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  1. Selected records from the National Archives in Prague relating to Roma

    Selected records related to administration of penal camps and labor camps; gendarmerie administration of the so-called "Gypsy problem"; Roma camps; deportations; Jews, Romani, and Russian populations in Danzig and East Prussia; and persecution of Roma peoples. Also included are documents with statistical and evidential data derived from investigating the Roma population, and documents recording pro-fascist legislation relating to persecution of Roma.

  2. Envelope

    The envelope is addressed to Frau Netti Löffel, Wien XX, Dnisgasse 46/37 from Marcus Rubin Löffel, Block 16, Section 1, of the Dachau concentration camp. The envelope is cancelled February 3, 1939. Marcus Löffel is listed as being born on January 24, 1900.

  3. "Arbeitslager marsch"

    Consists of a photograph copy of "Arbeitslager marsch" composed by Heinrich Krol in 1941 while imprisoned at Auschwitz. The piece includes parts for strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments.

  4. Book

  5. Croatian fascists; church ceremony; parade

    Churchleader in Croatia with Croatian leaders. German army units parade in commemoration of Croatian "independence." Pan down front of church. MS church prelate puts on headpiece. MS Croatian military men. Priest makes blessing, shot of onlookers. MS Pavelic in uniform greets and salutes various dignitaries. Cars in procession, Pavelic in second car giving standing salute from backseat of car. LS, huge crowd of people running and cheering. Marching scouts? CU of man saluting. German troops marching through crowd. Unrelated footage also on this reel: Gymnastic exhibition witnessed by King Gu...

  6. Nazi conquest of Czechoslovakia: refugees & fascists

    A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War II. Unrest; refugees; fascists.

  7. Die oberflächengestalt mitteleuropas The overview of central Europe

    Contains a map labeled in the lower right quadrant with graphite line. Handwritten label, in graphite, lower right edge, reads: "Mit Bleistift angezeichnet 'Todesmarsch' in Oberschlesien von Blechhammer nach Jauer (Gross Rosen) 23. Jan.-10 February 1945." Drawn in pencil: "Death March" in Upper Silesia from Blechhammer sub-camp of Auschwitz concentration camp to Jauer ([sub-camp of] Gross-Rosen [concentration camp]) Jan[uary] 23-Feb[ruary] 10, 1945). Handwritten title on reverse of map: "Unterrichtsabteilung Deutschland: physikalisch." German national insignia is stamped in blue ink in uppe...

  8. Basket

  9. Johannes Schindler autobiography

    Consists of an autobiography by Johannes Schindler covering his life as a Jehovah's Witness after World War I, persecution and imprisonment under the Nazis, and subsequent persecution and imprisonment in East Germany.

  10. Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman (Hedva Zeliger) photograph collection

    The Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman photograph collection consists of photographs of Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman, family and friends, taken in Kolomyia, Poland (now Kolomyya, Ukraine), 1942-1952. The photographs include a photograph of Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman taken a day after she left the Majdanek concentration camp, August 1, 1942. A photograph of the daughter of Dr. Rousch, a family friend, Poland, October 22, 1942. Dr. Rousch, his wife, and daughter all perished in the Holocaust. A photograph of Chedwa Seliger-Kaufman and Dr. Lipper, a physician with the Jewish Health Organization of the Œuvre de seco...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Fritz Kuhn on Bund Principles

    Several takes of Fritz Kuhn spelling out principles of German American Bund. Seated is national secretary and standing is national publicity director. First takes in MS, can see swastika and American flag on wall and photo of Hitler. "Patriotic law abiding organization...of loyal Americans of German extraction fighting to exterminate Jewish international atheistic Bolshevism, to uphold the Constitution and flag of a clean United States..." 01:28:52 CUs and more of same kind of statements.

  12. Photographs of corpses at Buchenwald

    Consists of eight photographs depicting corpses of prisoners found at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The caption "Buchenwald Concentration Camp / April 1945," is handwritten on the verso of each photo.

  13. Scenes in cafe and theater

    Scenes in cafe. People drinking, talking. Woman sings. Theater Azazel scenes. Women in long dresses perform on stage. CUs and pans of well dressed and poor people in contrast (propagandistic). See Adam Czerniakow's diary, 1 June 1942.

  14. Nazi flag with swastika

    Nazi flag with swastika Found by Otto Aders while billeted at a house in Bad Godesberg, Germany. Shipped to parents in Decorah, Iowa.

  15. Nazi conquest of Czechoslovakia: children

    A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War II. Aid to children; puppets.

  16. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 36, No. 30, Part 3. MS and CU of Japanese envoys coming down steps and getting into car. LS Japanese planes in sky. AV bombing of Pearl Harbor. Civilians in street. Ship "Arizona" in heavy smoke. NYC scenes, Times Square headlines. Shot of broadcasters. Hawaii shots of wounded and damage. Japanese midget-subs and destroyed ships.

  17. Arrow Cross Takeover

    Battle footage. People relaxing in Budapest cafes, strolling on street. People line up at housing office. Staged scenes of Jews with stars "Idle people at work site." VO says these are Jewish influenced pacifists. Sync sound: "There were Hungarians and "Hungarists" who were suffering in jails to prepare for the new Hungary..." Staged scenes of Arrow Cross out of hiding, to arms. VO encourages people to work; footage of women, elderly, others working in industry.

  18. Street scenes; Jewish police; traffic

    High overhead shot of busy street scene, with tilt-up to get very long view of the street. Ground-level shot of Jewish policeman (watching camera) letting horse-drawn carriages pass through gate on a city street. Line of bicycle-rickshaws moving alongside a wall, carrying well-dressed men, a family. Some men remove hats as they pass by.

  19. With Tito in Yugoslavia

    shows Marshall Tito and Yugoslav patriots. According to UN contents sheet: "At his secret mountain headquarters, somewhere in Yugolsavia, is the leader of the embattled Yugolsav Army of Liberation, Marshal Tito. Tito is shown here with the first Allied war correspondents to reach his headquarters.....As United Nations Armies close in on Nazi Germany...they owe much to a small but gallant people and their valiant leader...Marshal Tito."

  20. Hitler speech to Hitler Youth at Nuremberg Rally

    Reel 6: Torchlight procession, fireworks display, and Hitler visiting youth camps and speaking. Night rally in Nuremberg. SA units. Fireworks. Youth day: Hitler Youth (HJ) boys drumming, playing other instruments, CUs crowds of boys. Hitler enters stadium, boys look on and cheer. More shots of band playing, Nazi officials (including Hitler, Goebbels) look on. Hitler salutes boys. Baldur von Schirach makes statement re: youth and loyalty to Hitler. Cutaways to CUs of boys, Hitler, cheering crowds. Hitler makes speech re: youth as future of Reich. Cutaways to CUs of boys, crowds.