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  1. Jewish Refugees in Czechoslovakia

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 728, Part 2. Release date, 12/14/1938. November 26-30, 1938. Jewish refugees in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. LS of field with round tents. CU of baby, rumpled man, woman by tub. Also, shots of men and women working at chores: sawing wood (cutting down tree), at water well, cooking. Refugee getting haircut and shave. Group near outdoor stove with little pots of water. Note: According to dope sheet, these are 360 Jews banished by Hungarian government and denied admittance by Czech authorities. They are in "no man's land" by the border. Newsreel footage also inc...

  2. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

    Scrip, valued at 5 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.

  3. Market; shops

    Reel 5. Intertitle: "Market Days - Monday and Friday." Crowds mill about town square (fuzzy) on market day. 02:07:03 One of the visiting Americans (Louis or Harry Sommer) buys a chicken from a vendor. Carts, cows, automobiles at the marketplace on the main square (across from the Klein family's shop). People walk towards camera. Buying and selling material. Shops in BG. Carts pass, followed by women. 02:07:50 Brief scene of Sommer and Klein family members walking towards the camera in alley. Crowds in town square for market days, walking toward and past camera. "Jakob Grossman", a leather g...

  4. German soldiers in USSR

    German scouts surround and investigate a farm which is found to be abandoned. Riflemen aim at the house while others investigate. Snow on the ground.

  5. Boycott of Jewish businesses in Berlin

    Berlin, boycott footage, SA putting signs in Jewish stores, carrying placards.

  6. Anti-Hitler demonstrations

    LSs, AVs, large group of men and women walking down a main thoroughfare in Chicago. MLSs as the men and women walk towards/past the camera, they are talking amongst themselves and some glance at the camera as they pass out of the frame. They are dressed warmly in fur coats and collars, hats, etc. marching to protest Hitler. A variety of banners are being carried, with slogans saying, "Down with Hitler-Avoid War", "Hitler Revives German Militarism", "Hitler's Henchman Goebbels Must not Greet the Centruy of Progress", "Join in the Jewish Protest Demonstration against Hitlerism, Today at 3:00 ...

  7. Kalevi-Liiva concentration camp, Estonia

    Footage and photographic stills of Kalevi-Liiva concentration/extermination camp in Estonia, including shots of a crematorium, barbed wire, Arbeit Macht Frei sign, victims (survivors?). Documents with names Ralf Gerriets and Jan Viik. City scenes. Trial footage, witnesses testify, photographic stills of atrocities presented as evidence, including Einsatzgruppen? acts, pits with corpses, decapitated heads. Memorial service at camp.

  8. Autobahn; tobacco picking

    Shots of Autobahn with scarce traffic, including trucks. Bridge over roadway in rural area. Worker with scythe cropping grass in island of road. CU hands picking tobacco leaves from stalk. WS of rest area on Autobahn, automobile approaches roadway.

  9. Hitler Youth Flying Club

    EXT, LS, shirtless teenage boys with glider in open field in Trebbin, near Berlin. VS, MSs, MCUs, boys pushing glider into position, pulling glider along for "lift off," glider takes flight. Name on glider "Richthofen 5." A swastika is also visible on the tail of the glider.

  10. German troops leave Belsen

    Group MS of German officers with Colonel. In foreground, frame right, is Lt. Col. Taylor. MS as members of Colonel's staff board lorry - older men, long coats, all lifted up/climbing onto back of truck. Lots of soldiers with machine guns, backpacks as they await transport. Men climb into lorries, watched by British and German officials in foreground. Column marches past, men seem cheerful. MS of one man, a medical orderly, in back of lorry as he flirts with a local girl who has come to see him off. Convoy ready to go. View from truck. CU, soldiers' faces. Women alongside road waving. Office...

  11. Election propaganda

    Election propaganda for the November 12, 1933 plebiscite on Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations. Nazi banners cover buildings, swastikas, banners read: "Wir wollen nichts anderes als Frieden und Ruhe, aber auch nichts anderes als unser Recht"; "Wir wollen kein Volkminderen Rechtes"; "Fuer Frieden und Ehre." CU of Nazi lapel button "12. Ja 11" (The Ja stands for Yes, and the 11 for November - Vote Yes November 12, 1933). .

  12. Yellow cloth Star of David badge with the letter J. to identify a Belgian Jew

    Issued to Kitty Goldberg, Brussels, Belgium.

  13. Jewish Immigrants at Haifa

    Sign on prow "Haganah Ship Exodus 1947." Children watch from section of bombed out ship. Beleaguered women and children sit on ground. Injured carried away on stretchers.

  14. Anniversary of founding of Hitler Youth

    Baldur von Schirach speaks at ceremony celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Hitler Youth in 1927. "Learn to subordinate your will to the will of the Fuehrer"; "Adolf Hitler will make the working German youth the gateway to the future." Intercut with various shots of HJ and BDM activities, parades, flags, various ages (some work corps?). CU of 5-6 year olds, teenagers, girls and boys. Several shots of Marienburg castle; singing. Schirach: "Adolf Hitler has opened the gate of the future for German youth."

  15. Polish Refugees Leave for Palestine

    350 Polish Refugees Leave Teheran for Palestine, (no date, originally reviewed March 27, 1944) INTs, Teheran railroad station. Polish refugees on platform bustle about as some bid farewell to departing friends. Persian/Arabic inscriptions. Pan, wall of newsstand/booth. Dolly shot, relatives and friends bid one another farewell from train windows; along railcars, more crowded, various men in uniform. Belongings on platform. Men, women, and children mill about, looking anxious and excited, some dressed well, some with hats (mix of Middle Eastern and Baltic looks). CU, native porter salutes in...

  16. Tourist views of Carlsbad, Vienna, and Budapest

    Reel 5. Children dancing in a circle in Humenne (similar to the beginning of RG-60.0833). 00:00:10 "Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia - The Famous Health Resort" Pan of city buildings in Karlovy Vary in Bohemia. Street scenes with pedestrians. More tourist views of the beautiful city. 00:01:09 "Vienna - Parliament Building and the Ring Strasse" Street scenes with shops, traffic, civilians, and major sites. 00:02:18 "Budapest - The Most Beautiful City in the World" Tourist shots of sights in Budapest. Driver stands beside car loaded with suitcases. More sightseeing in the city. CU, men with headphone...

  17. Goebbels at Handel concert

    Goebbels speaks at a commemorative concert for Bach, Handel and Schutz, re: "...Forms change, but the soul remains. The meaning of German [Culture] remains so long as the German people live. To keep their Immortality is the the duty of each generation..." Goebbels also speaks of Gleichschaltung, the spirit of German creativity, and a mix of culture and politics. MS of Goebbels speaking with CUs of audience, performers, theater (stage draped by swastikas). Several views of orchestra and chorus performing Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus."

  18. Kroll Gardens

    Kroll Gardens in Berlin.

  19. Oral history interview with Florence Post

  20. Oral history interview with Isser Harel