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  1. Emily Heyser collection

    The collection consists of a commemorative medal and a book relating to the history of Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945.

  2. Einstein speech on the occasion of the opening of the German radio exhibition

    Albert Einstein gives a speech at the opening of the seventh German radio exhibition at the base of the radio tower in Berlin. Einstein instructs his audience that when they listen to the radio they should think of all of the known and unknown scientists who have contributed to its development. He says that engineers have contributed much to democracy by facilitating daily work as well as making the work of great thinkers available to all. He says also that radio has a special role to play in international reconciliation. Good MCUs of Einstein as he reads his speech and of the audience.

  3. Berlin workers leave factory

    Berlin workers leave factory.

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 10 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.

  5. Certificate from Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupied Zone in Germany

    Contains a certificate presented by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupied Zone in Germany to Judge Lowental, the Jewish Affairs Advisor of the Commander of the Army, December 25, 1947, reading in part: "To our friend Judge Lowental, the Jewish Affairs Advisor of the Commander of the Army of the American occupied zone of Germany. A gift given as a symbol of friendship and gratitude for his fertile and devoted work for She'erit Ha'Pletah in Germany..." Signed by the members of the committee, including David Trager, President of the Central Committee of Liberated Jew...

  6. Hans Steinitz papers

    The Hans Steinitz papers include a diary written by Hans Steinitz from 1940 to 1942 during his time in the Gurs and Les Milles concentration camps in France. He typed the diary on a small typewriter that he smuggled into the camps and made entries while working in the administration offices of the camps. This collection also includes a Reisepass (German passport) issued to Lore Oppenheimer, Hans' wife.

  7. Personal archives of the Yiddish writer, Yiehiel (Ikhil) Shraybman

    The bulk of the collection consist of letters received by the writer from Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union, Poland, Israel, United States, and France, as well as from readers of his books. This collection also includes letters received by Yiehiel Shraybman from various Jewish cultural institutions and Yiddish periodicals.

  8. Kürschner family photograph collection

    Collection consists of photographs depicting the Kürschner family in Vienna, Austria, 1932 to 1948, photographs depicting life in the Leipheim DP camp, meeting her future husband, Benjamin Segal, and his brother Jehuda from Satu-Mare, and later in Israel.

  9. Panel discussion moderated by Ferencz

    American Society of International Law. 77th annual meeting. Washington, DC. April 13-16, 1983. Panel discussion including: a) Paul Szasz, principal officer of the Office of Legal Advisor of the United Nations; b) Robert Rosenstock, US Representative on 6th Legal Committee of the United Nations; c) Anthony D'amato, Northwestern University professor; d) Alan Gerson, special assistant to J. Kirkpatrick at the United Nations; e) Ved Nanda. Benjamin Ferencz is the moderator. Panelists evaluate the aspirations of the United Nations, the realities today, and the possibilities for the future. Feren...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish neighborhood in NYC

    Footage of three ethnic neighborhoods in New York City. People and vehicles on the streets of Chinatown. Storefront signs in English and Chinese. Men read newspapers that have been pasted onto the side of a building. Similar treatment of the Jewish section of New York City: storefronts and signs in Yiddish and English. A group of uniformed Jewish Boy Scouts take the boy scout oath then salute. People come out of a synagogue after services. Shots of the exterior of the synagogue. More street scenes of the neighborhood, shop signs, and an outdoor market. Similar again of the Italian neighborh...

  11. Images of Old Berlin

    Men on bicycles, swastika flags, buses, traffic police, "Henko advertising," subway, cafe, equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, women in costume, Nazi music train, roller skaters

  12. Press Conference; Hadamar Murder Trial

    Welt im Film. Issue no. 93 01:07:14 General McNarney's Press Conference. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney holds press conference in Berlin at which German journalists participate for the first time. Cut-ins, German newspapermen taking notes. 01:08:08 Hadamar Mass Murder Trial. INTs, Frankfurt Provincial Court. 27 doctors, nurses, and attendants who participated in the mass killings of 70,000 people are on trial. MCUs many of those on trial. Prosecutor explains method by which disappearance of victims was accomplished. Cut-ins prisoners and others in courtroom.

  13. "Great Fear and Little Bread"

    Testimony, typescript, 6 pages, titled "Great Fear and Little Bread" by R. B. Cappello.

  14. JDC aids DPs

    The clip begins, with a JDC spokesperson speaking at a podium: "...of the 80,000 Jews who have survived in Poland today, at least 70,000 require assistance." Then, voice over narration begins with music in the background and montage of shots described below: "...though the number is tragically small the need is greater than ever, for them JDC alone halts the hand of death..." DPs eating (including children). Medical exam - children. DPs receive clothing from JDC. Orphans from Buchenwald enroute to Marseilles, France and then on to Palestine: Children board train - US army personnel look on....

  15. Hitler with plane

    Hitler into plane. Reverse angle of plane taking off and aerial (wheel). Hitler receives flowers by plane, signs autograph.

  16. Henry Kalmus papers

    The Henry Kalmus papers consist chiefly of correspondence received by Kalmus from Vilmos Forgács, and from other friends and professional colleagues that he knew from his time in Budapest, when he worked as an engineer at Orion Radio (Hungarian Tungsten Lamp Works). Most of the correspondence dates from 1938 - 1948, beginning in the year that Kalmus left Hungary to immigrate to the United States. Initial letters inquire after Kalmus’ life abroad as well as report on day to day events in Budapest. In a few letters, references are made to attempts to emigrate from Hungary, both on the efforts...

  17. Selected records of the World ORT Archive (WOA), London

    Records of the World ORT (formerly World ORT Union), its governing bodies and associate organizations world-wide. The archive include minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, fund-raising and PR, research and development, administrative and financial records (1920s-1950s). Also included are pamphlets and bulletins from various countries; reports, correspondence, and photos of the Berlin ORT school transferred to Leeds (1939-1943), private papers of former students and teachers of ORT; as well as the Shapiro Collection: consisting of materials collected on ORT's history by the American ...

  18. Social Welfare Authority I 351-10 I Sozialbehörde I

    Selected records of the Sozialbehörde I (Social Welfare Authority) related to the law for protection of German “blood and honor”, regulations for the Jewish housing, the cost for the care of disabled people, Jewish doctors, and Jewish forced laborers, admission of Jewish "mixed race" in day care homes, resettlement of residents displaced during redesigning of Hamburg, adoption of Jewish children, trainings for NSDAP employees, Jews in the welfare institutions, sterilization of prison inmates, public assistance for needy foreigners, the Association of Hamburg Children's Homes, student suppor...

  19. Selected records of the district of Sochaczew Starostwo Powiatowe w Sochaczewie (Sygn. 98)

    Contains various records related to the Jewish Committee of Sochaczew, other Polish organizations and societies, Jewish graveyards, lists of war graves, Poles and Jews inhabiting the county of Sochaczew, and additionally included are licenses for running private enterprises.

  20. When Jews Laugh Antisemitic Der Stürmer advertising flier showing several Jewish people smiling

    Antisemitic flier for the Der Stürmer newspaper showing photographic images of the “devilish grins” of Jews. The text claims that Jews are born criminals, who are incapable of laughter, and can only smile nefariously, which implies their untrustworthy nature. Two versions of the flier were published: this one with red lettering and an advertisement on the bottom, and one with black-and-white text without a bottom advertisement. The antisemitic newspaper was founded by Julius Streicher and published from 1923 to 1945. Striecher used the paper as a platform to foment public hatred of the Jewi...