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  1. The Court of Appeal in Warsaw Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie (Sygn. 1602)

    Collection consists of records of criminal cases related to collaboration with the German authorities and the police, which were tried in post-war Poland. Cases relate to criminal activities against Jews and Poles such as participation in the roundups, pacifications, deportations and executions, denunciations of Jews, collaboration with the Gestapo, blackmailing Jews, requisitioning of property, surveillance and other crimes.

  2. Selected records of the Prosecutor of the District Court in Kielce Prokuratura Sądu Okręgowego w Kielcach (Sygn. 1119)

    Indexes of names related to cases handled by the office of the Prosecutor of the District Court in Kielce.

  3. Selected records of the County Starosty in Pińczów Starostwo Powiatowe w Pińczowie (Sygn. 732)

    Pre-war records related to Jews in the county of Pińczów, including are layouts of estates, certificates of citizenship, court verdicts, and recruitment to the army.

  4. Vacationing in France; Ship SS Leviathan returns to NY

    Views of a busy outdoor café, well-dressed couples walk by the camera. 1:25 Rooftop views of a city, probably in France. 1:38 Views of stone ramparts with an outlook over the city, a group of people standing at the ledge look at the camera. Views of a busy shopping district, signs on stores read “Friseur,” “Parfumerie” and “Grand Hotel.” Two men exit the hotel and get into a convertible parked outside. Views of a passing trolley from a balcony. 2:44 An assembly of small paddle boats, carrying flags and small trees come into a dock, views of the beach. 3:29 Diners sit at an outdoor restauran...

  5. Sondergericht Warschau Sąd Specjalny w Warszawie (Sygn. 643/III)

    Selected files of criminal cases from the German Special Court in Warsaw (Sondergericht Warschau). Note: Related collections are available at the USHMM:: RG-15.267, Staatsanwaltschaft bei dem Sondergericht Warschau (Sygn. 1601/III), and RG-15.268, Sąd Niemiecki w Warszawie (Sygn.1207/III).

  6. Asriel and Mascha Berkmann papers

    The collection contains documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Asriel and Mascha Berkmann’s experiences in concentration camps during the Holocaust, and in Munich, Germany after the war. Included are identification documents; immigration papers; documents regarding Asriel’s involvement with the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Bavaria and the Jewish Committee Munich; correspondence; an affidavit signed by 30 prisoners at Dachau concentration camp stating that Asriel was also there and worked to help his fellow prisoners; a document stating that no paperwork exists rega...

  7. Sudetenland; Reichenberg town hall; Wehrmacht marches; special trains

    Occupation of Sudetenland, October 1938. Karlsbad. Special trains.

  8. Family films; Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg; Hitler; Western campaign; Göring; Everyday-life in occupied France.

    July 1934: private life, children. Sep 1934: Vienna trip, zoo visit, wedding.1935: Winter and carnival delights, soldiers in a private atmosphere 15:20 Nazi Party, Volksfest, Adolf Hitler in an open car. Railroad, private, moving, May celebrations, sea vacation in Karshagen, carnival run 38:40 Western campaign, ruins, Dunkirk, war goods left behind, church, Lille 44:57 Bus with the inscription "Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss" / front theater 45:13 Goering at Air Force Unit 46:20 Everyday life, Luftwaffe, Donnerbalken, airfield, Stukas, France, typical shots, Ride on the Eiffel Tower, debri...

  9. Rząd Generalnego Gubernatorstwa General Government Regierung des Generalgouvernements (Sygn. 111)

    Selected records from the following departments of the Regierung des Generalgouvernements (General Government) in Poland: 1. The Department of Internal Administration (Haubtabteilung Innere Verwaltung), which includes records relating to matters such as the organization of the Sonderdienst and Baudienst; religious denominations and national minorities; registry books of the Jewish population in the districts of Krakow, Radom, Warsaw, and Lublin; and the list of books owned by Jews and transferred to the National Library in Krakow, 1939-1944, (File 422/1-573), 2. The Department of Labor (Hau...

