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  1. Equestrian events at 1936 Berlin Olympics

    Ozaphan Film. Agfa. Title: “Olympische Spiele 1936.” [Olympic Games 1936] 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, from August 1-16. Germany won gold in all equestrian related events, teams and individual. The equestrian dressage happened on August 12-13 on the May Field. Title: “Große Dressurprüfung Major Podhajsky- Österreich Dritter im Einzelwettbewerb” [Dressage test Major Podhajsky-Austria third in individual competition] Followed by a man in uniform walking a horse in an arena. (00:57) Title card: “Zuschauer beim Geländereiten der Vielseitigkeitsprüfung” [Spectators riding the versatility test...

  2. Selected records of the Presidium of the Municipal Council in Szczekociny Prezydium Miejskiej Rady Narodowej w Szczekocinach (Sygn. 1808)

    Registers, correspondence, notary files, protocols related to Jewish abandoned real estate

  3. Rabbi Louis and Margit Isaac papers

    Documents, correspondence, photographs, and writings related to Rabbi Lajos Izsak (later Louis Isaac) and Margit (Kohn) Izsak (later Margaret Isaac) who emigrated from Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary to the US in 1938. Features extensive correspondence between Rabbi Lajos Izsak and his brother Rabbi Yitzhak Izsak (Isaac) in Memphis, related to efforts to raise funds and rescue relatives and other Jews in Europe. Also includes Rabbi Lajos Izsak's letters of reference.

  4. Marseilles consulate log book

    Contains digital images of pages 1-45 from a logbook maintained by the American consulate in Marseille, France, during and after World War II. The book documents the efforts of American citizens, including State Department officials, relief agency workers, and other Americans living in France to renew their passport documentation.

  5. A-36 bomber planes; Nazi rallies

    Second issue of the Film Communique series, an Official War Department Training Film. Includes two news segments. "A Day With the A-36's" Follows through a day with the A-36 a lightweight attack bomber - adapted from the P-51 Mustang. Shows glimpses of the ground life of the men who service and fly the planes. Footage shot from plane-mounted cameras on a bombing mission against Nazi targets in Sicily. "Report From Berlin" with excerpts of a captured German newsreel, showing Nazi rallies and government ceremonies. Reports on war industry exceeding production goals, with scenes from factories...

  6. Selected records of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of the Republic of Poland in London Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości Rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie (GK 160)

    Contains selected records of the Ministry of Justice of the Polish government-in-exile in London: interrogations of witnesses regarding German crimes during the war in Stanisławów, District of Lviv (liquidation of the ghetto), list of Gestapo members in Stanisławów (15 names), testimony of Stanisław Kocyan about SS-man in KL Auschwitz Concentration Camp. „Central registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects “prepared in 1945 and 1946.

  7. Remember Commission 1945 testimonies

    Contains five typescript testimonies of Holocaust survivors compiled shortly after World War II, previouly bound together in a binder marked "Remember Commission 1945." Testimonies are identified as: "Dr. A. Weinberger, geb. 5.2.1904 in Auschwitz, mit Frau Bertha und Kind Josef (40 pp); "Max Moses, geb. den 7.12-1900 in Strassburg, mit Frau Batseba und Kindern Renee und Freddy Robert, seit 1919 in Holland (Tilburg)" (66 pp; page number 91 is missing, may also be missing pages after last page marked 108); "Dr. Abraham Wainryb, geb. in 1912, aus Wilna" (16 pp); "Jankiel Koppel Leimer, geb. 24...

  8. Ciechanowska family photographs

    Collection of approximately 50 photos of the donor and her parents and friends of her parients in the Pocking Displaced Persons camp in Germany after World War II. Also includes unidentified photos of survivors in Łódź and Pocking.

  9. Eva and Győrgy with baby András

    Mother Eva plays with baby András. CUs, András. Baby plays with various teddy bears and toys. EXT, apartment in Szeged, Győrgy walks out holding the baby. He walks up to the camera and starts to rock the baby (repeats). András in a basket on a sidewalk. Eva picks him up, coddling him and posing. They both look happy and smile. Pető bounces baby András in his arms, both smile. Eva stands over the baby in a basket, playing with András. Film ends 02:30

  11. Elizabeth Grigas photograph collection

    Contains four photographs taken shortly after the liberation of the Russian camp at Mauthausen concentration camp, 1945. The photographs show suvivors and victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

  12. Oral history interview with Grazia Frajese

  13. Jürgen Stroop statement

    The Jürgen Stroop statement consists of a 14-page handwritten statement prepared by Jürgen Stroop, an SS-Gruppenführer who led the effort to repress the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943. The statement, dated 26 April 1946 in Wiesbaden, Germany, includes details about the preparation and military action to suppress the uprising.

  14. Oral history interview with David Novick

  15. Kabak family collection

    Contains letters dated 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948 and 1956; a document "Ammecman" which is a school certificate written in Russian, issued to Rachel Chirinskaya, May 28, 1920; and a Dina Kabak family photograph.

  16. Suzanne Friedmann photographs

    The Suzanne Friedmann photographs depict Suzanne Friedmann and other young women and children at the Rothschild orphanage and hospital in Paris where Friedmann lived before and during the war. The collection also includes picture of her brother Jacques Friedman in the French Amry and picture postcards of the Rothschild hospital.

  17. Erika Behr and Rudolf Faller collection

    The Erika Behr and Rudolf Faller collection consists of documents relating to Behr family in pre-war Germany and their immigration to the United States. Documents relating to Bernhard Behr and Fanny Behr include a photograph of Bernhard Behr’s birth certificate, 1874; Fanny Levin’s birth certificate, January 19, 1884; their marriage certificate, February 27, 1908; and a death certificate of Bernhard Behr, March 8, 1933. Documents relating to their daughter Erika Behr include a vaccination certificate, September 12, 1921; fencing and swimming sports certificates, 1934-1936; a school certific...

  18. Oral history interview with Josef Klima

  19. Hornstein family collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of the Hornstein family, originally of Przemyśl, Poland, including being forced from Poland 1942 to Soviet work camps in Siberia and Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and post-war immigrations to Cuba and the United States. Included are personal papers of Irving Hornstein, immigration paperwork regarding Cuba and the United States, an autograph book, clipping, and photograph album. Personal papers of Irving include Hebrew lessons from Havana, Cuba and New York, diplomas, and copies of U.S. Army discharge papers. Immigration paperwork includes affi...

  20. Prayer book

    Prayerbook that belonged to the donor's grandmother.