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  1. Selected records of the Booksellers' Union, Main Board in Warsaw Związek Księgarzy, Zarząd Główny w Warszawie (Sygn. 163)

    Files of the Verification Commission of the Związek Księgarzy Polskich (Association of Polish Booksellers) to verify activities of the booksellers in connection with Germans during World War II. Includes reports, lists and questionaries with investigative information about the booksellers.

  2. Służba Specjalna Batalion Zastępczy w Lublinie SS- und Polizeigericht VI. Zweiggericht Lublin (GK 698)

    Files of criminal investigation against German, Ukrainian and Polish policemen from the Lublin District: Hans Walter, Herbert Christensen, Heinrich Hass, Emil Jess, Karl Kothe, Franz Letzel, Werner Lippert, Michael Marczuk, Franz Pantil, Rudolf Pfau, Alois Repp, Paul Rau, August Reichert, Heinrich Reinwarth, Alfred Ritter, Wilhelm Schuttler, Jacobus von der Speck, Hans Siem, Anton Tyssen, Rudolf Seer, Kurt Zimmermann, Josef Rodz, Wilhelm Rotarmel, Joahnn Jurkiw, Willi Ortmann, Jurij Huzelo, Stefan Schmigel, Vincent Pawlowski, Waclaw Petrol, Jan Opacki, Bolesław Dobrzyński, Mieczysław Cyrank...

  3. Kreisgericht Steyr: NS-Verfahren

    Postwar court records of Nazi-related cases in the district court in Steyr, Austria.

  4. Selected records of the Grodzki Court in Miechów Sąd Grodzki w Miechowie (Sygn. 1137)

    Court files of civil and criminal cases related to Jewish residents of Miechów region, Poland.

  5. Komendant Policji Bezpieczeństwa i Służby Bezpieczeństwa na Litwie Der Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienst Litauen (GK 700)

    Correspondence, reports, instructions, interrogations, reports, telegrams of the German intelligence offices about the Polish and Lithuanian resistance movement in Lithuania, Latvia, and the Bialystok region (Bezirk Bialystok), Poland. Includes also a list of Catholic clergy and leading activists of underground organizations.

  6. 1942 news roundup

    News documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. "The News Parade of the Year 1942" "Yanks Fighting Around the Globe!" .... Includes the Flying Tigers in China, Dieppe Raid, Battle of Midway, Allied Chiefs Meeting, and more.

  7. Prewar Vienna; President Miklas

    Garden path in Vienna. HAS, city street with Hotel Bristol. Streetcar, crowds. (:45) The Opera House Bustling city life, traffic, people walking around. Tracking shots along busy street, shop signs, pedestrians on sidewalks. "Wiener Werk-statte" "Kartner Kino" "Jakob Rothberger" "Phillip Kornitzer" Naschmarkt. Statue. (4:52) “Phillipp Hof” building on Albertinaplatz (building destroyed on March 12, 1945). Crowds of people walking down the street. "Mercedes Benz" "Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen" and other advertising signs affixed to the street lamps. Closer views of pedestrians on a bustling s...

  8. Selected records of the Polish Red Cross from the Łódź Voivodeship Szczątki zespołów akt Polskiego Czerwonego Krzyża z terenu województwa łódzkiego (Sygn. 900)

    Consists of correspondence, lists, questionnaires and protocols from the files of the Polish Red Cross, Information Office in Łódź. Includes a list of deceased civil citizens and fallen soldiers in the Łódź region, personal surveys of fallen and buried people in the Łowicz county, 1939-1942 ("Grób Polski"); exhumations and lists of killed in the Łowicz county; lists and information about the fallen and missing, lists of graves, and list of foreigners residing in the city of Piotrków,1932.

  9. Oral history interview with Oscar K. Reiss

  10. Sailing on the Queen Mary to Europe

    American family prepares to visit Europe. Small dog, boy and father walk around a suburban neighborhood. The boy pretends to shoot the person holding the camera with a gun. He tries to catch a bug. Mother exits and enters the home. The top of a building with a sign in English that says: “For all Europe. French Line.” Harbor. Ship with a group of people standing on the bow. “Queen Mary” on the side of a ship. People play shuffleboard and badminton on the boat. Waves crash alongside the ship. INTs of the ship, people look out the windows. A destroyer ship goes by. D78 is on the hull, possibly...

