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  1. Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz, and Rimalower family papers

    Contains correspondence, photographs, poems and various other documents relating to the persecution and incarceration of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe, especially at Gurs concentration camp in France. Also contains information about attempts at emigration by members of the Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz, and Rimalower families.

  2. Ferdinand and Halina Birnhack letter

    The letter, sent by Halina and Ferdinand Birnhack to Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Beckenstein on 08 April 1949, expresses thanks for assistance and explain their need for clothing and food. The Birnhacks were "adopted" by the Beckensteins through B'nai B'rith. The letter also describes the Birnhack's plans for emigration to Israel.

  3. Selected records from the National Archives of Moldova

    Various documents relating to internment of Jews in several ghettos in Romania and Bessarabia; administration of the Chișinău ghetto (including census information); the ghetto in Bălți ; the ghetto in Soroca; activities of the police in the Chișinău ghetto; disposal of Jewish property; deportations of Jews from Bessarabia to Transnistria (Ukraine); and executions of Romanian Jews.

  4. Wrist watch with a brown leather strap removed from Sobibor

    The watch was removed from Sobibor, Poland by Zindel Honigman when he escaped.

  5. The Striker, Special number 1, May 1934, 12th year 1934 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    Issue of Der Sturmer, a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's frequent subtitle was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945. He was tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted, and executed per the ruling that his repeated articles calling for th...

  6. Luba Krugman Gurdus photograph collection

    The collection consists of a photograph album with approximately 46 images documenting the early life of Robert Michael Gurdus (1938-1942; donor's son) who died in the Holocaust, as well as the kindergarten in Netanyah, Israel, dedicated to his memory by his parents (1978).

  7. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 2 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.

  8. The Liberators: The Liberation by the Criminal Army! Political poster of the French resistance group Manouchian network

  9. Joel Shapiro bronze sculpture

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn7314
    • English
    • 1993
    • a: Height: 288.000 inches (731.52 cm) | Width: 180.000 inches (457.2 cm) | Depth: 102.000 inches (259.08 cm) b: Height: 96.000 inches (243.84 cm) | Width: 60.000 inches (152.4 cm) | Depth: 90.000 inches (228.6 cm)

    Joel Shapiro site-specific sculpture displayed outdoors in the 15th Street Plaza of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The towering work is constructed from two bronze forms suggesting a symbolic dialog addressing the disintegration of families and the tragedy of lives interrupted by the Holocaust. It was commissioned by the Museum's Art in Public Spaces program.

  10. Anne and Seth Smith collection

    Consists of four photographs from the liberation of Dachau. Contains images of bodies on a train car and truck.

  11. Children in Berestowitz, Poland

    Children stand in front of BIBLIOTEKA.

  12. Market scenes in Warsaw

    Market scene. BAZAR sign. People, carts, horses. Shops line busy streets. Kiosks with posters. Some signs in Cyrillic.

  13. Romani people in Yugoslavia

    English intertitles. "Metrotone hits the Romany Trail: A Visit to a Camp of Cheerful Gypsies in the Balkan Mountains" Roma children and adults dancing and playing instruments (and seated, watching) outside tents. Some good MCU, mostly MS. Dust, bright sun, haze/smoke? Smiles everywhere. Great CUs of Roma boys singing. Kids swarm around visitor who is giving out "coppers." Romani woman reads fortune of visitor from cards.

  14. King Lear in Yiddish; Habima Players

    There are burn-in time codes on the intermediate Betacam SP (Protection) video. There is no way to order a clean copy. Prominent actor, Solomon Mikhoels, of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, in his dressing room, applying makeup. Starkly lit closeup of Mikhoels as King Lear. Another prominent Jewish theater group in the Soviet Union, the Habima Players, perform an ancient Hebrew dance.

  15. Yalta Conference

    Part 2: Preparations are made for the Yalta Conference in Russia. Supplies arrive and communications lines are strung. Delegates arrive and are shown in conferences. Personages: Anthony Eden, Secretary of State Stettinus, Ambassador Harriman, Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. According to UN contents sheet: "The three parties reach a firm accord on military and political points. Coordinated plans are made for great new blows against Germany from all directions. Reaffirming the resolve of the United Nations to cooperate fully after the war, Roosevelt, Churchill, and ...

  16. Habima players

    Habima players perform.

  17. Fountain pen

    Originally used by "Mikolaj" Berezowski, circa 1945, Poland. Presented to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum delegation, Spring 1992, Warsaw, Poland.

  18. May 1934 Jubilee

    "1 May 1934, Jubilee" Members of the Krupp family attend a Nazi rally in Berlin.

  19. Illegal Immigrants

    British soldiers guarding groups of refugees. Refugees smile and wave at camera. Refugees dancing. Refugees mill about with bundles. Tired refugee on ground. Group of young refugees sitting, singing. Guard brings refugee on beach. Refugee ship (SS Susanna) anchored on beach. British soldiers on beach. More shots of ship. Life boat with refugees' goods.

  20. Bulgaria adheres to Axis Pact

    Crowds celebrate Bulgaria's adherence to Tripartite Pact. 5:06:35 Lots of flags. MS, buglers marching toward camera with banners and church in BG on Sofia street. CU, Eagle and swastika. 5:06:49 MLS, Man in uniform other people on frame edge. LS, Man on balcony, tops of banners lower frame. 5:06:57 LS, crowd, many in military regalia looking up at balcony. MS, unidentified Bulgarian leader saluting from balcony. More marching (may be Bulgarian youth brigade of some kind) then LS of large crowd gathered in front of building. 5:07:19 to 5:08:16 Tank crews demonstrating ruggedness and power of...