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  1. Eichmann Trial -- Session 69 -- Testimony of A. Beilin and Y. Bakon

    Session 69. Court room. 00:00:59 Witness Dr. Aharon Beilin is asked about whether he saw Jewish boys who had had experiments carried out upon them. He describes seeing 40 Greek Jews who had burns on their genitals from x-rays - tests performed by Dr. Schumann. 00:02:10 Describes giving them treatment - ointments. Mengele would come and look at the wounds, one day he took them away - disappeared. Also describes a case of castration. 00:03:35 Describes Schillinger as committing the worst atrocities in Birkenau. Schillinger was murdered by a woman in transport [Note: accounts of his death vary...

  2. Private Snafu cartoon

    The Private SNAFU series of adult cartoon shorts (1943-1945) was made to instruct American service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Private SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up), produced by the US Army Signal Corps, was originally created by Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman. In Episode 6, "Fighting Tools," Private SNAFU learns the lessons of weapons maintenance.

  3. County Command of the State Police in Zawiercie Komenda Powiatowa Policji Państwowej w Zawierciu (Sygn. 1050)

    Reports and information from police officers and police informers relating to political, social and labor organizations; as well outgoing correspondence from the Police.

  5. Banner

  6. Army film detailing the history of the US

    Orientation Film no. 7, Reel 1. International events cause the US to enter into World War II. Dramatizes the early settling of the US, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a winter at Valley Forge. Explains the colonists' thirst for independence.

  7. Louis W. Collier collection

    Consists of material related to Louis W. Collier's experiences as a member of the American occupying forces in post-war Europe, particularly his role as director of the Werl-Westf. displaced persons (DP) camp for non-Jewish Poles in Germany. Includes correspondence with his family; photographs; a bound, handwritten log of camp activities illustrated with photos; and a photo album of handmade crafts. Also includes Polish emblems, one mounted on a wooden plaque, and one with a chain.

  8. Book

  9. Prayer book for Jewish soldiers

    Contains a copy of “Machzor,” condensed version of prayers for Jewish High Holidays (Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur), printed like a newspaper for Jewish soldiers and Jewish prisoners liberated form concentration camps; printed by Agudat Israel and Keren Ha’Torah in London, UK; in Yiddish and Hebrew; dated September 1945.

  10. Feldman family collection

    Collection of photographs and photo postcards depicting the Felman and Altman families in Sokolów Podlaski, Poland before the war, and images from the Steier and Wels displaced persons camps after the war.

  11. Ferencz lecture: Unitarian Forum

    Final lecture in the 1986 series, Unitarian Forum, San Francisco. Practical Programs for Peace. Benjamin Ferencz speaks about the evolution of the concept of world law, the role of the US constitution at Nuremberg, using law as the instrument for protection of peace, and what people can do today to effect peace. Ferencz emphasizes the need for social justice. He indicates law, courts, and enforcement as critical to the peace process. Responding to a question near the end of the session, Ferencz says, "It's my conviction that if humankind has the intelligence to develop the means of destroyi...

  12. Michal Goldin collection

    The collection consists of a Polish eagle badge, a Polish medal and box, documents, and publications relating to the experiences of Michal Goldin before the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland, and during the Holocaust, when Michal served in the Polish Army in exile in France, Switzerland, and Scotland, and was killed in combat in Normandy, France, in 1944.

  13. Moshe Aurbach photograph collection

    The collection consists of 22 photographs documenting the life and experiences of Moshe Aurbach and his family in Będzin, Poland, before, during, and after the Holocaust as well as his time spent in Gersfeld displaced persons camp near Fulda, Germany, after World War II.

  14. Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947

    Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947 In the collection there are various files created by Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on each file the Code Number "33" appears, [an indication of] documents pertaining to the Jewish Question). Also in the collection: Files pertaining to the legal status of the Romanian Jews (already in 1927); propaganda material; correspondence with Romanian diplomatic delegations abroad and foreign delegations in Romania; reports concerning the activities of Jewish organizations outside of Romania (mainly in the Un...

  15. Barbie Trial -- Day 15 -- Elie Wiesel testifies

    13:47 President Cerdini calls the session to order; asks that the accused present himself; Barbie refuses to appear; Cerdini calls on the bailiff to compel the accused to appear 13:47 The bailiff reads the names of the witnesses scheduled to give testimony in the session 13:49 Cerdini suspends the session while the bailiff goes to Barbie to compel him to appear 14:12 Cerdini calls the session to order; the bailiff reads Barbie's statement that he refuses to appear 14:15 Prosecutor Bermann asks to add two names to the list of civil parties set to testify on the day of June 5 14:16 Cerdini ca...

  16. Anti-Jewish propaganda film: rich Jews; "degenerate" art; prominent Weimar Jews

    A propaganda film declared as a "documentary film contribution about the problem of world Judaism," in which antisemitic stereotypes are disseminated by the Nazis, including scenes showing: Poland as a nesting place for Judaism; the comparison of Jews with rats; the difference between Jews and Aryans; "international crime"; "financial Judaism"; "assimilated Jews"; the Jewish influence on economics, culture, and politics; and Jewish religious practice with a portrayal of haggling and misused sacred Jewish texts. REEL 5 An animated diagram illustrating the population of Germany, with the narr...

  17. Demonstrations in Berlin

    MS, Brandenburg gate. Various shots of the massive crowd gathered at the gate. Narration: "On the Brandenburg gate a cameraman filmed endless columns of the demonstrating revolutionary soldiers and workers of greater Berlin. Two weeks ago the sailors revolted in Kiel. A few days after that the Bavarian Republic [was founded]. In many places in the Reich workers and soldiers have seized power." 01:02:50 "Revolutionary demonstrators on Unter den Linden." MS, people parading through the gate. Spectators waving at the camera.

  18. Provincial Court for Warsaw Province Sąd Wojewódzki dla Województwa Warszawskiego (Sygn. GK 318)

    This collection contains selected files of the Provincial Court for Warsaw Province for trials during the years 1945-1956. These trials refer to to the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of Nazi criminals guilty of murder and the persecution of civilians and prisoners of war as well as the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. The “Sierpniówka” was one of the world's first legislation on liability for war crimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home A...

  19. 750th anniversary of the town of Wadersloh in 1938

    Beautiful scenes from village life in the town, striking faces, the daily routine, hunting, agriculture, Parades, RAD, concerts, Hitler Youth with wreath to honor the dead, police, RAD camp, flag appeal. 33:20 railroad. Honoring old men by the Nazi Warrior Association, handing over of pictures

  20. Luftwaffe takes oath of allegiance to Hitler

    Luftwaffe/stormtroopers and other military recruits swear allegience to Hitler at various garrisons in Germany, and at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Soldiers on open field reviewed. Officer leads oath, CA to MS of soldiers with hands raised repeating oath, shot of similar scenes in other locations, shots of soldiers holding standard while swearing, artillery visible at times.