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  1. Deutscher family papers

    The collection primarily documents the immigration experiences of the Deutscher family as they fled Vienna, Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; identification papers; and a small amount of restitution papers. The immigration papers include Efraim and Beile Deutscher’s documentation from Italy, and Erwin and Henia Deutscher’s documentation regarding immigration to Palestine and later the United States. There is a small amount of correspondence that includes a postcard written to Efraim Deutscher while he was...

  2. Pomerania and Baltic Sea beaches

    Home movies. 10:01:36 - 10:05:46 Pomerania, beach life, island of Wolin on the Baltic coast, probably Misdroy [Międzyzdroje], a town and a seaside resort in northwestern Poland, cruisers in the background. 10:06:19 - 10:06:51 Misdroy, beach life

  3. Polish State Police Station in Opoczno Policja Państwowa w Opocznie (Sygn. 772)

    Police Station Books, 1940-1943. The Station Books noted all operations of the police in Opoczno area; and contain numerous references to Jewish residents.

  4. Max Bloch collection

    Contains a memoir written by Max Bloch (Johanna Marcus's maternal cousin) who in 1938 managed to flee his hometown of Prague to Lisbon and from there to the United States. He served in the US Army as a translator. While working for the US Military Government for Germany, Max Bloch wrote his memoir, starting on February 7, 1947 in Berlin; in German; 208 pages. Includes a photograph depicting General Dwight D. Eisenhower pinning a ribbon on Max Bloch's chest for his service; photo by the US Army Signal Corps.

  5. Lenger at Koenigstein in winter

    “W.L. Film 62,” “ Kriegsjahre auf der Festung Königstein.” Walter Lenger in his uniform filming with his camera, the Elbe river in the background. Intertitle: “Winter.” A model train snakes along a train track. Walter Lenger in a train car. The landscape outside shot from the train window. People on an icy river. A handwritten sign reads “Eisübergang.” Men walk across wooden planks on the frozen body of water. Other views of the landscape. Walter Lenger explores a snowy forest. Men walk single file across the snow and towards the camera. Panoramic view of a winding river. Walter salutes ano...

  6. John (Hans) Buchsbaum papers

    Correspondence, documents, photographs, and typescript memoir, of John (Hans) Buchsbaum (1910-1988), originally of Ostrava, Czech Republic, relating primarily to his experiences following his immigration to first Britain, and then the United States in 1939-1941, and to the experiences of his family in Europe during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence from his mother, Clara Buchsbaum, his sister and brother-in-law, Gretel and Hugo Spitzer, and his uncle, Norbert Babad, 1939-1941. Also included are pre-war family photographs, correspondence with tracing services following the war seeking t...

  7. Friedberg family papers

    The Friedberg family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Friedberg family from Jarosław, Poland; the Jam family and their lumberyard in Rzeszów, Poland, before the war; their survival during the Holocaust; and their move to Paris and immigration to the United States after the war.

  8. Marcus family correspondence

    Contains postcards written by Fraydl Marcus, addressed to her son Rubin Marcus and her brother-in-law Louis Marcus.

  10. Nuremberg; Streicher

    Carnival parade in Nuremberg. 10:07:24 Julius Streicher, panel framed with green: "On August 14, 1937, in the presence of Mr. Gauleiter Julius Streicher, the spade was broken for the Siemens-Schuckert swimming pool". Hitler and Streicher on the Party Rally Grounds

  11. Blima Sicherman papers

    Contains documents concerning Blima Sicherman, born in Breslau, Germany [present-day Wroclaw, Poland] in 1905. Includes a Polish postwar passport issued in the Czech Republic and documents for vaccination, immigration documents, and translations attesting to Blima's internment in the Auschwitz concentration camp and then "Brnenc" [Brunnlitz] concentration camp, where she survived due to the actions of Oskar Schindler. From there, Blima went to Sweden and immigrated to the United States. Her husband, Oskar Sicherman and children [names unknown] did not survive the Holocaust.

