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  1. Nazi propaganda poster

    Nazi propaganda poster entitled, "Ein fauler Trick," issued by the "Parole der Woche," a wall newspaper (Wandzeitung) published by the National Socialist Party propaganda office in Munich.

  2. Ruth Gellis photographs

    Pre-war photographs depict Ruth Gellis (born Ruth Wuhl) and her parents, Joel and Clara Wuhl, before they fled Germany and were later forced into hiding in France. The photographs also document Ruth and her friends she met while in France, including Clara Meletz.

  5. Visiting London and Oxford

    “Aufnahmen. Walter Hausner.” “Mitglied des Klubs der Kino-Amateure Österreichs” Title: “Mit dem österreichisch-englischem Austauch-Komité nach London.” Women in hats, CUs. Ride on a ferry boat. Water, people on board, CUs. Title: “Stadtbilder” Buckingham Palace and other London buildings, street traffic. People congregate in a garden. Double-decker buses pass the Bank of England. Aerial views of the city. Shots from the top of an open-air bus. Parliament. Palace guards. Big Ben with scaffolding. A plane takes off. Planes in the hanger. City scenes. 01:04:36 Animals at the zoo: wolf, kangaro...

  6. Anthony George Bello photographs

    Contains six post-liberation concentration camp photographs obtained by Anthony George Bello (donor's father), a member of Patton’s Third Army, Eighth Armored Division. Anthony obtained the photographs from an unknown source but also witnessed the atrocities first-hand. Images are large format, news press images of German women burying the dead in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany; images of the dead piled up in Buchenwald concentration camp; the crematoria at an unidentified camp; and Eisenhower viewing the dead in Ohrdruf concentration camp.

  7. Landherrenschaften-Main Registry 416-1/5 Landherrenschaften-Hauptregistratu

    Selected records of the administration of the Landherrenschaften-Hauptregistratu. Records relate to general information on officials, personnel relations of the Landherrenschaft and the Amts Ritzebüttel, regulations for care services (concerning caring for Jews), the Winterhilfswerk (der NS Volkswohlfahrt), the Reichstag election and referendum on November 12, 1933, reports on staff members who did not attend the election sessions, instructions for propaganda for schoolchildren (lyrics, advertisements, headlines), referendum on the Head of State of the German Reich on 19 August 1934, politi...

  8. Schiffer family in Budapest

    János plays with a bucket of water in yard of vacation home in Viranyos in June 1932. Dressed in a suit, Ernö kicks the ball with his boy. (01:55) Nurse-maid coaxes János to walk toward the camera. (03:00) János walks up and down steps to the door of his house in Budapest, and continues water-play. (05:15) János and cousin Anni play in a trough of water. Freshly dressed, they greet a newborn baby in carriage, providing a pacifier. (08:13) At the city park, János plays ball with a small bucket and ball. (10:27) In January 1932, people in winter clothing gather in the park with babies in stro...

  9. Oral history interview with Janina Nilsson

  10. Part 2 of short film about Eva and György; honeymoon in Budapest

    Opening title card in Hungarian handwriting (too dark to read). “Egy Ember tragédiája 2 felvonításban.” “II. rész.” “Nászút: Budapest.” Eva and Győrgy travel to Budapest on their honeymoon. “Kirándulás a Gellért Hegyre esa Hárshegyre” Eva walks up a flight of stairs, establishing shots of Budapest, then Győrgy and two others walk around a park, steamship, and what seems to be an excavation site. “Emléklap Átosok.” Men do some work at the site. “Önkéntes munkaszolgálat.” Győrgy and the two friends also begin to work, shoveling dirt. They get into a car. “Margitsziget. (Palatinus.).” Flowers....

  12. Oral history interview with Stefan Zablocki

  13. Harold and Pirry Roth papers

    Consists of a scrapbook, correspondence, clippings, restitution documents, IDs, naturalization documents, and other original materials pertaining to Pirry and Harold Roth, formerly of Uzhhorod and later of the United States. Pirry and Harold married in 1939 before Harold immigrated to the United States with his parents. Pirry was to later follow but her plans to emigrate from Europe were disrupted by the war. Pirry survived deportation to Auschwitz and was liberated at Plön in 1945. After her liberation she was reunited with Harold who had been serving in the US Army. The couple married for...

  14. Perel Nagelstein photograph

    Contains a prewar studio photograph of Peryl Nagelstein (née Pinkster), her husband, and three children

  15. RZ 102 Office of the German Secretary of State 1936-1944 RZ 102 Büro Staatssekretär 1936-1944

    Records concerning reparations, occupied territories, security issues, military matters, League of Nations, economic and trade negotiations, diplomatic visits, political correspondence, main political affairs, etiquette, personnel matters.

  18. Jewish children prepare to embark on the SS Mouzinho, 1941

    Jewish refugee children, many from internment camps in unoccupied France, gather in Portugal to embark on the SS Mouzinho for the United States. The voyage, including hundreds of Jewish refugees, was arranged by the JDC, with assistance from the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM), HICEM, OSE, and the American Friends Service Committee. 01:00:03 At a children’s colony in São Pedro do Estoril, Portugal, LS of a road before the “Colónia Balnear Infantil Do Seculo” building. Beach. Men and women direct a large group of young refugees (children and teenagers) to li...