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Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Salomon and Berg families collection

    The collection consists of a chess set, a harmonica, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Alfred Berg in Austria and Marianne Salomon Berg in Germany before and during the Holocaust.

  2. Mathilde Schwarz Rosenblatt collection

    The collection consists of burnt page fragments from Hebrew books, a Pentatuch, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Mathilde Schwarz Rosenblatt before and during the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria.

  3. Morris Dembowitz collection

    The collection consists of a poster, documents, and photographic prints relating to the discovery of Gardelegen and Ohrdruf concentration camps in Germany and a letter attesting to the origin of the "Treblinka Song" record.

  4. Lester D. Edelstein collection

    Consists of an original photocopy of a letter writen by a soldier in the 11th Armored division regarding the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. The soldier, whose name is unknown, described what they witnessed when they entered the camp and what they learned from prisoners with whom they spoke. Also includes a speech, on audio CD, with Lester D. Edelstein, who was a captain in the 11th Armored Division (63rd Armored Infantry Battalion), in which he describes his memories of Mauthausen, including how the camp smelled and his impressions of how people managed to survive.

  5. Shmuel Rozin Collection

    Consists of two documents, described as follows: .1 Certificate: issued in Lithuania as proof of membership in Partisan movement against Nazi occupation; handwritten in black ink, black ink inscription on left side with circular black ink stamp, black ink stamp with handwritten entries in upper left, two blue ink spots at top left and top right; circa July 1944; in Russian and Lithuanian .2 Affidavit: Affidavit of good moral character issued during period of donor's participation as fighter partisan; issued in Lithuania; handwritten in blue ink, black ink inscription along left side with tr...

  6. George Birman collection

    The collection consists of a belt, hunting knife, pliers, wristwatch, agenda planners, documents, and photographic materials relating to the experiences of George Birman and his father Abel before World War II in Lithuania, during the war when they were interned in Kovno (Kaunas) ghetto and Kedahnen (Kedainiai) labor camp, and after the war as displaced persons, including George's postwar education and work with displaced persons in Vienna, Austria.

  7. Nuremberg: War Crimes Trial (IMT) - Soviet compilation

    Russian film produced by the Central Studio of Documentary Films in Moscow about the War Crimes Trial (IMT) in Nuremberg. Reel 4 begins with archival footage of Warsaw bombardment: Goering pointing to a map, quickly cutting to an aerial LS of a descending German plane cuts to an aerial shot depicting bombs dropping past lens. CU Goering in courtroom. Montage of archival footage depicting German soldiers entering Paris, often smiling at the camera intercut with MS of French prosecutor addressing court. MS British Prosecutor Hartley Shawcross. Montage of footage of German U-boats under Doenit...

  8. Llewellyn Zullinger photograph collection

    Consists of three photographs of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and eight photographs of the liberation of the Ohdruf concentration camp.

  9. Nuremberg: War Crimes Trials - Soviet compilation

    Russian film produced by the Central Studio of Documentary Films in Moscow about the War Crimes Trial (IMT) in Nuremberg, 1945-46. War footage: Warsaw destroyed, Operation Barbarossa, transports. Courtroom scenes: prosecutors and defendants enter, seated. Courtroom. Gen. Rudenko, Soviet prosecutor. Reel 1 begins with shots of defeated Berlin, Allied troops marching, hoisting flags and piloting tanks. MS of Nazi officers surrendering. Tracking and still MSs of Goering, Keitel, Doenitz, Goebbels' corpse, Jodl, Ribbentrop. Tracking shot of empty bombarded Nuremberg juxtaposed with archive foot...

  10. Emil and Erich Beamt letters

    Consists of copies of letters written by Erich Beamt and his brother, Emil Beamt, president of the Jewish community of Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), during the period from 1939 to 1942. The letters describe the sorrows and anxiety felt by the Beamt family members as they witnessed the Nazi advance during the early years of World War II and the family's strong desire to emigrate to Canada, the United States, or South America before their deportation.

  11. Russian documentary

    Russian film produced by the Central Studio of the Red Flag of Documentary Films in Moscow. Includes footage of a memorial statue to victims of Kzasula village.