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  1. Kriegsberichterstattung: Gespraech mit Oberst Papp

    Decelith Folie D. War report by Berthold. "A conversation with Colonel Papp."

  2. Terezin recital

    "Terezin Recital" EP. Supraphon. In German and Czech. Side A: C2306. Ilse Weber (comp); Ich Wandere durch Theresienstadt; Wiegenlied. Side B: C2307. Pavel Hass (sic), Song to Old Chinese Text; Gideon Klein, Sonata for Piano Solo; Joseph Chaloupka, Bread.

  3. Eddie Cantor radio broadcasts

    Excerpts from "The Robinson Newscast" and "Bedtime Story" broadcast by Eddie Cantor on his radio show "It's Time To Smile" (the show was sponsored by a toothpaste manufacturer) broadcast on March 31, 1943. Apart from Cantor, the voices heard belong to Harry Von Zell (track 1) and Edward G. Robinson (track 2). This full broadcast was "dedicated" to Hitler (for details of the full broadcast, refer to www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/variety/eddie-cantor-its-time-to-smile/guest-edward-g-robinson-1943-03-31). Robinson played prominent role in the touring pageant "We Will Never Die," also in 1943 (...

  4. The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto

    "The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto" Episode 756 of radio program "The Eternal Light." Originally broadcast on December 12, 1943 and rebroadcast on April 26, 1959. Script by Morton Wishengrad. Production details: C08680. Link to the script: https://archive.org/details/BattleOfTheWarsawGhetto.

  5. Zlatke fun Rogatke | Der rebe mit di talmidim

    Yiddish performance of "Zlatke fun Rogatke" (A Side) and "Der rebe mit di talmidim" (B Side). Performers: Elvira Boczcovska and Shimon Nussbaum, vocals. Recorded in Paris, circa 1947; reissued in Argentina early 1950s.

  6. Kriegsberichterstattung: Kriegsberichterzug Panzerdivision Totenkopf

    Decelith Folie D. War report by Otto Peter Bühler. Daily report from the combat area northeast of Warsaw and the lower bridgehead at Narev. The war reporter is traveling with Tank Division Death's Head.

  7. Percy Haid Selected Music and Home Movies

    "A Haid Family Album" CD: "Selected music and arrangements by Percy Haid -- in loving memory" Selections include: 1) Street Scene; 2) Cry of a City; 3) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; 4) Autumn in New York; 5) Miami Beach Cha Cha; 7) Linda's Cha Cha. DVD: "Do You Remember When?" Still photos and home movies of Percy and Sonia Haid ca. 1950-60s set to a soundtrack of Haid's compositions.

  8. Yankele | Kartofellsupe

    RCA Victor / Radio Leon P-1117A/B. Words and music to both songs by Mordecai Gebirtig. Recorded early 1950s. Side A: Yankele. Performers: Jenny Lovitz (voice), Jascha Galperin (piano) Side B: Kartofellsupe. Performers: Jenny Lovitz (voice), Jascha Galperin (piano)

  9. Anti-US Propaganda Broadcast from Berlin

    April 8, 1943 broadcast by Robert Henry Best, an American journalist who issued anti-US propaganda broadcasts from Berlin.

  10. Partizaner Lid | Hatikwa

    RCA Victor / Radio Leon P 819-A/B. Possibly recorded in early 1950s. Enrique Wilner (baritone). Orchestra "Los Astros." Director Harry Glasberg. Side A: Partizaner Lid (Himno de los Guerrilleros). Also known as "Zog nit keynmol az du geyst dem letstn veg" Music: Dmitri and Daniel Pokrass; text: Hirsh Glik. Side B: Hatikwa (Himno Israelita). Hatikvah is a 19th-century Jewish poem and the national anthem of Israel. Music: S. Cohen; text: N.H. Imber.

