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  1. Erntedanktag Parade; Hairstyles; Carnival

    KODAK. Titles: “Allerlei vom Tage” “Erntedanktag.” A military parade with a marching band, a flag bearer carrying a Nazi flag, and women dressed in traditional German garb. Various floats in this festival for the “Erntedanktag,” an official holiday in Germany celebrating the harvest. "Frisuren 1938" Mannequins displaying 1938 hairstyles. Carnival rides at the fairgrounds. Man reading newspaper.

  2. Switzerland in the 1930s; Hungary 1945

    Twelve films by Carl Lutz documenting life in Switzerland and Hungary: Nr. 295 A Swiss Travel Film by Charles R. Lutz (Film Nr. 35) [ca. 1933] (10:52) Nr. 319 Trachtenfest 1939 (Film Nr. 32) [1939] (09:27) Nr. 320 In the Bernese Oberland (Film Nr. 17) [ca. 1935] (10:59) Nr. 321 A Swiss Travel Film - From Lauterbrunnen to Jungfraujoch I (Film Nr. 29) [ca. 1935] (16:22) Nr. 322 From Lauterbrunnen to Jungfraujoch Part II (Film Nr. 30) [ca. 1935] (11:48) Nr. 325 Winzerfest Lugano - Skiferien (Film Nr. 34) [1949-1950] (11:21) Nr. 326 Narcissus Festival Montreux - Jodelfest Interlaken (1933) - Wi...

  3. District Office in Třebíč Okresní úřad Třebíč

    District administrative records including decrees against Jews and expropriation and aryanization of Jewish properties in Třebíč (German: Trebitsch).

  5. Belsen Concentration Camp at liberation

    Tank moving across field. LS, pan, inmates women standing around moat/reservoir, women fishing out tin buckets for washing; two boys sharing soup, stand huddled together, intent on soup. Low to ground, MLS, several clothed corpses, lots of inmates walk by corpse, possibly a murdered Nazi in civilian clothes (original shot sheet captions do not suggest or confirm this). CU corpse. WS of camp with many inmates. Emaciated man, "practically a skeleton", with a cap crouches, holding a piece of clothing. LS, bodies all over (clothed), survivors at edges in BG; LS, barracks, road outside, views of...

  7. [Newspaper]

    Newspaper translating and critiquing Hitler's "Mein Kampf"

  8. Holocaust memoirs collection

    Contains Holocaust memoirs of Jehoash Alperovitch, Joseph Bainvoll, and Lilli Gontscheroff.

  9. Leningrad

    Map showing Leningrad and Tichwin (Tikhvin). German soldiers dragging large artillery shells on a sled through the snow in a forested area. They load the shells into a howitzer and fire at a structure that looks like a factory. A fast-forward section which soldiers load guns, hit the ground, fire, then hop up and repeat the sequence. More shooting across the snowy landscape, including with a machine gun. A contingent of Waffen SS troops, clad in white snowsuits and helmets, advance on the Soviet position. German troops using flamethrowers in a nighttime firefight. Daytime again; more shooti...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- German Anti-Jewish Riots

    German anti-Jewish riots. Quick flash of store window "Jude" and Jewish Star. 04:09:22 Three folks looking in. SS on second SS shoulders' putting up poster. 04:09:35 LS, in crowded sidewalk (car camera) Jewish star. SS look at camera, street sounds, honking horns. Footage of the New Synagoue in Berlin from September 1932: Interior of synagogue. 04:09:50 Women singing (in choir). Cantor Leo Gollanin sings the Kol Nidre on the evening before Yom Kippur, 1932. LS of synagogue interior. 04:10:57 SS on cars, bike hangs on, street again, crowded sidewalk. Back to synagogue, LS of bimah.

