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  1. Photographic print of Jewish children in Warsaw

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613485
    • English
    • overall: Height: 13.940 inches (35.408 cm) | Width: 10.880 inches (27.635 cm) pictorial area: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)

    Gelatin silver print depicting two children standing on a street in Warsaw, ca. 1935-38.

  2. Voivodeship Office in Kielce I Urząd Wojewódzki Kielecki I (Sygn.100)

    Reports of the voivode and starosts, statistics of population, and census, materials regarding the parliamentary and senate elections, political parties, associations, clubs, societies and organizations (including their censuses and statutes), security of the region, a register and records of industrial plants, materials concerning the Communist Workers' Party of Poland (KPRP), and a large number of records of Jewish religious communities throughout the voivodship: elections of rabbis and examinations of rabbinical candidates, budgets and property matters of Jewish communes, election of aut...

  3. Salomon Garfinkel collection

    Contains letters and photographs concerning a family in Poland who wrote to their brother Solomon (Sam) Garfinkel in the United States. Letters dated 1940s.

  4. Selected records of the town Busko Akta miasta Busko (Sygn. 2128) : Wybrane materialy

    Registers and census of Busko town, including are registers of births, marriages and deaths and annexes to the registers (Files 1673-3086); files of registers for the years 1935-1939, 1941, 1942, 1945 and 1946, lists of artisans (File 622-alphabetical list of 1934), lists of commercial, industrial and craft companies, and related correspondence, records concerning industry and trade, e.g. leasing of stalls, halls and municipal lands (Files 1216-1218); education matters, as well as lists of schoolchildren and students. The collection also includes documents related to the Jewish community in...

  5. Selected records of the Offices and institutions of Galicia District Urzędy i Instytucje Okręgu Galicja (Sygn.119)

    Files of 10 gendarmes from the Galicia District. Includes personal documents of the gendarmes.

  6. Outtakes from a comedy film about a family eating (3 reels)

    Outtakes from Lizzy Kessler's comedy film "Familie Unterernährt isst Gansl Lustspiel in 2 akten" (RG-60.7029)

  7. Aharon Lazer papers

    The Aharon Lazer papers contain two handwritten diaries and documents that belonged to Jewish Brigade soldier, Aharon Laser (Lazer). Aharon served in the 1st Palestine Light Anti-Aircraft Battery of the 202 Field Artillery Regiment in Cyprus, Italy, Germany, and other locations in Europe. The first diary, which begins in French and then switches to Hebrew, dated November 14,1944, includes numerous edits and deletions. In an entry dated May 27, 1944, and revised on December 1, 1944, he documents the last months of the war. This diary also includes entries about a battle on the Senio River, e...

  8. Photographic print of Elie Wiesel, 1977

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613482
    • English
    • overall: Height: 8.810 inches (22.377 cm) | Width: 13.440 inches (34.138 cm) pictorial area: Height: 8.810 inches (22.377 cm) | Width: 13.440 inches (34.138 cm)

    Gelatin silver print depicting Elie Wiesel in 1977.

  9. Archive of the Culture Congress. Confederation of Jewish Culture Archivo del Cultur Congres. Confederación Pro Cultura Judía

    The collection consists of institutional records of the Confederación Pro Cultura Judía. Records relate to the arrival of survivor artists, cultural activities and publishing projects of survivors, as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and organizational records.

  10. Moses and Mainzer families collection

    The collection consists of documents and correspondence, a Pentateuch, ID cards, and passports relating to the experiences of Meta Moses and Fritz Mainzer before, during, and after the Holocaust.

  11. Photographic print of a boy with a toothache

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn613474
    • English
    • overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) pictorial area: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)

    Gelatin silver print of a boy suffering from a toothache clutching a tattered school notebook, Slonim, ca. 1935-38.

  12. Children at displaced persons camp

    Crowd of DPs moves off a field, wild panning shots show faces, volleyball net, camp buildings at a DP camp. The young men and women congregate in a line. 01:19:37 CU, man with two mugs smiles and talks to the camera; two women. DP camp camp building with people in the window. Large residence. VAR CUs, DPs, young girls dancing, schoolchildren. The children stare at the camera, hold hands, dance in concentric circles, smile, play, and chat. 01:22:35 Brief shot of Boder with the children, boy sings for the camera, playing. 01:23:27 Elders pose for the camera. (glimpse of girl with head bandage...

  13. Humanitarian Federation "Brotherhood B'nai B'rith" in Warsaw (Sygn. 674)

    Founding documents of the "Brotherhood of B'nei B'rith," in Warsaw, Poland, as well as the minutes of sessions of the board and members, briefs of the operation and financial records, correspondence, registers of membership, reports and notes referring to the organization and operation of the federation.

  14. Selected records of the town Włoszczowa Akta miasta Włoszczowa (Sygn. 1809) : Wybrane materialy

    Correspondence concerning schooling and out of school education, emigration and re-emigration of refugees, minutes of sessions of the Municipal Government and Municipal Council, budgets and reports, population books of permanent inhabitants of town of Włoszczowa, and the list of people murdered by the Germans in Włoszczowa and Krasocin, 1941-1942. The list includes 105 people.

  15. Displaced persons camp at Henonville

    DP stands in a garden in front of a palatial but dilapidated building. Pan of the DPs gathered in front in Hénonville. A woman and her baby. More lovely shots of the men, women, and children in front of this building. 01:10:06 The vegetable garden. Kids walk towards the camera with a man in a light-colored suit. Men work on the soil in the garden.

  16. Key fob commemorating the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth with a swastika on the back

    Hard plastic key fob commemorating the 1932 bicentennial of George Washington’s birth bearing his image on one side and a lucky swastika on the other. The fob was most likely manufactured in the United States around 1932, when the US had an official commission to manage nationwide bicentennial celebrations. Many prominent manufacturing companies produced medals, medallions, tokens, fobs, and other novelties for use during those celebrations, and their designs were widely copied by less reputable manufacturers. This fob is likely one of those copied novelties with a common image of Washingto...

  17. Gertrude and William Nagel papers

    The Gertrude and William Nagel papers include photographs, birth certificates, education records, correspondence, and passports documenting Gertrude and William Nagel’s prewar experiences in Vienna, Austria as well as their wartime immigration to the United States, William Nagel’s service in the United States Army, and their families. Documents include records of William Nagel’s education in Vienna, Austria; naturalization as a U.S. citizen; enlistment in the U.S. Army; service as an intelligence officer interrogating German POWs in Germany; and honorable discharge with several commendation...

  18. Henry "Hank" Mayer memoir

    Memoir, photocopy of manuscript, 13 pages, written by Henry "Hank" Mayer, of Bridgeport, CT, describing his family's experiences in their native Germany during the 1930s, including antisemitic persecution, their immigration to the United States in 1939, his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, and his post-war life in Bridgeport as the owner of a military supply business.

  19. Margaret Schaupner collection

    Contains photographs taken by Margaret D. Schaupner, and American tourist who traveled to Europe aboard the ship S. S. Roma in July-September, 1937. Photographs document her visit to Rothenberg and Berlin, Germany, including images of Nazi banners in those cities.

  20. William Shirer handbill

    Consists of one handbill issued by the National Lecture Management Corp. to advertise William Shirer's lecture, "Where are we Going? A Front-Page Analysis on America in World Affairs", circa 1949-1950. The broadside includes a large photograph of Shirer on one side posing with an MBS microphone, and includes a brief biography of him on the verso.