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  1. Selected records of the County Office in Stopnica located in Busko Starostwo Powiatowe Stopnickie w Busku (Sygn. 2119)

    Records related to Holocaust survivors in the Busko County; Jewish cemeteries, and war crimes committed by Germans. Includes statistics of population of Busko county, lists of people murdered by the Germans, missing, deported to German labor camps, transported to concentration camps, lists of places where the murders were carried out and where the murdered are buried, and written statements of witnesses about crimes committed by Germans.

  2. Oral history interview with Moshe Leshem

  3. Selected records of the Presidium of the Municipal Council in Chmielnik Prezydium Miejskiej Rady Narodowej w Chmielniku (Sygn. 2447)

    Records of the Jewish properties abandoned after war in Chmielnik, Poland. Included are official correspondence of the city council, rent registers, and registry books of individual properties with information about their previous Jewish owners.

  4. American visits Vienna during the Anschluss and tours Germany (color)

    An American visits Vienna in March 1938. City street with telephone booth. Bridge in BG, someone steps into the phone booth. Belvedere palace and sprawling garden with the city in the distance. A long line of Jewish people, most likely attempting to obtain visas to exit the country in March 1938. “Jüdisches Geschäft” [Jewish Business] sign on shop. Narrow street with swastika flags on some of the buildings. The Ankeruhr clock on Hohen Markt street. Nazis in uniform line up in a square. Swastika flags in different shapes hang at the Heldenplatz where Hitler announced the Anschluss on March 1...

  6. Selected records of the Communal Council in Nagłowice Gminna Rada Narodowa w Nagłowicach (Sygn. 1662)

    Questionnaires and correspondence on events of historical significance in the commune of Nagłowice for 1939-1945. Includes description of WWII events and German atrocities against Polish and Jewish people, deportation of 123 Jews to the ghetto in Jędrzejów, mass murder of four Jewish families by Germans in Ślęcin, underground movement, and a role of the Catholic church in helping war victims.

  7. Selected records of the commune Gowarczów Akta gminy Gowarczów (Sygn. 525)

    Statistics, registers of the owners of real estate buildings, various records of trade and industry firms, lists of school children, reports on social assistance, a list of persons who own real estate from 1941-1943, and the book of permanent population of Gowarczów. 1917-1932,

  8. Selected records of the County National Council and Department of County in Łódź Powiatowa Rada Narodowa i Wydział Powiatowy w Łodzi (Sygn. 2126)

    Registers of Jewish properties, population books, copies of birth certificates, and photographs.

  9. Selected records of the Provincial Court of the capital city of Warsaw Sąd Wojewódzki dla miasta stołecznego Warszawy 1950-1970 (GK 317)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted by the Provincial Court for city of Warsaw. 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 legislation on li...

  10. 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.

  11. Selected records of the commune Pianów located in Słupia Konecka Akta gminy Pianów z siedzibą w Słupi Koneckiej (Sygn. 534)

    Files of the Jewish kehilla in 1931; applications for identity cards from 1929-1939; population statistics from 1927-1932; alphabetical list of voters for the Sejm (Polish Parliament); register of the residents possessing assets, 1923; population census, 1942.

  12. Special Section of the Appeals Court of Paris Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris (1941-1944)

    Files of the Special Section of the Appeals Court of Paris judging individuals arrested for infractions against the pre-war penal code for communist or anarchist activities as well as “social and national subversion” and “crimes and misdemeanors against State security.” The sentences, ranging from prison with or without fines, to forced labor for life, or death, were to be executed immediately. Most of those arrested were communist, and entire cells were arrested at the same time – Spanish Republicans, Armenians, and Polish Jews.

  13. Sąd Grodzki w Skierniewicach (Sygn.1656) : Wybrane materialy

    Selected files of civil criminal cases related to repayment of debt, beatings, insulting public officials, embezzlement, theft and other matters. The cases relate to Jews who were inhabitants of Skierniewice. The files contain personal data about participants of lawsuits.

  14. Władysław Żeleński Collection-materials for the history of the crimes of Lviv professors in July 1941 Akta Władysława Żeleńskiego-materiały do historii zbrodni na profesorach lwowskich w lipcu 1941 (Sygn. 1941)

    Materials collected by Władysław Żeleński on the mass murder of professors in Lviv committed by Germans in July 1941: Correspondence, protocols of hearings of witnesses and alleged perpetrators, newspaper clippings and other investigative files.

  15. US Army drills

    Roll 0007

  16. Private film of Nazi officers' party in occupied France

    Handmade title card: “Referat Film der Propaganda-Abteilung Frankreich.” [Film section of the Propaganda Department of France.] Title card: “Am Mittwoch den Mai 14 1941” [Wednesday, May 14, 1941] On this day, roughly 3600 Jewish men were arrested and forced from their homes in Paris. "PAF" INTs, formal event/party. Nazis from the Propaganda-Abteilung Frankreich in uniform sitting around, the focus is on two men in particular, one who is wearing circular glasses. (1:44) Title card: “Der Kontra-punkt” [The counterpoint.] Back of bald-headed Nazi. Men and women are sitting around a large room,...

  17. German Anti-Nazi Opposition-collection of records Niemiecka Opozycja Anty-hitlerowska-zbiór akt (Sygn. 1336/0)

    Selected records of the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (National Committee of Free Germany; Komitet Narodowy Wolne Niemcy). Includes leaflets intended for German soldiers on the Eastern Front, the Komitee der Bewegung “Freies Deutschland” fur den Westen (Committee of the Free Germany-West Movement (Komitet Ruchu Wolne Niemcy-Zachód), and proclamations calling for the overthrow of the Nazi regime and various other appeals.

  18. Selected records of the Prosecutor's Office of the District Court in Kielce Prokuratura Sądu Okręgowego w Kielcach (Sygn. 144) : Wybrane materialy

    Selected records of the Prosecutor's Office of the District Court in Kielce consist of civil and criminal files. Includes cases related to political, economic and criminal-social matters, as distribution of illegal prints, anti-state speeches, espionage activities, Communist activities of Jewish organizations, and election fraud. A separate group are files relate to the abuse and neglect of official duties, taking bribes, forgery of documents, etc. The collection also includes cases of theft, beatings, litigation and others.

  19. Selected records of the commune Krasocin Akta gminy Krasocin (Sygn. 2039)

    Population books, registers and indexes of Krasocin and other villages: Mieczyn, Huta Stara, Huta Nowa, Karolinów, Leśna Góra, Lipia Góra, Mieczyn, Podlesko, Stojewsko and Wystepy.

  20. Eckstein family in Summer 1939

    August 1939. Nannies swing Michaela and Antonin in a sheet in the garden of the family home in Brno, filmed probably from the balcony of the home. Pan of the grand outdoor space. 01:01:04 A woman practices somersaults beside the pools for the children; Antonin and a nanny playfully slap her and she laughs. The children play outdoors. 01:01:34 Father Michael joins them. 01:02:06 Children snack outdoors at the table with other unknown children and their female caretakers. They chase each other in the grass beside the family home and occasionally pose for a portrait. Michael follows the kids i...