  11. Order of the German Eagle medal

    Presentation box with two medals and a sash: Nazi German "Adlerorden" medals; circa 1939-1945. The box is red leather with a gold Nazi emblem. The first medal is gold-colored metal with a white enamel iron cross on a sunburst and 4 Nazi emblems and clasp pin on back. The second medal has a white enamel iron cross, 4 Nazi emblems and a loop on top. The sash is red ribbon with black and white borders. Medal: "a", Medal: "b", Sash: "c", Box: "d"

  12. British Pathé Newsreel -- Atrocities at Buchenwald and Belsen

    Title: "Germany Atrocities - Germany's crimes are no longer hidden from sight. At last the eyes of the world are opened. We believe it our duty to screen these pictures as a warning to future generations..." Title: "Here is a woman who went to Buchenwald Mrs. Mavis Tate M.P." Members of Parliament visiting Buchenwald, Mrs. Tate speaking, "We saw and we know..." Liberation of Buchenwald, survivors, showing tattooed arms. Piles of bodies on wooded truck, MPs in BG. CUs corpses. CUs, British representatives. Piles of corpses. British delegation looking at papers. Ovens, burned bodies inside, d...

  13. Hitler Youth photograph collection

    Five photographic prints depicting Hitler Youth and Hitler Maidens. Depictions include a boy and girl who appear to be older teenagers, both wearing Hitler Youth uniforms in all but one image; final image appears to be family photograph in which both boy and girl are included, but not in uniform. Geography unknown.

  14. Pre-war rare Jewish books from the Ivano-Frankivsk State Archive

    Consists of rare Jewish and Jewish themed books published in Eastern Europe before World War II. Most of the books are in Polish, with one exception being written in German. Authors included are: J. Delacroix, Leon Streit, Lazar Schachner, Dawny and Obecny, Wladyslaw Studnicki, Janusz Konrad Urbach, Dr. Josef S. Bloch, Dr. Majer Balaban, and a publication by the Inz. Mieczyszlaw Wojcicki.

  15. Walter Brewer Jr. papers

    Contains four photographs, and one one-page typescript document, dated "Ohrdruf, Germany, April 9," which describes how the inhabitants of the town of Ohrdruf were confronted with the concentration camp in their midst after its liberation by Allied soldiers, 1945. Photographs consist of four snapshots of Walter Brewer, Jr., during his military service in World War II.

  16. Krupp receives award; Krupp's birthday celebration

    Excerpt appears in "The Nazi Plan." Reel 5: 07:26:58:25 "Krupp receives the "National-Socialist Model Plant" Award, May 1940" ; "Firma Krupp NS Muster betrieb." Krupp with Nazi officials including Rudolf Hess and Robert Ley. Large hall with crowd heiling, officials seated at ceremony. 07:29:24 Nazi official next to dark uniformed man is probably Josef Grohe, Gauleiter of Koeln -Aachen. Wide shot shows him seated across the aisle to the right from Hess, Krupp and Co. Band, silent speeches by Nazi official, by Hess. Large number of flags and banners. Shaking hands, reviewing awards. Hess goes...

  17. Children play

    A town, pan to a massive stack of cut wood. The children walk about. It is summertime. With the help of Ella, they create a teeter-totter with a wooden beam. The children pose for the camera after playing a bit. Grandfather Sperber (older man with beard) with a horse and cart. CUs, another older man wearing a unique cap, holding a kitten.

  18. Barbie Trial -- Day 12 -- Victims testify

    18:04:45 [15:10:41 real time] Fortune Lanfranchi speaks about Dachau and liberation. 18:13:26 [15:19:22 real time] Robert Clor was arrested by Barbie in May 1944, hung up by his hands, tortured by being dunked in a bathtub to the point of drowning, and beaten. He talks about his arrest, interrogation, torture, and deportation to Neuengamme. 18:30:10 [15:36:07 real time] Vincent Planque, a captured French Army officer who organized a Resistance unit in Lyons, was tortured and deported to Buchenwald by Barbie. Two police dogs were turned loose on him with his hands tied behind his back. He te...

  19. History of 303rd Field Artillery

    Col. Redding chronicles the progress of the 303rd Field Artillery, primarily in Germany, includes DPs, POWs, and camps for Russian and Polish refugees. Map of Marienbad. Footage of the spa town around May 5, 1945. Newspaper headlines: VE Day; "Churchill, King George Speak Today." GIs on lawn in front of hotel. Radio. Roads with released German POWs. Unit camps in field. Eating at table in field, setting up generator, setting up tents, writing home, boxing up souvenirs, kegs of beer come in. 12:26:16 Nuremberg Stadium, WS. (May 29 sent to Le Havre, France), Red Cross entertainment in field, ...

  20. Almanacs

    Almanac containing information about the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai, addresses and general information.