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  1. Adolf Hitler-Strasse street sign

    Adolf Hiltler-Strasse sign removed and sent by Morris Sol Legum to his family, circa 1939-1945, Karlsruhe, Germany.

  2. Allied invasion and conquest of W. Europe; Belsen at liberation

    Miscellaneous excerpts: 05:09:18 Parts of Reel 1, with an introduction, scenes of Nazis in power, and a map. German officers inspecting coastal defenses in France. 05:11:22 Parts of Reel 9, showing thousands of Nazis as they surrender. US prisoners are liberated. Belsen prison camp is occupied, shows scenes of Nazi atrocities, corpses, etc. Voiceover of British soldier: "We'd taken the Belsen Concentration Camp. Uh...I'm not squeamish. I've seen amputations, operations, deaths, long before I went into the Army in 1941. I was a warden. I lost count of all the arms and legs I pulled out of th...

  3. Machtinger family collection

    The Machtinger family collection includes photographs of Sophie Machtinger, Paul Machtinger, and their daughter Ruth Machtinger in the Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) in 1946, as well as Sophie Machtinger's memoir "Recollections from my life's experiences" written in Polish in 1955 and translated into English in 1988.

  4. The Eternal Jew Der ewige Jude [Book]

    Anti-semitic propaganda book created as promotional material for a Nazi sponsored exhibition of the Der Ewige Jude [The Eternal Jew)," which opened in Germany in November 1937. According to an exhibit promotional postcard, canceled December 18, 1937, the installation was considered by the Nazi party to be a "great political exhibition" and was on display daily in the Munich German Museum.

  5. Wolfes and Herzfeld family papers

    The Wolfes and Herzfeld family papers include a family history and family tree for the Wolfes family, and a suicide letter written by Martha Wolfes Herzfeld in a concentration camp near Aachen in June 1942. The family history consists of a genealogical booklet and table for the Wolfes family from Mehle and Hannover Germany. The book was prepared and researched by Dr. Willi Schragenheim, and it charts nine generations of the family from circa 1650 to 1936. It is accompanied by introductory letter from Hans Wolfe. Martha Herzfeld, sister of Hans Wolfe, wrote the suicide letter in a concentrat...

  6. Hitler addresses Reichstag; occupation of Czechoslovakia

    "1939" "Hitler Predicts Annihilation of the Jewish Race in Europe if War Occurs, 30 January 1939." Hitler speaking at Reichstag. 00:02:07 "President Hacha of Czechoslovakia arrives in Berlin as Guest of Hitler, 14 March 1939." Hacha walking in street lined with SS officers. CU, flag. Hacha gets into automobile. 00:02:34 "Occupation of Remainder of Czechoslovakia, 15 March 1939." Various newspaper headlines. Nazi soldiers on village road, on motorcycles and bicycles in winter. Officers conversing. Arriving in Prague with military vehicles, snowing, marching. Hitler riding in automobile, exit...

  7. Hans Steinitz papers

    The Hans Steinitz papers include a diary written by Hans Steinitz from 1940 to 1942 during his time in the Gurs and Les Milles concentration camps in France. He typed the diary on a small typewriter that he smuggled into the camps and made entries while working in the administration offices of the camps. This collection also includes a Reisepass (German passport) issued to Lore Oppenheimer, Hans' wife.

  8. Refugees; Einstein; Belsen liberation

    Excerpt from "Genocide" documentary film. Still photos and archival footage fade into one another. Immigration. Refugees. Einstein on boat. 06:21 Chamberlain. Boycott. Newspaper headlines. Kristallnacht (the audio recording of C. Brook Peters reporting the events of Kristallnacht was recreated for the film - it is NOT an original radio broadcast) Destruction of synagogues. Newspaper headlines. Propaganda posters. 06:22:55 Einsatzgruppen murder (long, graphic). Military trucks, peasants. Mass graves at Belsen, bulldozers. German civilians forced to confront atrocities. ***Other parts of the ...

  9. Postwar retrospective: Germany, war in Europe

    US propaganda/documentary film about World War II. A post-war U.S. narrative of intentions in Germany. Berlin's war ruins, rubble, "Unter den Linden" street sign laying on ground. Allied victory celebrations in Paris and London. Lots of waving, happy crowds, parade. Scenes of soldiers marching. Flashbacks to war scenes show Allied planes bombing enemy cities, parachutists, plane crashes, amphibious landings. 04:46:11, cut to Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, and others visit a concentration camp and see German atrocities. Former prisoner (survivor) with scarf describes scenes at camp. Libe...

  10. Two dish towels with blue swastika patterned trim

  11. Oral history interview with Joyce Wagner

  12. Julius Kühl collection

    The Julius Kühl collection consists of photocopies of documents relating to the life and career of Dr. Julius Kühl, a diplomat employed at the Polish embassy in Bern during the War and, his assistance to hundreds of Jews fleeing Nazi tyranny. Records include general correspondence, telegrams, articles and clippings, reports and pamphlets, miscellaneous reports, Professor Penkower’s interview with Dr. Reuben Hecht, a Treblinka report, and Dr. Kühl’s autobiographical report. General correspondence relates principally to Julius Kühl's wartime service at the Polish embassy in Bern, and his effo...

  13. Donald R. Wheeler photographs

    The collection contains gelatin-silver photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. The photographs include scenes of camp buildings, instruments of torture, lamp shades made by Ilse Koch, newly freed prisoners of the concentration camps, bodies of camp victims, human remains, Allied soldiers within the camps, crematoriums, and prisoners displaying their tattooed numbers. The photographs were created by members of the United States Air Force 30th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron in 1945.

  14. Meyer and Rachel Spitzman collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Helena Spitzman, whom was hidden by a Polish family in Sosnowiec, Poland during the Holocaust, and her brothers Itzchak and Leib Spitzman, both of whom perished at Auschwitz.

  15. Neuman family papers

    The Neuman family papers consist of photographs of Erika and Beatrice Neuman, their family, and classmates; a list of victims from Nyzhni Stanivtsi, Ukraine (Stanestie, Romania); letters from Ephraim Neuman to Max Neuman about a massacre in Nyzhni Stanivtsi, Ukraine and about the Chernivt︠s︡i ghetto; Chernivt︠s︡i ghetto identification cards for Beatrice and Erika Neuman; and clippings about Erika's reunion with her mother in America in 1960.

  16. Erwin Teich identification card

    The "Ausweis" was issued to Erwin Teich as a Polish civilian internee at Buchenwald concentration camp.

  17. Gregg G. Kantak photographs

    The collection consists of 13 prints from original negatives taken after the liberation of Dachau concentration camp by the United States Army.

  18. Report card

    The report card was issued for John Goldmeier by the Board of Education in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, for the period 1933 to 1938.

  19. Michael Colgan, Sr. papers

    The papers consist largely of 11 photographs depicting a concentration camp (probably Buchenwald) at the time of liberation and various anonymous members of the German military. There is also an obituary for Franz Suchy who died on December 21, 1942, in the Battle of Ploskaja, as well as an employment identification card from the German railroad for Heinrich Suchy.

  20. Wolf Percik family photograph

    The photograph depicts the family of Wolf Percik. People in photograph (from viewer's left to right): (Standing) Rosalie Percik Lubawski, Zygmunt Percik, Dora Percik, Ludwik Lew Percik, Maximilian Percik, Henry Percik; (Seated) Stanislaw Lubawski, Irena Percik Rosenkrantz, Wolf Percik, Felicia Percik (donor's mother). Of the people pictured, only Irena Percik Rosenkrantz and Stanislaw Lubawski survived the Holocaust.