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  1. Prewar summertime activities

    July 1939. Children on a swing in the garden at the Eckstein family home in Brno in summer. Pan of the garden, the home, and the ornate balcony. Blossoming bushes, outdoor furniture. Michaela and Antonin run around and play with garden tools in the sandbox and take dips in the baby pool. The nanny lays a sheet in the grass for the kids to rest; she makes a sun-hat for Michaela; she splashes them with pool water. End 01:04:09

  2. Selected records of the commune Niewachlów, 1889-1954 Akta gminy Niewachlów (Sygn. 136), 1889-1954

    Consists of files of abandoned Jewish property, 1942-1947, population books of Niewachlów commune, including Białogon village; and alphabetical indexes to population books.

  3. George Leitmann papers

    Documents and materials related to Alexander Leitmann

  4. Selected records of the Cooperative Bank in Wodzisław Bank Spółdzielczy w Wodzisławiu (Sygn. 1790)

    Bank's statute, correspondence, reports, bank statements and announcements on the auction of seized real estate property, and four copies a magazine "Spółdzielczy Ruch" published by the Związek Żydowskich Spółdzielni w Polsce (Union of Jewish Cooperatives in Poland.). Materials relate to activities of Bank Spółdzielczy in Wodzisław in 1927-1939, and its board: Moszek Kupczyk, Szaja Borensztajn, Moszek Jachimowicz, Zelik Pikus, Chuna Waser and Moszek Kwaśniewski.

  5. Selected records, Obóz Koncentracyjny w Buchenwaldzie Konzentrationslager Buchenwald (GK 127)

    Orders of the camp commandant, statistics, alphabetical list of refugees, interrogations of prisoners, personal files, list of clerical prisoners, transport lists, Effektenkammer files, lists of deceased prisoners, daily reports of the camp hospital, name lists of prisoners numbers: 43001-51000; 59001-121400; 128401-140068; a fragment of the personal files of Polish prisoners who arrived at the camp in April 1945, card files of prisoners No. 1-1201; Veraenderungsmeldungs (reports on changes in the number of prisoners in the camp).

  6. Sevillia and Mevorah families papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era history of the Sevillia and Mevorah families of Athens and Komotini, Greece. Documents include pension and medical disability records of Markos Mevorah, identification cards of Markos and his wife Eleonara Mevorah (née Sevillia), and postwar correspondence of Elonara’s brother Elias Sevillia. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs depicting the Mevorah and Sevillia families in Greece before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  7. Selected records of the County Starosty in Łask Starostwo Powiatowe Łaskie (Sygn. 2112) : Wybrane materialy

    Register of passports and foreign travel permits containing name, surname, purpose and date of departure, also applies to persons of Jewish origin.

  8. Home Army Kielce District-Jędrzejów subdistrict Armia Krajowa Okręg Kielecki–Obwód Jędrzejowski (Sygn. 1025)

    Selected records of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa), partisian units "Droga", "Góra" and „Młyny”: reports, orders, maps, and photographs of soldiers. Includes archives collected by Andrzej Roplewski for the book "Oddział partyzancki spaleni” : 65 letters, a list of decoded nicknames, a list of person shot in 1939, situational sketches and instructions.

  9. Ice skating in Brno

    An older boy, the son of the family Klein - the Eckstein’s housekeeper, ice skates with Michaela in Brno in January 1941. Boys play ice hockey in the BG. The Klein boy twirls and skates and tries some tricks. A nanny helps Antonin and Michaela on the ice. They rest on a bench. The older boy shows off again. More shots of ice hockey and ice skating. End 01:04:23

  10. Selected records of the Herzfeld and Viktorius. Joint Stock Company, Factory in Końskie Herzfeld i Viktorius. Spółka Akcyjna, Fabryka w Końskich (Sygn. 724)

    Correspondence, reports, protocols, notarial deeds, excerpts from mortgage books, excerpts from the commercial register, inventory books, contracts and plans of the Herzfeld i Viktorius Compan in Końskie, Poland..

