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  1. Luftwaffe film on a Stuka (dive bomber) unit

    donkey, well, occupied trails, German soldiers in Greece, dogs, Acropolis, cyclists, military band, civilians (Jews?) constructing roads, construction of wooden hut in a forest, Eifel Tower, aerial shots of snow, mother and child, groups of Carbines marching

  2. Chamysz family photograph collection

    The collection contains pre-war photographs of brothers Jacob, Josef, and Samuel Chamysz and their families in Lwów, Poland (present day Lviv, Ukraine). Also included is a letter with multiple authors dated 27 April 1921.

  3. Nazi architecture in Munich and Berlin, Brandenburg Gate

    Memorial, wreaths, snow, Oberpollinger (a well-known department store in Munich), flower-decorated buses

  4. Images of Old Berlin

    Men on bicycles, swastika flags, buses, traffic police, "Henko advertising," subway, cafe, equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, women in costume, Nazi music train, roller skaters

  5. Cretaceous island Rügen

    Stralsund with railway ferry

  6. Aircraft defense unit 4/1945; Würzburg in ruins 1946/47

    vapor trails of American aircraft in sky, flak helper, church in Geldersheim, boys with steel helmets, several girls in uniform, burning buildings, bombing, Wurzburg ruins, various pictures of destroyed churches, civilians on a country road, view from the mountain on the main, rubble, various settings and details of destroyed homes and church buildings

  7. Selected records of the City of Kielce Akta miasta Kielce (Sygn. 122)

    Correspondence and minutes of sessions of the Municipal Council (34 aldermen, 10 of them Jews), alphabetical lists of cases examined by the Council (1917-1925), materials related to elections to the Council and lists of voters (1919 and 1927), materials related to election to the Parliament and Senate, lists of voters included (1922, 1928, 1930), files of the Town Hall - Departments of Treasury, Statistics and Technical Dept. (e.g. documents related to the Jewish graveyard (call No 1601), also lists and books of inhabitants, lists of recruits, files of the Jewish religious community in Kiel...

  8. de Jong family testimonies

    Photocopies of two declarations made by the donor’s parents, Joseph and Celina de Jong, originally of Amsterdam, at the Rijksinstitut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (present-day NIOD), describing their experiences during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and their arrest and deportation to concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. Donation includes English translations of the Dutch texts, created by the donor.

  9. Visiting Vienna and Budapest; wedding

    With intertitles in English. “Villach- on Austrian Border.” Woman walks around a parked car to the passenger door. 0:16 “Main Street of the Town near the Railway Station.” Busy street with people and carts passing by. 0:32 “On the way to Vienna.” Shot of a train station with sign reading “Judenburg.” 0:48 Shot of a train station with a sign reading “Knittelfeld.” People and a small dog pass in front of the camera. 1:06 “Vienna- The Ringstrasse- Before the Hotel Bristol.” Large Avenue with many people walking by. 1:20 “Some of the Gang Leave Us.” Group of well-dressed people smile and wave t...

  10. County Command of the State Police in Opoczno Komenda Powiatowa Policji Państwowej w Opocznie (Sygn. 1187)

    Police reports, surveillance books, an inspection of dactyloscopic cards, an album of criminals, a journal of a service inspection, reports by police officers and informers related to political, social and labor organizations, and records related to communist activities among the Jews.

  11. Portrait of a Nazi War Victim: #5567 Leon Kliot memoir

    The Leon Kliot memoir includes a copy of Kliot’s unpublished manuscript titled “Portrait of a Nazi War Victim: #5567” and a partial English translation of the memoir. The memoir describes Kliot’s prewar life in Vilna, Poland, in the Vilna ghetto and Vaivara concentration camp complex in Estonia during the Holocaust, and his return home and decision to immigrate to the United States after the war. The memoir also includes several poems written during the Holocaust and after liberation. Translations for pages 395 to 443 are mis-numbered as pages 295 to 342, and translations for pages 295 to 3...

  12. Massacre of Serbs; emaciated children

    Shooting of Serbs, Communists, and Jews in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia in January or February 1942. In 1941, Nazi groups of Croatian Ustasha conquered the city and prepared to slaughter the Serbs in the city. According to historians, the group of people in the film were either accused for black market activity or part of the "politically unfit" Serbian population. 10:00:57-10:03:20 Emaciated children.

  13. Wehrmacht activities; German family; Autobahn

    "Bahnhof Alsheim" Town views. Water fountain. Sign, "Alsheim Kreis Worms" Men wash military trucks, pose for camera. CU, woman laughing. German soldier poses before a house. Burial ceremony in town square with cannons, wreath. Wehrmacht on horseback. In town, soldier poses with a family. Sign, "Gonbach". Soldiers washing dishes. Clocktower, aerial shots. Folks look out of train window. 10:34:28 "Reichsautobahn" Vehicles on motorway. "Enkenbach-Hochspeyer" sign. Town, motorway, church. Various shots of German soldiers in the town. Family hikes. More pastoral views and CU of woman. Silhouette...

  14. Presentation by Hilda Montelmacher

  15. Untitled

  16. Hitler in Wiesbaden

    Ozaphan Film. Hitler filmed by his pilot, Hans Baur, in Wiesbaden. Hitler and Nazi officials. A girl runs towards Hitler and shakes his hand. Overlook from Neroberg (hill) in Wiesbaden. Drinking beer. ENDE.

  17. Heligoland 1934/35

    Heligoland, vacaioners board a ship, views of the island, houses, cafes, street scenes, tourists, gymnastics exercises, water skiers on board

  18. Family film: Cronberg i. Taunus

    Trip to Harz mountains, Frankfurt on the Main, Braunschweig, city view, Borkum, summer vacation, Westerland, promenade, children's party, rope to the ship, rescue trousers, Harz trip, March 1935, Castle Potsdam, Visit to Sweden: Family, Hunting in Westerland, beach life, Danube drive, Schönbrunn Palace

  19. Shulamit Klebanov papers

    Correspondence received by Shulamit Klebanov, while she was working on behalf of the Jewish Agency, providing assistance to Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps in Europe following World War II. Most of the letters are from fellow aid workers, describing their work with Holocaust survivors and vocational courses offered to them by ORT.

  20. Nazi advance

    AGFA 8 1942. Map. Marching. Cemetery. Destruction. Boats. Tannenberg.