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  1. Germans surrender, infantry mop-up around Leipzig; Gardelegen barn atrocity

    (B 1138) Leipzig, Germany, 04/23/1945 Slate reads "Roll 1 Madru." U.S. infantry mop-up around Leipzig. German children run down a street. A wounded German boy receives help from an American medic. Wounded American soldier. Sherman tanks roll through the streets. US soldiers on the street, filmed from the tank. American troops fire from behind the cover of tanks. 01:22:03 German civilians wave white handkerchiefs in surrender. CU of smiling Germans. More street fighting, civilians waving white flags. A crowd of civilians waving white flags. 01:26:08 CU of crouching American soldier and captu...

  2. Ansbacher family collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album from Sweden, photographs, documents, correspondence, two Star of David badges, scrip, and a flake of mica from Theresienstadt, relating to the experiences of Sigrid Ansbacher and her family before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  3. Church of St. Teresa of Avila collection

    The collection consists of a picture of Dr. Gyula Hevey who was the priest at the St. Teresa of Avila church during WWII; Gyula Hevey (worked 1935-1952) was active in trying to supply baptismal certificates to Jews in 1944 as well as earlier during the war and a sign posted in St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Budapest to notify people that conversions will no longer be offered.

  4. Ernest Kaufman collection

    Contains materials compiled by Ernest Kaufman during and after his experiences in the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  5. Horia Stamatu collection

    The collection consists of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, and other materials related to the life and career of the donor's father, Horia Stamatu (1912-1989), the Romanian poet and essayist, and onetime member of the Iron Guard. Most of the materials document Stamatu’s career as a writer, poet, and philosopher living in Freiburg, Germany, from the late 1950s through the 1980s.

  6. Yocheveta and James Malla collection

    Contains materials documenting the experiences of Yocheveta and James Malla. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  7. Jews removal to Krakow ghetto

    The segment shows the Jewish population being moved to the Krakow ghetto- people carrying their belongings, empty carts leaving the area, constant traffic going into the ghetto. All Jews wear armbands, including children. Section of town clearly marked "off limits". Overloaded horsedrawn carts with household belongings (beds, blankets, tables, etc.). People wearing armbands (on right arm) crossing street. People carrying loaded baskets (all wearing arm bands). Carts lining up the street, people walking back and forth through the streets, across a bridge, carrying their belongings. Streetcar...

  8. Fränkel family collection

    Contains materials related to the Holocaust experiences of the extended Fränkel family. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

  9. Hans Richter testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 272) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 1 and 29, 1946. Hans Richter is sworn in, identifies himself, and starts testifying. Russian counselor is heard asking questions; witness answers in German.

  10. Family explores Northern Slovakia

    The Brust family visit Slovakia from their home in Budapest. A man with a cane walks on uneven terrain (some damage to film). Emblem in concentric circles on the front pediment area of a building roof. Camera pans right, showing trees and the mountains behind. A waterfall flows. 00:00:39 pans left to show a man sitting in front of a larger waterfall. He smiles and poses for the camera. CU of water rushing down the river. More views of the river, the waterfall, and the rushing water. 00:01:12 A woman and the man with the cane attempt to step down a rocky path away from the river. River and t...

  11. Stanley Squire photograph collection

    Collection of 18 photographs documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp taken by Stanley F. Squire (donor's father-in-law) while he was a solder in the U.S. Army.

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  13. Nazi red flag with a swastika with a price tag found by a US soldier in an abandoned German store

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn36423
    • English
    • a: Height: 46.625 inches (118.428 cm) | Width: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)

    German flag with a swastika flag with a price tag found by a US Army soldier in an abandoned department store in Germany near the end of World War II in May 1945. The price tag was for the Kaufhof Department Store, part of a Jewish owned chain of stores founded by Leonard Tietz, whose family had pioneered the department store concept in Germany in the 1880s. The stores were Aryanized in 1933 when the Nazi government forced the family to sell their shares at a reduced value to non-Jewish government approved buyers.

  14. Clifford C. Byrum photograph collection

    Consists of 27 photographs depicting Clifford Byrum, other United States soldiers, and German prisoners exhuming infants' graves at a Volkswagen maternity hospital and Kinderheim (children's home) in Rühen, Germany, during the investigation of Nazi atrocities. A maternity hospital and Kinderheim was established by the Volkswagen corporation in Rühen, Germany, in March 1943 for children born to Polish and Russian forced laborers working at the VW factory in Wolfsburg. Because of unsanitary conditions and neglect at the Kinderheim, approximately 365 children under the age of 16 months died ...

  16. Paternity suit; genetic testing

    Dramatized propaganda film with actors explaining a paternity suit and testing. Reel 2: The boy, "der kleine Georg" [Little George]. Blood test on slide under microscope. Microscopic view of slides and explanation by doctor. Blood is not the only factor analyzed. Eye color. Illustrates eye colors of both boys (in disputed baby case) and their parents. 01:18:39 Hair color. The doctor knows from the analysis the mother is really a dark blond, though her hair is bleached. Hair form and texture. 01:20:23 Ears. CU photos. Nose holes. CU : 'Are you beginning to trust us now?' Hand prints. 'Frau W...

  17. Ernest Braun papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Ernest (Eliezer) Braun of Vienna, Austria, including his escape from Austria in 1938 to Yugoslavia and Italy, his immigration to the United States in 1944, and his time living at the Fort Ontario refugee camp in Oswego, New York. Included is a small amount of biographical material; a false identification card from Italy; correspondence from his parents Josef and Gisela Braun and his sister Nelly Braun, all of whom perished during the Holocaust; writings; and photographs. Biographical materials include birth certificates, address books, a...

  18. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

  19. Fruma Broude Gurevich letter

    Consists of a one-page typewritten letter sent by Dr. Fruma Broude (b. 1899, Fruma Broude Gurevich or Gurvich) from Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) in which she explains what happened, who was killed, children who were placed in hiding that she was trying to locate, how she survived, and what their needs are. Also includes a blank envelope with the return address for Dr. M.J. Kardon (donor's father) in Philadelphia.

  20. Joseph Dekalo collection

    Collection of photographs depicting pre-war and wartime experiences of Joseph Dekalo (donor) and his wife in Sofia, Bulgaria, and in Strazagorod, Lucovitz, and Razgrad villages where families were expelled during the occupation. Mmany of the images show donor wearing required Star of David badge.