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  1. Parade of soldiers in Nuremberg, Germany

    LS, Parade of US soldiers in Nuremberg, Germany. Military air review.

  2. Liberator clips

    Video clips compiled for screening at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance activities in April 2010 commemorating the role of liberators. The videos were displayed in the classrooms on the concourse level of the Museum during the Collections Open House activities. Contents include: US infantry; German civilians (April 1945) in color (USHMM Tape HMM106, 01:23:42 to 01:33:34) Nordhausen; Eisenhower at Ohrdruf (April 1945) in b/w (USHMM Tape HMM107, 01:22:48 to 01:31:17) Ebensee liberation (Summer 1945) in color (USHMM Film ID 513, 11:23:11to 11:27:11)

  3. Kazimierz, Jewish district

    Intertitle reads: "At the foot of 'Wawel' Kazimierz, 15th century Jewish district." Kazimierz of Krakow. Buildings and Jewish pedestrians.

  4. Family; Open-air exhibition; Amusement park

    The amateur films shot by German infantryman Corporal Eugen Biedenbach of 419 Infantry Regiment record his training and active service in the German campaigns against Yugoslavia and on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The films also containg pre- and post-war scenes of Biedenbach family life in Stuttgart (where the family of Eugen's wife owned a clothes store) as well as recreational activities. Reel 2: "First cine film (1935)" Family scenes include Erna Biedenbach walking in town (possibly Stuttgart) and entering shop (Biedenbach family shop?). Grandparents with todder Hans-Jorg B...

  5. Dramatic television episode re: bookburning

    Episode 59 (27th episode of Season 2). First aired March 30, 1963. Summary: Artistic expression and pornography are the issues in this drama. The Prestons defend an author charged with selling an "obscene and immoral" book. Premise: Father (E.G. Marshall) and son (Robert Reed) are a lawyer team that sometimes deal with more controversial issues than were considered appropriate for television viewing in the 1960s.

  7. Oral testimony of William C. Goins, Jr.

  8. Private L. Gurewicz co-educational seventh grade school with the Yiddish as the language of instruction in Vilnius Prywatna 7 klasowa koedukacyjna szkoła powszechna im. L. Gurwicza z żydowskim językiem nauczania w Wilnie (Fond 607)

    The collection contains activity reports prepared by teachers' commission for organizing extracurricular activities, teachers’ lesson plans, and pedagogical diaries and other school related documentation. Teacher’s diaries arranged alphabetically according to surname.

  10. Prewar Riga; Boat

    “Kodak Safety Film” logo. A group of men and women standing outside a building with a sign says “Rigas Pilsetas Juanatines Un Aroda Piemerotibas Petisanas Institus” [Riga City Youth and Occupational Fitness Research Institute]. The women are wearing dresses and the men are in suits. On a boat named “Konug Oscar”. Woman and a teenage boy and other family members are on the boat smiling and pulling the bell. The camera pans to several large buildings. Bridge. Cars and horse-drawn carriages near the boat. Family waves from the boat. Filming from the boat, a woman stands with the Captain, coupl...

  11. Treblinke

    Arnold Friedman performs "Treblinke" ["Treblinke dort"], the song probably created in the Warsaw ghetto, in the original Yiddish and in his own English translation. Piano accompaniment by Laura Paglin.

  12. Private coeducational gymnasium and lyceum in Vilnius Prywatne Koedukacyjne Gimnazjum i Liceum "Oświata" w Wilnie (Fond 36)

    The collection contains administrative documents, minutes of the meetings of the pedagogical council, records of the examination commission, teacher’s reports correspondence related to admission of students, personal files of students, list of admitted students, registration books of graduation certificates, student’s conduct and progress report cards, statistical information about students and other documentation.

  13. Kriegsberichterstattung: Vorwaarts - Grüsse

    Decelith Folie D. 5 discs. War report by Heineden? Interview with soldiers on the Eastern front. Includes different voices in Dutch (Dutch volunteers fighting with the Germans?), battle noise, march music, soldiers including a German, and sending greetings to comrades.

