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  1. Bodnar family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, and photographs which document the experiences of the Bodnar family of Vienna, Austria, who fled through Switzerland, Italy, and France before arriving in the United States. Includes a recording made by Fani Bodnar (Jacque's mother), and a visa signed by Hiram Bingham IV allowing Jacques to travel to the United States.

  2. “League of Front Soldiers” Day of the Steel Helmets 1927 Berlin

    German newspapers, The Red Flag and the Steel Helmet, headquarters, officers marching, celebration, fireworks, aircrafts, crowds, Old Dithmarschen flag

  3. Private Film on the French campaign

    Stills. German soldiers. Marching. Train. Dog in lake. Sports. Train station. Winter hiking, mountains. Festival. Military awards.

  4. Davidovic and Gottesman families papers

    Photographs and documents related to the family of David and Esther Davidovic, the donor's maternal grandparents, of Dorobratovo, Czechoslovakia (present-day Ukraine), including material related to the visit of their daughter (the donor's aunt), Florence Davidovic, who had immigrated to the United States, and returned to visit her family in Dorobratovo in 1939. Documents include a family photograph taken during the 1939 visit, other pre-war family photographs, Florence Davidovic's U.S. naturalization certificate, her travel documents, and a subsequent letter from the U.S. Department of Stat...

  5. Selected records of the District Court in Kielce Sąd Okręgowy w Kielcach (Sygn. 1040)

    Files of civil and criminal trials with indexes. After World War II, Jewish survivors tried to regain their property in Kielce and certify the deaths of their relatives before the court. Selected archival units contain copies of birth, marriage and death certificates which are attached to the trial files.

  6. UNRRA selected records AG-018-003 : Bureau of Supply

    Selected records of the UNRRA Bureau of Supply, including the Country Programs Division Operations and Programming Branches: reports on China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and Poland, and other various reports. Other divisions files relating to the coordination and transportation of supplies; including are files of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Division, Industrial Rehabilitation Division, Clothing Textiles, and Footwear Division, Food Division, and Medical and Sanitation Supplies branch.

  8. Gertrude Buff Spangler papers

    Collection of documents, photographs and notebook illustrating the pre-war and wartime experiences of Gertrude Buff's and her mother and father, Elsa and Berthold Buff. Also included is a Deutsches Reich Reisepass [German passport] for Paul Spangenthal [Gertrude's husband, Paul Spangler]. Collection contains Arbeitsbuch [worker's book] for Gertrude, who was forced as a Jew to leave school and work for private German companies until she and Elsa emigrated in 1939. Includes German documents concerning confiscated family property and post-war restitution efforts; a handwritten German cookbook ...

  9. Transfer agreement certificate

    Certificate of confirmation of money transfer to the "Ha'avara" company, owned jointly by the Anglo-Palestine Bank and the Jewish Agency. Printed certificate with typed details and the signature of a representative of the Anglo-Palestine Bank

  10. Hitlertag in Munich; groundbreaking of the House of German Arts

    KODAK. “Hitlertag in Muenchen Juli 1932.” Soldiers march through Munich, spectators, some doing the Nazi salute. Another view. The soldiers raise their arms in salute. Hitler stands on platform, his arm outstretched in salute, beside Ernest Rohm. 10:01:35 Heinrich Himmler, the SS Reichsfuehrer. “Kesselbergrennen 1932” 10:02:14 “Grunsteinlegung zum ‘Haus der Deustchen Kunst' 15 Oktober 1933” [Groundbreaking for the House of the German Arts in Munich] Huge crowds of spectators watch from stands. At the center of the square, soldiers stand in formation. Nazi flags. 10:03:09 Nazi official speak...

  11. UNRRA selected records AG-018-001 : China Office

    Selected records of the UNRRA China Office relating to Displaced Persons Operations, medical and agricultural rehabilitation in China, 1944-1949: reports, correspondence with Jewish Sephardic Committee, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, lists of refugees, as well as records relating to repatriation, transportation, and tracing inquiries.

  12. Budapest; Berlin Zoo; Dunkirk; Dnieper dam; Hunting in Yugoslavia; Belgrade

    refugees, hunting, zoo, military personnel pose in city, beach child waves Nazi flag.

  13. Bela Friedman document collection

    Contains a Schutzbrief (protective letter) issued to Bela Friedman by the Swiss Legation in Budapest; dated October 23, 1944.

  14. Dina Wizmur photograph collection

    Contains a photograph of Maria Firestein Insler and Edward (Meitek) Insler.

  15. Star of David badge printed with Jude

    Star of David badge; yellow textile with black outline of Star of David and "Jude" printed in center.

  16. French Campaign

    Luftwaffe pilots, Paris, Red Cross nurse, officers, overflight, airfield (color film), Fieseler Storch, military cemetery

  17. Zoo; baths in Budapest, parade in Vienna or Budapest

    Views of animals at a zoo including deer, a seal, lions. 01:27 People dancing on a small stage giving some sort of performance. 02:03 A horse race, the men riding them wield swords. 02:47 Views of a chic outdoor café, waiters wearing tuxedos stand by. 03:17 Views of a crowded outdoor pool and of the bathers lounging beside it. A woman in a bathing suit poses for the camera, walks towards it. This is possibly Gellert Bath in Budapest, Hungary. 4:09 Views of a large, possibly religious, procession of people in the street, a large crowd observes. CUs of the people in the procession as they wal...

  19. Wehrmacht advances in Poland

    AGFA 8 1941. Eastern front. Pan down building, with sign in Cyrillic, brief INTS. Sign: Ukrainian public school in Wroblin Krowleski. Sign for "Rymanow" Soldier poses by sign, "Posada dolna Kreishaupt m. Sanok District-Krakau" . German soldiers greet cameraman, walk along road with rifles. Aerial shots of countryside, looking through binoculars. Soldiers bathe (brief). Perform a drill at camp. 10:27:08 Sign on barracks: "Juden u. Polen Eintritt verboten!" Woman & man pose in doorway of hut. Man plays accordion. Graves. More of the pastoral Polish countryside. Very brief shot of Jewish g...

  20. French Campaign

    Battle of France, Count Edmund von Rothkirch