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  1. District Court in Radom Sąd Okręgowy w Radomiu (Sygn.448)

    This collection contains documents of civil and criminal cases investigated by the court, as well as a registry of economic enterprises and cooperatives. The given survey included only a category of files resulting from applications to acknowledge the death of individuals submitted by other persons. They concern, almost always, people who died during the German occupation (collected from their homes by the Germans, taken away to forced labor, taken away to concentration camps, etc), who did not return home, as well as people murdered on the spot, whose death certificates had not been issued...

  2. Russian campaign; Tram "Für Juden verboten" in Belgrade; combat

    Agfa 8. Russian campaign: pioneers. Color: prisoners, dead horses, place. France: colonial troops. Balkans. Color: tram labeled "Not for Jews" in Belgrade in May 1941. Jews work. Russia: tanks. Hanged, winter, cemeteries. 8.8cm - guns. Armored combat. Frozen corpses

  3. Ralph M. Kopansky collection

    The collection consists of a camera, camera accessories, tobacco pipes, silk maps, an armband, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ralph Kopansky in the United States Army before, during, and after World War II, including the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, where he carried his Leica camera.

  4. Pair of toddler's well used black and white leather lace-up boots worn in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn512987
    • English
    • 1943-1945
    • a: Height: 7.635 inches (19.393 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) b: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Depth: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm)

    Child's heavily used black patent and white leather ankle boots worn by 3 year old Judis Baehr while she was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp from 1943-1945. The already used boots were obtained by Elly Winterstein who adopted Judis at the camp. They were too big at first and had to be stuffed with newspaper and the heels and soles repaired with nails, but Judis wore them until after liberation. The boots are inscribed with the name Georg Weiss. A 7 year old child by that name arrived in the camp in 1942 and was deported to Auschwitz in October 1944. Judis was born in October ...

  5. Ilse Wolff Geldern notebook

    Contains a notebook kept by Ilse Wolff Geldern, born in 1905 in Duisberg, Germany. Documents concerts, plays, dates and venues recorded by Ilse. The last entry is for a concert performed by the Kulturbund in 1936.

  6. Third Congress of the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone of Germany

    INT, meeting of the Third Congress of the She'erit ha-Pletah in Bad Reichenhall, Germany. Shots of Jewish DPs (orthodox and secular) in attendance, the press, voting, speakers, and the stage with featured participants. Spectators touring a photograph exhibition. 01:02:53 Short dark sequence of Yizkor ceremony, followed by more images of the exhibition, including CUs of dolls. 01:04:18 Participants at Congress lunch, large round tables with white tablecloths, waiters serving food, DPs eating, CU of "Bar" sign. 01:06:17 City street scene with DPs, cars. MS, building with US and Israeli flags....

  7. Leningrad liberated

    Reel 1. Titles: "Soviet Newsreel"/ "10"/ "Moscow"/ "February 1944"/ "Directed by I. Kopalina"/ "Leningrad is liberated from the enemy blockade" Various shots of Leningrad in winter. Title: "This is an unforgettable night for Leningrad" Dark LS of cannons firing, cut to view of fireworks over the city. CUs smiling civilian faces in crowd. Wide pan across spot lit crowd. Low MS of woman against backdrop of fireworks. Daytime, pan across civilians reading message of thanks to the Leningrad front posted on a building side. 03:48:26 Titles: "Reporting on Leningrad's liberated ground" Battlefield...

  8. Sadowski family collection

    Photographs depicting Ania Sadowski (born Ania Zilbiger, later Ania Drimer) and her parents Adolf Zilbiger (later Adam Sadowski) and Ernestine Berglas, originally of Krakow, Poland, in a labor camp in Kharitonov, Archangelsk district, Soviet Union, circa 1944, and in Kharkiv, Ukraine, circa 1944-circa 1947.

  9. Postwar Europe: destruction; burial; Berchtesgaden

    Home movies filmed during the liberation of Germany. Chicken in grass. Milt Ramoy talking, with Earl Soltan, a German woman, and other soldiers. Milt with a typewriter. 03:59:24 Bombed rubble of German village, remains of buildings. LS, field, convoy of military vehicles. Tank traps built by the Germans line the fields to prevent US tanks from crossing, CUs, called "Dragon's Teeth." 04:00:15 Devastated, bombed German town, gray ashen buildings. Milt poses in front of buildings, moving through town. LS, field of mines. Military convoy/jeeps, yellow sign for Ohrdruf, ruins of town, dead horse...

