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  1. Oral history interview with William Serog

  2. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note

    Scrip, valued at 1 krone, 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. Defendants plead not guilty; Jackson opens the Nuremberg IMT

    War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 20, 1945. MSs, Tribunal enters courtroom. MLS, German attorney makes statement to court and Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence is heard advising the defendants that they may consult with their lawyers. Justice Lawrence stresses that provisions according to Art. 24 will be followed by the court. Apparently, this refers to the fact that defendants, in their final statement, could only plead "guilty" or "not guilty," but otherwise would not be allowed to make any statements. The defense had complained that the defendants had only been informed about ...

  4. Glass plate negative of Dachau at liberation

    Detailed image of pile of corpses and debris; negative in an Agfa film box with a label in French.

  5. Foreign Press Conference; power of propaganda

    "April 1933, The Foreign Press Conference." Goebbels and Hitler speak. LS, hall where conference is held. MCU, Hitler. MCU of Goebbels behind a podium, indoors speaking about the Nazis coming to power as a revolution, to save Germany from economic troubles. He sounds calm, reading a speech from notes. Hitler at same podium, speaking seriously, in measured tones - re Nazi party coming to power. MLS crowd in FG, murals on wall behind. CU of Hitler.

  6. Card

  7. Wooden cigarette case made in Buchenwald

    Wooden cigarette box made by inmate in Buchenwald Created by unknown prisoner, circa 1940-1945, Buchenwald concentration camp. Given to Josef Seitz from the unknown prisoner. This object was made by an inmate at Buchenwald and given to Josef Seitz who was imprisoned as a Jehovah's Witness.

  8. Mug used by a young Jewish man in the Riga ghetto and in hiding

    Mug used by Issak Drizin in the Riga Ghetto in Latvia and in hiding. In July 1941, Germany declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded Latvia which had been annexed by the Soviets in 1940. A vicious pogrom was unleashed upon the Jews of Riga by German killing squads joined by roving gangs of Latvian fascists. In October, Isaak and the other Jews were forced into a ghetto. In fall 1943, the Germans decided to destroy the ghetto. Isaak was living in a cellar with his family. He heard about a man who helped people hide and managed to get his address. He wrote the man asking him to meet. On Se...

  9. Crematorium tag

    Consists of one cylindrical clay disc of the type which were attached to deceased prisoners' bodies during cremation to easily identify the ashes. Though the original origins of this disc, numbered 9205, are unknown, such discs were used at Theresienstadt, Sachsenhausen, Majdanek, and similar discs were also discovered at Belzec.

  10. Concentration camp jacket with a prisoner ID patch worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

    Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Benjamin Milich, age 30, in Auschwitz, Kaufering, and Dachau concentration camps from August 1944 to May 1945. The jacket has a hidden pocket and a patch with his Dachau prisoner ID number, 96699. Benjamin, his mother Rajzla, and his siblings Abram, Leib, and Anita lived in Łódź. In spring 1940, they were forced into the ghetto. In July 1942, Abram was sent to Auschwitz. In August 1944, Benjamin, Leib, and Anita were sent to Auschwitz. In late August, Benjamin and Leib were transferred to Kaufering labor camp in Germany. After nine months, they were...

  11. Torah

  12. Glass plate negative of Dachau at liberation

    Image of a pile of corpses; negative in an Agfa film box with a label in French

  13. Julia Pirotte collection

    The collection consists of eyewitness testimonies to Nazi atrocities garnered from memoirs of Polish farmers. The memoirs concern their experiences during the Nazi occupation, with particular emphasis on the fate of Jews in their neighborhoods. Julia Pirotte collected the testimonies of eyewitnesses to Nazi atrocities during a contest for best memoirs among readers of "Chtopska Droga" (Peasant Path), a publication for Polish farmers, in 1958. The testimonies by Polish farmers concern events from 1939 to 1945. Pirotte discovered several testimonies concerning the fate of Jews during that era...

  14. Reading of indictments at Nuremberg Trial

    Reading of indictment at Nuremberg Trial. Courtroom at rest (pre-trial). Court rises as Tribunal enters. Dock showing Goering, Hess, Ribbentrop, etc. 01:01:58 Hess stares stonily (at camera). Hess looks around room, smirks and smiles as MP picks up Hess' earphones for him to hear. MS, MLS, defendants, judges, courtroom audience listening as Justice Lawrence (voiceover) speaks about giving defendants access to documents that will be used as evidence during the trial. (poor image quality-scratches on film, underexposed footage) 01:02:39 Lawrence continues stating, "Indictment shall now be rea...

  15. Persecution of Roma in Frankfurt am Main

    Consists of a file entitled "Luftschutz 350" from the Stadtarchiv Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Contains information about German policies for Roma and plans for a Roma camp in Frankfurt am Main. Also includes records concerning locations of storage facilities in relation to the camp in the city and architectural drawings for camp structures.

  16. Norbert J. Yasharoff collection

    The Norbert J. Yasharoff collection consists of photographs of the Yasharoff family of Sofia, Bulgaria before and during World War II; a letter written by Norbert Yasharoff to his cousin Narcisse Barouch, dated June 26, 1943; speeches relating to the Yasharoff family’s Holocaust experiences in Bulgaria; and Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel, a Holocaust memoir written by Norbert J. Yasharoff. Many of the people in the photographs are mentioned in the memoir. The letter written by Norbert Yasharoff is addressed to his cousin Narcisse Barouch who was stationed in a northern Bulgaria...

  17. Book

  18. The Striker, Number 34, August 1936, 14th year 1936 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    [Edited by Julius Streicher. The cover story concerns the proceedings against Philipp Schmulewitz of Magdeburg on conspiracy charges.]

  19. Timkovichi interview and newspaper article

    Consists of a transcript of an interview with Nathan and Sara Bratkovski, Tamara and Semion Rozin, and Sima Bratkowski of Timkovichi, Belarus, regarding their Holocaust experiences in the Timkovichi ghetto. The interviews were conducted by Jeannie Straussman. Also contains a newspaper article from the November 1, 1990 "Jewish Observer" regarding Straussman's trip to Belarus.

  20. Ted Deutsch postcard

    The postcard was written by an officially-appointed letter writer, as dictated by Ted Deutsch and his brother when they were interned in Birkenau concentration camp. The postcard was addressed to their grandfather in Budapest, Hungary. The coded message let him know that his grandsons were alive, but that they had been separated from their parents. The messag reads, "Dear Grandfather, We are healthy and we will be working. Please, we would like to have the address of Hedi and Armin to write. Many kisses."