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  1. Goering at Krupp factory; Luftwaffe formations; Launching PRINZ EUGEN ship

    Reel 3: (Symphony music track accompanies this entire story.) 07:08:59:29 "Goering and his wife visiting the Krupp Works 1935" ; "Luftwaffe" Goering inspects troops as German planes fly overhead. Goering salutes. Luftwaffe formations. 07:10:01:08 "Der Schoepfer der neuen deutschen Luftwaffe, Generalfeldmarschall Herman Goering bei einem besuch der Gussstahlfabrik" Goering and his wife arrive in automobile, greeting other officials, saluting. 07:10:48:08 On far right, Josef Grohe, Gauleiter of Koeln-Aachen. 07:11:00 Goering walks toward camera in procession followed by other officers, wife E...

  2. Card catalog of evacuees from Latvia

    Card index of citizens evacuated from Latvia in 1941.

  3. Ferencz lecture: Kean College

    Second in a series of lectures by Benjamin Ferencz at Kean College, New Jersey. (First lecture: RG-12.020*11). Ferencz discusses his vision for new world order, world security in the 21st century, the establishment of an international criminal court to try Sadam Hussein, and what constitutes international crime. He defines the need for international standards that declare what is permissable and not permissable ("the charter for the earth"). To curb the "Wild West" mentality of international relations, Ferencz proposes the following components of new world order and a peaceful society: 1) r...

  4. Mildred Reeves photographic collection

    Photo album with collection of mounted photos and loose photographs documenting the Dachau concentration camp after liberation; images include survivors, victims, scenes from around the camp, the Dachau death train, victims' belongings, and German officers who were killed in retaliation; some images captioned on verso; dated April-May 1945; in English

  5. Russian campaign

    Russian campaign, June-July 1941. Lithuania, Lithuanian para-military organizations. Russia.

  6. Ausstellung "Das Wunder des Lebens" Berlin 1935 Der Glasserne Mensch

    Contains a photographic postcard with image of the "glass man" model, with caption printed at bottom: "Ausstellung" Das Wunder des Lebens/Berlin 1935/Der Glasserne Mensch." Rectangular body constructed of paper; on recto, black and white photographic image of statue of human figure standing on metal circular platform with title of statue printed across bottom; on verso, handwritten text across top in pencil.

  7. Former Field Marshal von Paulus testifies about the invasion of the USSR

    (Paris 550) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11, 1946. MS, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, and other prisoners in the dock. Defense counselors in FG. LS, ex-Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus giving evidence regarding the preparation of waging aggressive war on Russia. (testimony in German) LS, prisoners' dock and defense attorneys in court during the trial. Good MSs, von Paulus testifying.

  8. Military maneuvers

    Parade in Berlin, Polish Campaign, French Campaign

  9. Arnstadt and Nordhausen concentration camps

    Arnstadt and Nordhausen after Allied soldiers arrive. General shots of corpses and survivors. Survivors receive aid. Some well-known shots of survivors as they board IRC van. (LIB 5566) Arnstadt Horrors, Arnstadt, Germany, April 14, 1945. EXT, Sequence- German civilians disinter bodies of concentration camp victims. CU, a cadaver with a damaged skull. LSs, CUs, dog kennel for watchdog. Pan from camp gate to tents used to house 1700 prisoners. LSs to MSs, corpses lying outside of grave from which they have just been exhumed. LSs to MSs, bodies laid out on ground are viewed by several US sold...

  10. Documentation of the Bezirksaemter (Regional offices) in Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate)

    Documentation of the Bezirksaemter (Regional offices) in Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) - Bezirksamt Amberg JM/12679 (frames 319-448) - Bezirksamt Eschenbach JM/12679 (frames 449-615); JM/12680 (frames 2-474).

  11. Elizabeth and Bernard Kasmar collection

    Collection of Alzbieta and Bernhard Kasmacher (later Kasmar) in Vienna, Austria, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Includes Reisepasses, letters, birth certificates, US naturalization certificates, and newspaper clippings documenting the couple's journey from Vienna to England before arriving in the United States in 1940.

  12. French publications collection

    Contains an issue of the newspaper "Guignol" of Lyon, with articles ddiscussing rationing and restrictions during German occupation of Lyon. Also contains a four-page brochure published by the Légion française des combattants et des volontaires de la Révolution nationale.

  13. U.S. soldiers on barges

    LS, US soldier, in combat helmet, in FG of picture looking out to sea from boat. VS, boats, US army men on barges, soldiers posing for camera. LS, land, two flags planted in soil on hill- US flag and another flag that is white with a red cross. VS, EXT, army ships, unloading at beach head seen in a LS from a high angle, the Aleutian Islands (Kiska). American soldiers with packs climb hill, relax on hillside. VS, scenic panoramas of snow-covered mountains.

  14. Star of David badge with Juif printed in the center

    Jews in France were required to wear these on their outer clothing at all times after May 1942; badges were often cut from a pre-printed roll.

  15. Bomb-damaged Nuremberg and Darmstadt

    Soft focus throughout. Shots of rubble in the streets of Nuremberg. An explosion raises a cloud of dust. More scenes of bomb damage and another explosion. Long shot of American soldiers posing next to one of the eagle and swastika sculptures in the Nuremberg stadium. Shot of the destroyed stadium. More shots of massive destruction in the city. German civilians on the streets. Destroyed German tanks in Darmstadt (identified by signs). A reel break then shots of American soldiers and an antiaircraft gun silhouetted against the setting sun. Back to bomb-damaged scenes of Nuremberg. The camera ...

  16. Sandy Elster collection

    Color photograph of President Ronald Reagan (seated) surrounded by standing group at the signing into law of the Genocide Convention; Chicago, Illinois; October 4, 1988. The donor, Mr. Elster, was present at the conference, and stands in the photograph behind Ronald Reagan to his right. The collection also includes the pen used by President Reagan at the signing ceremony.

  17. Anna and Hans Blüthe photograph

    Contains a pre-war photograph of Anna and Hans Blüthe.

  19. Johanna Dahms collection

    Contains a "Sonderausweis" (postwar identification document) issued to Johanna Dahms (donor's grandmother) who had been interned in Theresienstadt concentration camp, and a membership card issued to Johanna Dahms in Stuttgart, Germany as a victim of the Nazi regime.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- VIPs during postwar; Soldiers raiding homes

    1425 FF (16:00:40-16:06:30) Grafenmehr and Rheinman, Germany, Rhein Main Terminal airport. Joint Chiefs of Staff confer in Europe. Airport. LS, down gangplank of plane. Admiral Donfield, Gen. Bradley, and Gen. Vandenberg near plane. Other officers, civilians. Color guard. Generals talking and the press. Airport; army personnel. Military men, saluting, getting into car, moving off, motorcade. 1425 GG (16:06:32-16:14:40) Early morning shots of tanks, jeeps, along roads of Munich on snoop raid (in winter). LS, vehicles through bombed-out Munich. Infantry men. MLS, GIs raiding house for suspect...