  10. Verdoner children

    MCU, Yoka Verdoner hamming it up for the camera. Hilde Verdoner feeding her son Otto who is seated in his high chair at the table. Otto begins to feed himself as well. CU, Francisca Verdoner seated at the table, drinking milk that was poured for her, and eating. She smiles and plays for the camera. VS, CUs, Otto eating and drinking milk, playing "peek-a-boo" for the camera. More shots of Otto eating.

  11. Abraham and Lilly Malnik collection

    Consists of photographs, original documents, photocopies, research files, and clippings related to the wartime and post-war experiences of Abraham (Abe) (originally of Kovno, Lithuania) and Lilly (née Applebaum) Malnik (originally of Belgium) Includes wartime and post-war photographs from the Malnik and Applebaum families, oral history transcripts and biographical information, research about family history, and documentation of the Malniks’ involvement in the creation and support of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

  12. Eric Junker family collection

    The collection consists of a wimpel, documents, and photographs related to experiences of Erich (later Eric) Junker, his parents Fred and Betty, and brother Herbert, originally of Aschaffenburg, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1936-1937, as a result of anti-Semitism in Germany.

  13. Bronze sculpture of a briefcase with initials R.W. made to honor the memory of Raoul Wallenberg

  14. Wooden Lazy Susan decorated with an inlaid windmill scene created by a Latvian in a displaced persons camp

    Handmade, Latvian, wooden turntable with an inlaid windmill scene created in Kleinkötz Displaced Persons (DP) Camp at Günzburg in the American Zone of Germany between 1945 and 1951. Latvia had a long tradition of woodworking, and many skilled artisans lived in DP camps following the end of World War II (1939-1945), where they made some additional income from the sale of pieces and trained others. Kleinkötz had a population between 1,000 and 2,500 refugees, and a large percentage of those were from the Baltic nations, including Latvia. Following the end of the war, Allied forces established...

  15. Friends; Sightseeing in Venice

    Brief shot of a group, some seated, outdoors, gathered for an event. Lake, sign for boat rental (“vermieten”) slightly in view. Woman swims towards the camera. Brief CU, young woman sits and smiles, with Franz Hausner (?). Men play tennis. Young men row a boat. Scenic overview, rabbits in the grass. 01:01:53 MS, woman with polka-dot dress and a man stand on a city street in Jihlava, shops in BG, "Gustav Roubicek" and "Julius Meinl", women with carriages. Parade, actors on horseback, spectators. The theatrical event - a play on an outdoor stage - in Jihlava. More shots of a tennis match. 01:...

  16. Barry Perlman collection

    The collection consists of seven pieces of scrip of the type issued in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp during World War II and four French currency exchange coupons of the type issued during World War I.

  17. Jewish businesses in Vienna

    Close pan of shops, in Vienna, on a sunny day. Filmed at Seitenstettengasse and Judengasse. 01:07:40 "Judengasse" street sign above shop in Vienna. Soldier with rifle on street corner at 01:07:45. Doors of a synagogue (?). Views of Judengasse from an upstairs window guarded by a soldier. 01:08:21 Local men pose for the camera, pigs roam the streets (location unknown, possibly outside Berlin).

  18. Nazi Germany trims: Autobahn, HJ, Woolworth's, zeppelin, "Der Stuermer", exhibitions

    TRIMS. Signs for gasoline - "Gro Essen" and "Flug Essen." Autobahn. Mechanics. "Gesperrt" sign on Autobahn. Construction. Gas station. Construction, Nazi flags in BG. Driving on Autobahn. Mechanic working on coal/rail engine. Building construction, workers with cart. Autobahn. 01:02:12 City, HJ march in FG, church in BG. BDM girls marching street side, women on steps, gardening. Soup. Nazi poster. Autobahn. Leica factory. CUs, roof. HAS, market, vegetables, eggs. CUs, peasant woman selling wares, flowers. 01:04:06 CUs, boots. 01:04:17 Amusement park rides, spectators, children. Woolworth sh...

  19. March of Time -- outtakes -- French and British soldiers arrive in England after being evacuated from Dunkirk

    Various types of ships and boats arriving at South Coast port in England, carrying English and French wounded from Dunkirk. Men wrapped in blankets wave to the camera from a small fishing boat. British soldiers wearing helmets disembark from a boat. A soldier with both his eyes bandaged is helped from a boat. The camera pans across a bedraggled group of men (French soldiers? Most of them are not in uniform). A couple of the men smile and give thumb's up signals. More shots of men arriving on ships and disembarking; wounded men are removed on stretchers.

  20. Book