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  1. "Hitler's Hangman" promotional photograph

    Promotional photograph depicting a scene from the film “Hitler’s Hangman.” The film was retitled “Hitler’s Madman” and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1943. The film is a fictionalized portrayal of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and its aftermath. Heydrich was Heinrich Himmler’s second-in-command and chief of the Reich Security Main office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA), which was the major implementer of the systematic murder of European Jews. He was especially brutal, earning the nicknames “The Hangman of Europe” and “Hitler’s Hangman.” Under Heydrich’s leadership, ove...

  2. Esther Rosen Werner collection

    Fifteen (15) letters from Aron Rosen (the donor's great-grandfather) in Slutsk, Belorussia, to his daughter Esther Werner (nee Rosen) in Bridgeport, CT. These range from 1930-1941, with the bulk from 1939. Material includes English translations of the letters by Roberta Newman and a copy print of a photo of Aaron Rosen.

  3. Heimann family collection

    Consists of Heimann family photographs, including a framed photo of Herman Heimann and Julie (Samson) Heiman, which was damaged by a bayonet on Kristallnacht. Also includes identification documents, such as several reisepass, or German passports, and the Wehrpass and United States immigrant ID card belonging to Julius Waixel's (Weichsel). Julius Waixel was the father of the donor, and Herman and Julie Heiman were the paternal grandparents of the donor's mother, Julie (Heimann) Waixel (Weichsel),

  4. World War II Selected Records from the French National Archives: 72 AJ Seconde Guerre Mondiale

    The collection includes selected records from the Archives of the Second World War History Committee and private papers. Records include the memoirs of Colonel de Milleret, an organization chart of the German services in France, a lexicon of French resistance, personal narratives, reports, and printed materials. The records document the confiscation of illicit profits, the establishment of German troops in France during the Second World War, and the French resistance. The collection also includes records documenting Professor Duvoir’s participation in the International Commission of Forensi...

  5. Court of the First Instance in Skarżysko-Kamienna Sąd Grodzki w Skarżysku-Kamiennej (Sygn. 2944)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin.

  6. Municipal Government in Iłża Zarząd Miejski w Iłży (Sygn. 3025)

    Numerous post-war materials regarding real estate (including those owned by Jews) and decisions regarding their return to their owners or transferring them for use to other people.

  7. Interior Ministry: General administration Selected Records from the French National Archives: F1a Ministère de l'Intérieur/Administration Générale

    The collection contains selections from the French Interior Ministry’s Delegation in the occupied zone, Department of Worship, and Interior Commission of Algiers documenting the status of Jews, religious worship, and deportations. Records include reports and circulars about the application of laws governing secret societies, the employment status of Jews, the operational status of Jewish organizations, descriptions of German-occupied France and anti-Jewish measures in occupied Europe, French attitudes towards obligatory labor service in Germany, the internment of Jews, and official French n...

  8. Primary School no 4 in Skarżysko-Kamienna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 w Skarżysku Kamiennej (Sygn. 2933)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  9. Mala Zimetbaum papers

    Contains postcards and photographs

  10. Estate Hugo Schühle Nachlass Hugo Schühle

    The papers are arranged in three main areas. The first includes Schühle’s personal and business papers. The second documents the rental and property management of the house at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Munich including the apartment of Adolf Hitler. These records offer some insights into the banality of Hitler's way of life. The third document the expansion of the "Otto Schühle" company in October 1938 through the acquisition of the Aryanized company "Otto Herr & Co." in Hamburg and its roofing felt factory in Malliß (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) from Ludwig Schwabe and Elsa Kaufmann. In ...

  11. Ira M. Solomon collection

    Publications, photographs, photograph album, correspondence (postcards, 1 envelope)

  12. Court of the First Instance in Starachowice Sąd Grodzki w Starachowicach (Sygn. 3051)

    Civil cases repertories for the entire period containing key information on all cases decided by this court. In many cases, Jews from Starachowice were parties to court proceedings.

  13. Gusen logbook

    Logbook from Gusen concentration camp and documents acquired by Willard Gaylin.

  14. Primary School in Kozłów Szkoła Podstawowa w Kozłowie (Sygn. 3208)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  15. Selected records of the State Archive in Prešov, branch Vranov nad Topľou

    Selected records pertaining to anti-Jewish regulations and decrees, the persecution and registration of Jews, and the Aryanization of Jewish property and businesses. Also includes the Jewish Census of 1942 of this district territory (which is not available in the Slovak National Archives holdings).

  16. Oral history interview with Gilbert Ceffa

  17. Eva and Otto Pfister papers

    Accretion to the Eva and Otto Pfister Papers including correspondence, documents, booklet, papers, clippings, translations, pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, writings, tickets, passes, photos, and other materials.

  18. Municipal Savings Bank of Opatów County, Branch in Ostrowiec Komunalna Kasa Oszczędności powiatu opatowskiego Oddział w Ostrowcu (Sygn. 2950)

    The matter of an agreement between the Municipal Savings Bank and Aron Kupferblum of 1935. The unit consists of declarations, official correspondence, certificates, an extract from a notarial deed.

  19. Dr. J. Čarno privačios vaikų darželių auklėtojų seminarijos Vilniuje (Fond 223) Dr. J. Čarno privatūs mišrūs dviejų metų seminariniai kursai hebrajų dėstomąja kalba Vilniuje

    The collection contains minutes of the meetings of the pedagogical council, examination records, correspondence, personal files of students (original inventory # 2 in alphabetical order by surname), applications for admission to the seminary, seminary graduation certificates, some include photos of students, course journals, progress reports, statistical information about students, financial records and other documentation.

  20. US anti-Nazi boycott stamp with a Star of David and a Nazi wolf

    Poster stamp encouraging the boycott of Nazi products, issued in the United States during the boycott movement between May 1933 and October 1941. Unlike many others issued during the boycott, this stamp makes a distinction between Nazis and Germany as a whole. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazi’s increasing targeting of Jews led the small, but militant, Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) to hold a parade in New York City and launch the first boycott of German goods in the United States on March 23. Oth...