  14. Kriegsberichterstattung: Von den Stellungen an der Narwa. Nach der Schlacht (version 2)

    Decelith Folie D. War report by Krautschdlyn, SS Standarte Kurt Eggers, 3. Kriegsberichter-Kompagnie. "From the positions at the Narwa After the battle." Dramatic description of the battlefield during the Battle of Narva. Becker describes a young Estonian soldier, looking across the river at the Soviet positions, and how this battle for him is all about Heimatboden [homeland]. Detailed description of engagement between the Soviets and the Germans that ends with the death of the Estonian soldier.

  15. Roman Vishniac recordings

    Audio recordings of Roman Vishniac speeches, 1960s-1970s. 1. Lecture "Stetl [sic] for Children" recorded in Albany NY 18 Feb 1972 (cassette tape) 2. Recollections of Vishniac's meeting in 1930s Vienna with psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich and Reich's wife, recorded in 29 June 1975 (two sides, cassette tape). 3. Schaker's [...] Voice done by Avorio[...] (reel) 4. Bronx high school May 4, 1965 Enigma of Evolution (reel)

  16. Smithsonian Folklife Archive broadcast recordings

    Holocaust audio collection containing radio broadcast recordings in English and Yiddish.

  17. Two songs from the Anders' Army Performing Ensemble

    Songs from the repertoire of the 2 Korpus Polski (Anders' Army) Performing Ensemble. Privately recorded in Rome, Italy, 1945. Side A: Czekam (piosenka dla lotnika) [I am waiting (song for an aviator)] Music: Henryk Wars Words: Ref-Ren (Feliks Konarski) Vocalists: Renata Bogdańska; Filip Ende. Performing ensemble of the 2 Korpus Polski: Wydział Dobrobytu Żołnierza (Polish 2nd Corps, Soldier Welfare Department) Music Director: Henryk Wars Plyta Polska - La voce del padrone (BA-5928 N. 205). Side B: Gdzie Najlepiej (piosenka lwówska) [Where was it best (song about Lwów)] Music: Henryk Wars Wor...

  18. Ladino recordings by Ana and Lazare Angel

    Ladino songs recorded in Paris at Musée de la Parole shortly after the war by survivors Ana (Sucic) Angel (b 1915, Busovača) and her husband Lazare Angel (b 1922, Kavala) by the Romanian folklorist Léon Algazi. Consists of 10 Tracks, including: Track 1) Ya basta kruela d’esta negra fama (That’s Enough, Cruel One) [cuts off] Track 2) Lavaba la blanka niña (The Pure Maiden Washes); also known as La vuelta del marido (The Husband Returns) Track 3) El incendio de Saloniki (The Fire of Saloniki) Track 4) Partos trokados (The Mixed-up Newborns) Track 5) La rosa inflorece (The Rose Blooms) Track 6...

  19. Nehama Lifshitsaite Recital

    Side A: ту 35 хп 558-63 д-5605: 1) Pesni Materi [Babi Yar] (Yampolski/Driz); 2) Pesni Pesnaya (Shalom Aleichem); 3) Za Mir I Druzhbu. M. Feigin, piano. Lyric sheet (Yiddish) for Babi Yar included inside album sleeve. Side B: ту 35 хп 558-63 д-5606: 1) Kolibelnaya [Cradle Song] (Gebirtig); 2) Bolnoy Portnoy [Sick Tailor] (Pulver/Ansky); 3) Napev [Chant] (folksong). M. Feigin, piano.

  20. Kriegsberichterstattung: Judenherrschaft in Sovj. Russland

    War coverage in French addressing the Jew in the Soviet Union to illustrate that the war is about the Jews or was fomented by Jews. Bertrand Nicole, the war reporter/correspondent, speaking in French with a German accent, talks to a Russian woman who escaped the Soviet Union with her daughter with just the clothes on their backs, finding refuge in a camp run by the Waffen-SS. The Russian woman barely speaks any French (the interviewer finishes her sentences). The conversation is meant to demonstrate that the Jews are responsible for all of the ills that befall Russian citizens. For example,...