  11. Kriegsberichterstattung: Bomben auf Castel Gandolfo

    Decelith Folie D. War report by Jaegesen? "Bombs on Castel Gandolfo." Castel Gandolfo is the seat of the Papal summer residence in Italy which was respected by the Germans and forbidden to go to. In February 1944, the place was bombed by Anglo-American bomber formations, and more than 500 people were killed.

  12. Marcha Haganah | Mir Marshieren

    RCA Victor Argentina / Radio Leon. P 915-A/B. Recorded late 1940s. Marcos Katz (baritone, music & text); Jacobo Sclar (orchestral arrangements and direction). Side A: Marcha Hagana (Motivo Popular). Music: Marc Lavry, text: Avraham Broides Side B: Mir Marshieren. Composer/author: unidentified.

  13. Excerpts from private film collections of everyday life inside Nazi Germany

    Life under the Nazi regime from the inside (13:59 minutes) Part Two of a three-part video series representing the Holocaust experience with the rich and very personal imagery found in the Museum’s private film collections. Such vivid cultural documents is at once familiar, intimate, and individual, and captures everyday subjects which are quite similar to how people experience life today-- like holidays, birthdays, vacations, or leisure activities. Created solely of amateur films or home movies from over 30 collections, the production conveys private domestic life and everyday activities wi...

  14. Yizkor

    "Yizkor" In Memory of the Victims of the European Jewish Catastrophe 1940-1945. In Yiddish. Recitation/play by actor and Łódź ghetto survivor Shammai Rosenblum. Issued under the auspices of Yad Washem (sic) and the World Jewish Congress. For contents, see album back cover.

  15. Joseph Wulf sound recordings

    Songs performed by Joseph Wulf. The arranger and pianist on the recordings is Friedrich Scholz. Wulf announces the song titles, composers and poets at the start of almost every track in the following order: 1. Zol zayn 2. Hey, tsigelekh 3. Azamer bi'shvakhim 4. Yedid Nefesh 5. Fun land tsu land 6. Hatsos 7. A small biographical note about Weingarten (spoken) 8. Zunenshtraln 9. Unter di khurves fun poyln

  16. Ponar Yizkor

    A personal-poetic statement by the Holocaust survivor Meïr Shapiro with (commercially recorded) background music.

  17. Postwar Munich

    Bombed and vacant buildings. Lots of rubble with barely any civilians on the streets. Train station platform with mother and daughter. Views from moving train of train depot and countryside. City square with trolley and crowds, possibly in Spring. Men with pushcarts and bicycle carts, horse carriages. People are well dressed. (3:08) Field with derelict planes with swastika insignia. Young boy and girl walk around the ruined aircraft. Ruined bridges. Views from a moving car of the countryside and mountains. Mother with young boy and girl waving and walking towards the camera, they go in a bu...

  18. War damage

    Street scene. Large statue. Warm weather with many people in the streets. On the corner there is a demolished building and new billboards. Side street, damaged buildings. Women sell flowers in the square. Crowds. (1:19) Street vendors. Destroyed building facades and rubble. Locals walk and shop. (2:23) Sign: "Frankfurter Herbst-Messe". Other advertising. (2:31) Film ends.

  19. Excerpts from private film collections of prewar Jewish life

    A glimpse into the lives of individuals who were soon swept into the destruction of the war. (28:45 minutes) Part One of a three-part video series representing the Holocaust experience with the rich and very personal imagery found in the Museum’s private film collections. Such vivid cultural documents is at once familiar, intimate, and individual, and captures everyday subjects which are quite similar to how people experience life today -- like holidays, birthdays, vacations, or leisure activities. Created solely of amateur films or home movies from over 30 collections, the production conve...

  20. The Boy With The Fiddle | Don't Destroy The World

    a) "The Boy With The Fiddle," Holocaust-themed song by Hefer & Argov, performed by Aric Lavie, from 1971 Broadway musical "To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter"; b) "Don't Destroy The World," by Hefer-Guri-Seltzer (same credit details as above).