  11. Prison on the Święty Krzyż Wiezienie na Świętym Krzyżu (Sygn.187)

    Correspondence of the Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości (Ministry of Justice), Warsaw and Sąd Okręgowy (Regional Court), Kielce, statistics, registers, files on pardon, early dismissal (1930) and personal files of prisoners of the Więzienie na Świętym Krzyżu (Prison on the Święty Krzyż), Kielce. Includes Jewish prisoners.

  12. Jerome Balmuth collection

    Collection of Jerome Balmuth related to his military service including: US Army documents, two "Letters on Record," and photographs. Also included are photographs of Jerome Balmuth as a child with his parents, his graduation photo from Amherst and a program from his graduation, and a photograph of Prof. Balmuth teaching at Colgate in 1975.

  13. Selected records of the County Starosty in Łódź Starostwo Powiatowe Łódzkie (Sygn. 2123) : Wybrane materialy

    Various certificates, citizenship credentials and certificates, craft cards (permits to open craft workshops), registers of factories, and factory plans. It relates also to Jews who survived the Holocaust and lived in Łódź after the war.

  14. Selected records of the District Court in Piotrków Trybunalskim Sąd Okręgowy w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim (Sygn. 892)

    Court records of civil cases of Jewish population in Piotrków Trybunalski. Includes authorizations, protocols, statements, translations from Russian, court judgments, notices, receipts, marriage certificates related to inheritance, rights of possession, notary acts, acknowledgement of purchase-sales, restoration of property, exclusion of rights of possession, appropriation of land, annulment of last wills, bids, returning of money, divorces and annulment of marriages, ratification of marriage acts, alimonies, determining identity, rectification of register act, criminal acts as homicides, r...

  15. Selected records of the Collection of Jan Sehn Archiwum Jana Sehna (GK 190)

    Archives collected by Jan Sehn, a chairman of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Kraków, head of the Documentation Department of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim, full secretary of the Minister of Justice for prosecuting war criminals. Consist of notes, correspondence regarding the publication of memories of Rudolf Höss, KL Auschwitz commander and other matters related to war crimes, memories of Rudolf. Hössa, his statement, account, and opinion about high-ranking SS officers.

  16. Komendant Policji Porządkowej Dystryktu Radomskiego Der Kommandeur der Ordnungspolizei im Distrikt Radom (GK 648)

    Personal files of Polish police officers in the District of Radom during occupation of Poland. Consists of correspondence, reports, certificates and a list of employed engineers and technicians in the ammunition factory in Skarżysko Kamienna. Includes personal files of the following police officers (Volksdeutsche): Franz Bartkowiak, Bruno Bilau, Zdzisław Ciecierski, Adolf Felscher, Georg Hessler, Gustav Kapler, Ernst Lachmann, August Mittelstädt, Sigismund Radtke/Radke, Reinhold Weiss, Adolf Zelcher.

  17. Documentary about the propaganda war during World War II

    Canadian documentary film made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime The World in Action series. "The War for Men's Minds" describes the impact of propaganda from the Axis powers in 1943 during World War II. Includes anti-Jewish graffiti and posters (10:59); Allied monitors listening to and transcribing foreign radio broadcasts; the German Propaganda Kompanie - an artist (drawing a battle), and cameramen (film and photo); scenes from radio broadcasts and a film studio; and a Fascist riot in Paris on February 6, 1934.

  18. Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Łódź Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Łodzi (GK 177)

    Records relating to the extermination camp in Chełmno nad Nerem (Kulmhof am Nehr): documents excavated in Chełmno, records of the investigating judge, files regarding camp in Radogoszcz and execution of a hundred people in Zgierz, the camp for Soviet prisoners of war in Ruda Pabianicka, germanization of Polish children from Łódź, investigation against Wilhelm Bittel - a former head of the ghetto in Zduńska Wola and German activities againt Jews, questioning of witnesses about German atrocities in Opoczno county, and photographs of gendarmes.

  20. Oral history interview with Oscar K. Reiss