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  1. Minnie Friedman Piha collection

    Two records in paper sleeves including lyrics of songs in Yiddish and English received by Minnie Piha while Secetary to the Advisor of Jewish Affairs in Germany; dated 1948. (1) White label with red trim,"A personal message from a service man" and Star of David with "JWB" printed at top in dark blue ink. Side A: Handwritten in blue ink on label "I - Eingekommen Kein/Berlin dedicated to Minnie Freidman" Side B: Handwritten on label "II." (2) Harold Graham and the Big Band: "Yesterdays" by Kern-Harback and "Twistin' Jazz" by Hal Graham

  2. XI Olympiad

    First day of Olympics - newsreel outtakes. Includes shots of Nazi and Olympic flags on Brandenburg Gate, motorcade through - torch runners through. Shot of stadium bedecked with huge swastikas, some Olympic flags.

  3. Herman Scheveschewsky letter

    Handwritten letter, in German, dated February 19, 1980, from Mr. and Mrs. Herman Scheveschewsky to Theresa and Harry Golluber, thanking Mr. Golluber for saving Mr. Scheveschewsky's during the war. According to Mrs. Golluber, who gave the letter to the donor, Barbara Rubin Byer, Herman Scheveschewsky was a member of the underground on the run from the Nazis when he was given shelter by the Gollubers; after the war, he was able to locate them and repay the money he had borrowed from them.

  4. German photograph album

    Consists of a German photo album acquired by US serviceman John Racik Jr. (b. 1925) while stationed in the region around Linz am Rhein, Germany. Included in the album are scenes of uniformed German troops at leisure and in the field. Other scenes depict family life, and show party figures such as Adolf Hitler.

  5. Gargždų m. senųjų žydų kapinių fragmentas

  6. Thimme.- Familie

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1058
    • German
    • Nachlässe 192 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 0,3 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Historiker, Bibliotheksdirektor Bestandsbeschreibung Historisch-wissenschaftliche Korrespondenzen und Materialien vor allem für Biographen über Miquel und Bethmann Hollweg, zu Abhandlungen über die innere Entwicklung des Kaiserreiches, zu dessen auswärtiger Politik, u.a. zur Edition "Die Große Politik der Europäischen Kabinette 1871-1914" und zur Geschichte des 1. Weltkrieges. (Stand: 1977) Zitierweise BArch N 1058/...

  7. Heydenreich, Leopold (Major)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Personenbezogene Angaben zu Major Leopold Heydenreich konnten nicht ermittelt werden. Bestandsbeschreibung Zahlreiche topographische- und Stellungskarten von Frankreich, Flandern und der Ostfront auf Ösel und Moon. Ausserdem Befehle, Berichte und Kriegsgliederungen einzelner Regimenter und Armeen. Zitierweise BArch N 476/...

  8. Stadt Simmern

    Behörden und Beamte; Bauwesen; Besatzungssachen; Bürgerrecht; Domänen; Ein- und Auswanderung; Finanzwesen (Haushaltspläne, Rechnungen, Schulden, Hypotheken, Steuern, Zölle, Gebühren); Gerichtssachen; Gesundheitswesen; Gewerbe, Industrie, Handel, Handwerk; Grenzsachen, Vermessung; Güter (Nutzungen, Grenzen, Verkäufe, Vermessung); Hospitäler (Stiftungen); Kirchen-, Religions- und Kultussachen; Juden; Landwirtschaft; Lehen; Militär; Polizei (Buchhandel und Presse, Feuerpolizei, Gefängnisse, öffentliche Feste, Sicherheit, Paß- und Meldewesen, Verkehrspolizei); Schulen; Statistik; Waldungen (For...

  9. Zakład Karny w Przemyślu

    • akta osobowe więźniów - akta administracyjne (księgi rozkazów dziennych, plany pracy)

  10. Prokuratura Powiatowa w Kraśniku

    • akta prokuratorskie dotyczące zbrodni niemieckich - akta prokuratorskie dotyczące osób oskarżonych o współpracę z okupantem niemieckim

  11. Sąd Wojewódzki w Zielonej Górze - Wydział Zamiejscowy w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim

    • akta sądowe dotyczące osób oskarżonych o współpracę z okupantem niemieckim

  12. Претура Фрунзівського району, с. Фрунзівка Фрунзівського р-ну Одеської області.

    Накази, постанови і циркуляри губернаторства, дирекції агрикультури, префектури. Розпорядження Претури. Відомості про хід польових робіт; акти загибелі худоби та посівів Річні фінансові звіти примарій. Акти списування продуктів і худоби, конфіскованих окупантами. Статистичні відомості про стан сільського господарства на 1941-1944. Списки членів трудобщин. Відомості на видачу заробітної платні робітникам та службовцям підприємств та установ, розплідників

  13. Book

    Martin Eden, a novel by Jack London (#N-28) published for the Armed Services by a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime. It is intended for exclusive distribution to members of the American Armed Forces and is not to be resold or made available to civilians

  14. Michael and Hilde Prooth collection

    Consists of post-war correspondence and forms related to the restitution claims of Michael and Hilde Prooth, including information regarding Michael Prooth's experiences in the Wulzburg concentration camp and Hilde Prooth's experiences in the Theresienstadt ghetto.

  15. Arie Eshkoli collection

    Consists of the manuscript, entitled "In Memory of Arie Eshkoli: The War Stories," by Daphne Kaufman, which is based on taped interviews with Mr. Eshkoli, her grandfather. Arie Eshkoli, born Leon Grappa, originally of Ostrów Mazowiecki, Poland, worked for the underground before being arrested in 1939 and shipped to a Russian labor camp. He was released in late 1940 and fought with the Polish Red Army. He participated in the liberation of the Majdanek concentration camp and worked for the post-war Zionist movement before immigrating to Israel in 1947. Also includes audiotapes of the origina...

  16. Pin

    Pin: “Home Mission Board / Keep home fires burning” with image of fireplace; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  17. Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

    CU refugee ship with 900 well-dressed men and women on board from Germany waving. On open trucks (after having landed) into city. Receiving rations, seated at picnic tables outdoors. Narrator: "Destitute...having gone penniless into exile."

  18. Deutsches Siedlerund badge with clasped hands across a Reichsadler

    Deutsches Siedlerbund (German Settlement) house emblem to show support for the expansive Nazi governement building program for German workers in the 1930s.

  19. Rudolf Weiss collection

    Consists of pre-war and wartime documents regarding Rudolf Weiss's life as a refugee. Includes his German passport, 1941; letters and postcards from family and friends; documentation regarding emigration to Switzerland and to Honduras; documentation regarding his pre-war life in Milan, Italy.

  20. Noemi Sheinbein photographs

    Contains three photographs. Two photographs depict Maurycy Moniek Kokotek (donor's older brother) in the Bedzin ghetto; dated 1942 and 1943; Maurycy Kokotek was killed by Germans on August 8, 1943 in Bedzin. The third photograph is a group portrait of children and teachers at Jewish boys' School in Bedzin before the war.