  11. Selected records of the Court of Appeals in Warsaw Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie (GK 227)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted by the Court of Appeals in Warsaw during the years 1947-1951. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first...

  12. Communist organizations in 1940-1942. Collection of various files Organizacje komunistyczne w latach 1940-1942. Zbiór akt (Sygn. 1475)

    Consists of appeals, declarations, papers, training materials, and correspondence of various Communist organizations.

  13. Selected records of the commune Przedbórz Akta gminy Przedbórz (Sygn. 531)

    Lists of voters for the Sejm (Polish Parliament) and Senate, list of property owners, and certificates-excerpts from the register of permanent residents.

  14. District Police Headquarters in Opoczno Komenda Powiatowa Policji Państwowej w Opocznie (Sygn. 1187)

    Reports on communist activities of Jewish groups, on political organization the National Party (Stronnictwo Narodowe), and on occurrences against Jews, daily diaries of civil crimes committed by Jews (1932-1933), registers of photographs of criminals with information about committed crimes (1932), and daily notes of police duties (1935)

  15. Polish Committee for Assistance to War Victims in Bern (Switzerland) Polski Komitet Pomocy Ofiarom Wojny w Bernie (Szwajcaria) (Sygn. 138)

    Files related to the assistance of Polish citizens in Switzerland, Romania and Italy, provided by the Swiss Legation in Bern, Swiss Legation in Bucharest, and the Swiss Legation in Florence, Milano,Trieste, Turin, Venice, and Rome. Includes correspondence, list of benefits payments, reports, notes, and other documents.

  16. Selected records of the Citizens' Militia Headquarters in Łódź Komenda Milicji Obywatelskiej w Łodzi (Sygn. 236)

    Reports, orders, ordinances and claims of the Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia) relating to civilians in Łódź, including Jews, in the first period of German occupation of Poland. Documents relate mainly to the robbery of Jewish enterprises, breaking into Jewish flats and theft of their property, street incidents and arrests, lists of premises, shops, workshops, enterprises, horses, motor vehicles and others, as well as lists of militia officers.

  17. Eisenhower returns to Washington, DC

    Pathe News. Milestones of the Century. "General Ike Comes Home". Arc de Triomphe. General De Gaulle presents Medal of Liberation to General Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower returns home and is welcomed by General Marshall in Washington DC. There is a victory parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Eisenhower addresses Congress. Eisenhower is decorated by President Truman (3:05) Film ends.

  18. Michaela and Antonin eat a meal and dance

    Michaela pushes a doll in a toy stroller in the yard of their home in Brno in 1940. The children take a walk in the city and run toward the camera in matching sweaters (probably Spring 1940 - note the bare trees). They climb up and down a set of stairs. Indoors, the children eat a meal. They smile and eat. 01:02:14 (splice) In the children’s room, Antonin (age 4) and Michaela (age 5.5) dance together (note the cross hanging on the closet door in their room). They crouch and sing and play (possibly November 1940). End 01:04:23

  19. Personal collection of Georges Neu

    Consists of digital scans of the handwritten diary (tagebuch) of Mr. Neu's grandmother, Clementine Neu (1923-1943), with family phographs, identity cards, correspondence, letters, immigration documents, and press clippings. Also includes an English translation of a book on the Neu family by Martin Ruch, published by Hartung-Garre Verlag Konstanz in 1998, entitled "Aus der Heimat verjagt"; and an 18th century book by Isaac Berr, which Mr. Neu found among his father Erwin's belongings at his death. The French translation of Clementine Neu's diary is included.

  20. Selected records of the County Office in Busko-Zdrój Starostwo Powiatowe w Busku-Zdroju [Kreishauptmannshaft in Busko] (Sygn. 2125). Wybrane materialy

    Records related to Jewish payers in Busko-Zdrój region. Includes reports, questionnaires and notes on collecting tribute and taxes from the Jewish population from Busko-Zdrój.