, health care; the weekly „Tygodnik Informacyjny”, and „Nasze słowo” Nr. 1. , 1946; German orders and regulation; anti-Jewish demonstration and boycott of Jewish shops, a list of...

  2. Ruins in Germany, probably in spring 1945

    Germany, just inside the border from Belgium, probably in fall 1944 or spring 1945 [1944 Kodak stock]. Sign, "Lammersdorf". German village with civilians and soldiers walking along the road, RR tracks. Sign with arrows for "Kesternich" and "Simmerath". Church in town. Pan of countryside and pyramid tank traps demarcating the Siegfried Line. Abandoned tank on side of road. Cyclists. "Schmidt" sign. Severely destroyed buildings in a village. Filming through military vehicle windshield. More ruins and locals. Pan of ruins in countryside and concrete defenses or factory. 01:04:00 Pan, very larg...

  3. Enslein family collection

    Contains photographs, documents and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Jakob Enslein and his wife, Margarete Einstein Enslei, and their two children Kurt and Hans Gerd [donor, b. 1929]. Gerd was born in Cologne, Germany, and in 1932 his parents relocated the family first to Belgium then in 1933 to France, first to Paris and then Collias, Nimes and Perigaux, before eventually fleeing through Spain and arriving in the United States in early May 1941.

  4. Prayer book

    Prayer book given to David Bajer, 25, on a 1947 trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands. He went inside a synagogue and the rabbi gave him a set of tefillin to use and to keep and David picked up this prayer book as well. David was the only survivor from a very devout family from Kozienice, Poland. Although he lost faith in Judaism during the Holocaust, he kept this siddur with him as a talisman for seventy years. He decided to donate the book to the Museum, but brought the book to the Museum for three weeks in a row before he finally had the courage to donate it on May 31, 2017. Kozienice was occup...

  5. POWs & Jews are rounded up and forced to march

    Sign: "Gefangenen Sammelstelle." [Prisoner collection point]. In the countryside, mass of civilian POWs stand behind roped-off area; pan of mass of soldiers (POWs) sitting on the ground, also roped-off. VAR CUs of civilians as they are frisked (some wear caps, all look shabby). The narrator states that the prisoners consist mainly of Jews, and that through the actions of the Fuerher Germany is protected from this danger. The camera lingers on a few individual faces. POWs flood train platform and embark onto waiting train. Endless line of prisoners march 4-5 abreast along the railroad tracks...

  6. David Rose collection

    The collection consists of courtroom art and posters relating to the Klaus Barbie trials in Lyon, France.

  7. Soap

  8. Jewish wedding in German-occupied Netherlands

    Marriage of Dutch Jews Collette de Zwarte and Gerrit Schellevis in the Synagogue Rapenbargerstradt in Amsterdam.

  9. William C. Smith photograph collection

    Collection of four photographic prints documenting victims found in the Dachau and Nordhausen concentration camps immediately following liberation; one photo captioned on verso in English; dated April-May 1945. Photographer unknown, prints were given to donor by a fellow American soldier while serving in Europe following World War II.

  10. German poster collection

    The collection consists of anti-Semitic, advertising, and political posters, and a pair of shoes worn in Buchenwald concentration camp.

  11. Eiszyszki shoemaker's tools collection

    The collection consists of 2 shoemaker's tools.

  12. Selected records of the State Archive in Prešov, branch Humenné

    Selected records pertaining to anti-Jewish regulations and decrees, the persecution of Jews, and the Aryanization of Jewish property and businesses in the towns of Humenné and Medzilaborce in Slovakia. Also includes a proposal from 1929 for the appointment of members of an election commission, among them several Jews, and records pertaining to detention camp for prisoners of war (Serbs and French) in Humenné.

  13. Reichstag election campaign materials

    Consists of two bound collections of printed campaign materials relating to the September 14, 1930 and July 31, 1932 Reichstag elections in Germany. The materials include clippings from newspapers and magazines as well as some illustrated advertisements, small propaganda pieces, and political cartoons. Both volumes are labeled "Material Reichstagswahl" with their corresponding dates.

  14. Oral history interviews of the Lausanne Collegiate School collection

    Interviews with Holocaust survivors produced by students of Lausanne Collegiate School.

  15. Russian News (1943, No. 73-74)

    Reel 1: Artillery shells Dobronske, White Russia. Tanks and infantry advance. A German observation tower is blown up and its occupants killed. Troops enter the rubbled town and are greeted; they cross the Soje and Dnieper Rivers in boats and on pontoon bridges that are heavily shelled. Titles in Russian.

  16. Relaxing in Bulgaria

    Panoramic view of mountains and trees, possibly in the Rila mountain range. Two people, including Licco Max Haim, emerge from an earthen hut. Two men and a group of women climb a mountain then relax at the top. Backpacking and mountaineering. More CUs of Licco. Resting by a river. Mountainous scenery and more hiking. Brief shot of a car and residence.

  17. David Finck collection

    The David Finck collection includes a letter addressed to David Finck, donor’s father, from Albert Einstein. The letter expresses Albert Einstein’s gratitude for Mr. Finck’s “work…[he] had undertaken on behalf of the [Jewish] refugees during Dedication Week…” dated June 10, 1939, written on Einstein’s personal stationary to Mr. Finck, who was a life-long supporter and advocate of Jewish causes.

  18. Rosa Grosz and Deszo Goldstein collection

    Contains two identification documents issued by the Allied Military Government to Rosa Grosz and Deszo Goldstein in the Landsberg am Lech Displaced Persons camp, photograph of bearers attached, states that they were liberated from the Dachau concentration camp; issued July 12, 1945. Invitation to the wedding of Rosa Grosz and Dezso Goldstein on November 24, 1945 at Landsberg am Lech; in German.

  19. Print 3, Fara w Chelmnie na Pomorzu, a building in Pomerania

    Print 3 of 10, in a book of ten prints by Leon Wyczolkowski, either signed or signed in plate.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- South America, 1938

    On board the SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). Conference of Admirals Hutchinson I. Cone, Emory S. Land, and H.A. Wiley. 01:34:21 INT, Mrs. Woodward, wife of Thomas Woodward of the Maritime Commission, in bedroom, at desk. Man cleaning room. 01:34:59 Harbor, view of Buenos Aires, ship. 01:35:40 Flags, other ships go by and are moored. 01:36:57 People on shore, disembarking. 01:37:53 Breckinridge Long, George Messersmith, and other diplomats talking. 01:39:02...