  12. Blankenese and Elbe river tour; New Year's Eve

    Agfa 8 1939. Tour. Some title cards in German. 10:11:22 (color) Blankenese, Elbe trip, goats on the dam, BDM and HJ 10:15:02 Hamburg port, child in hammock, Zoo Hagenbeck / Elefantentor, 10:19:21 Punch and Judy show, doll, Russian, then idyll with animals, Elbe trip, picnic 10:28:32 (color) flowers, lighthouse, coast, pier, beach life, same bw 10:37:45 house music, New Year's Eve 10:42:50 Riding excursion, older women 10:47:00 Kurstadt, "main source", Bad Pyrmont Hbf

  13. Travel to Hamburg, England, USA; Tennis match; Trier

    Agfa. "England-Reise August 28-Sept 3, 1934" Trip: Hamburg; England; New York; Washington DC; etc. 01:30:42 - 01:33:29 Oberammergau (?), Gasthof Alte Post 01:37:58 - 01:38:58 Tennis match in Plettenberg, Magda Goebbels fashion. 01:42:36 - 01:43:35 Border bridge over the Saur near Trier / Luxemburg, Trier

  14. Leo Weinrieb: My many lives

    Photocopy of a transcript, 63 pages, of several interviews conducted by Elizabeth Conant with Leo Weinrieb, originally of Poland, but who survived the Holocaust while in hiding in the Netherlands. Interviews were recorded in 2009 and 2010 in Willliamsville, NY, and were subsequently transcribed by Kathleen Hume, under the title "Leo Weinrieb: My Many Lives."

  15. POWs?; city views

    Unknown location, perhaps nearby Zloczow as covered in film frames directly preceding this sequence (RG-60.1872), possibly in summer 1941. Column of men (soldiers? POWs?) walk along a country road, somecovered in dirt. Hundreds of local women (Ukrainian?) with headscarves in an open area. Destroyed military trucks, tanks, houses and trains. Soldiers fix a military car, one fuses metal onto the fender. 10:05:54 Panoramic, high-angle view of a city on a river, possibly Lwiw. Street views, shops. 10:07:10 Return to boat seen in RG-60.1872, German soldiers lounging shirtless. View of another bo...

  16. Second international amateurfilm-kongress in Berlin, July 23-29, 1936

    KODAK. Newspaper "Film-Kurier": "Kino am hellen Tag / Die Filmamateure in Berlin". Close-ups of men and women with small-gauge movie cameras. Sign: "II. Intern. Amateur Film-Kongress Berlin". Nice CUs of the attendees. Olympic stadium, athletes with country flags. CUs, female blonde celebrity signs autographs. Dining hall. Gardens. Formal dinner and dancing. Poster for the 5th international competition for the best amateur film. KODAK.

  17. Wawel castle; Zakopane carriages

    Flag on pole. Guard on duty protects a government (?) building. Wawel Castle exteriors with automobile parked - Hans Frank set up residence in Wawel Castle after being named Governor General of the German-occupied Polish territories in October 1939. 01:18:40 Zakopane sign. People in the city square. Carriages wait for passengers. Street with horse and buggy traffic.

  18. SA membership files, Varel (Germany)

    Consists of 43 separate personnel files on members of the Sturmbabteilung (SA) of the Nazi party, from the town of Varel (Friesland), Germany. The files, called "Stammrolle," contain information about a persons membership in the SA, in the Nazi party, their vital statistics, profession, prior military or paramilitary service, and the dates on which they received various ranks in the SA. The files were numbered in sequential and chronological order, based on the date when this form was completed, which could have been at the same time as a person's entry into the SA, or at a much later date....

  19. David Markovic testimony

    Testimony of David Markovic, describing his family and childhood experiences in Rosvegovo, Czechoslovakia, prior to World War II, his experiences during his Holocaust as a forced laborer in Romania and Yugoslavia, his internment at Flossenbürg and Dachau, and his postwar life. Typescript, 9 pages, as dictated to Miriam Levitan in May 2016.

  20. Blum and Manuel Family collection

    Contains correspondence received by Margot Manuel in New York from her relatives in Germany. The majority of the letters were written by her parents, Leopoldine and Hermann Manuel, as well as brother Alfons and Siegfried. Leopoldine and Hermann Manuel, as well as Siegfried, did not survive the Holocaust.