  10. Norman Bentwich collection (P174)

    Private papers of Norman de Mattos Bentwich (1883-1971): Correspondence with refugees from Germany and Austria including name lists (organized alphabetically), as well as correspondence with the various refugee aid organizations such as the Central British Fund, London, the Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen, Amsterdam, the Comité voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen, Amsterdam, the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation, the Comité Allemand, Paris, the Comité National Tchécoslovaque pour les réfugiés provenant d'Allemagne, Prague, the Vereeniging tot Vakopleiding van Palestina Pionier...

  11. Warshawiak family collection

    Contains photographs, documents, and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Regina Szajnbek and her husband Beresh Warshawiak, who both survived multiple concentration camps and then met and married in the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp, where they gave birth to their daughter Blima (donor).

  12. Adolf Hitler, filmed by his pilot Hans Baur (partly in color)

    10:00:00 View from a flying plane on wing and propeller, flight over clouds 10:00:27 Inside the cabin: Goebbels reads, Brückner sleeps, Schaub behind Hitler, Hitler reads in the "Völkische Beobachter". 10:01:05 Color: Hitler on an airfield. Cannon. Hitler eats standing in the midst of officers, 10:01:38 Hitler gets on the car, the car is surrounded by members of the Luftwaffe, all of them raise their arms to greet the Germans, several vehicles set off. 10:01:51 Hitler with escort (including Wilhelm Keitel and Julius Schaub) holds on to his cap and welcomes Luftwaffe officers.

  13. Russian Campaign

    Russian Campaign, Fuehrer Headquarters Wolfschanze

  14. Mandel family papers

    The Mandel family papers include biographical material, restitution files, photographs, and family documents relating to Yehuda Mandel and his family’s experiences pre-war in Latvia and Hungary, their flight from Budapest, immigration to the United States, and their post-war life in America. A large portion of the collection includes materials relating to Yehuda’s Cantorial career including music, education records, programs, newspaper clippings, awards, speeches, and documents relating to various conventions and organizations.

  15. stamped envelope

    Stamped airmail envelope sent to Mr. Kurt L. Levy at Internment Camp "N", Ottowa, Canada. The return address is in Bogota, Columbia and the sender is named Wallenberg. The envelope includes 3 stamps. The envelope is postmarked 13 May 1941.

  16. Eli Shechtman papers

    Papers of Eli Shechtman, a prominent Yiddish writer. The collection consists of Shechtman's personal and official correspondence, manuscripts, articles, notes, sketches, photographs, journals and newspapers clippings. The materials relate to Shechtman's personal and professional life as a writer. Journals and newspaper publications include: "Omer"," Leatztah Neis", "Morning Freiheirt", "Nasha Strana", "Yedioth Ahronot", "Al Hamishmar", "Maariv", "Folks Shtimah", "Yisroel Shtimah", "Iton 1977", "Humanite Dimanche", "Nasz Geos", "Liternaturnaya Gazzeta", "Maoznim", "Darom Africa", "Folksblatt...

  17. Trip to Italy, 1930s

    Ponte Vechhio, the Duomo, The David, Colosseum, fisherman sitting at the harbor, various Italian sites

  18. The German Gdansk

    Once upon a time under the Kurenwimpel, Als wir den Plön banden, historic land along the Vistula

  19. Maurice and Elisabeth La Kerr papers

    The collection documents Maurice La Kerr’s post-war experiences in Germany and France as a fingerprint analyst with the United States Army. Maurice worked in several capacities including fingerprinting German citizens, identifying the identities of deceased American soldiers, and fingerprinting defendants during the Buchenwald trial in 1947. Included is military paperwork, identification papers, programs, ration cards, booklets, and clippings. Also included is the marriage paperwork for Maurice and Elisabeth Büttenbender along with her immigration and naturalization papers. The photographs ...

  20. Palestine in the 1920s

    Bethlehem. Birthplace of Christ: Pan across the city, Church of the Nativity: Arab population. View of the church, street scenes, Jerusalem. The Holy Land: View through an archway to the city, The Jaffa Gate: Arab population, horse drovers, riders on donkeys The Church of the Holy Sepulcher above the grave of Jesus: In front of the small gate a guard in uniform, The Wailing Wall: View from above, many people on the wall, including women