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  1. Mauthausen liberation photograph

    Consists of one photograph taken after the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. The photograph depicts piles of corpses in the Soviet section of the camp, with a newly liberated prisoner pointing at the bodies.

  2. Black painted metal bust of Adolf Hitler acquired by a US soldier

    Small, black painted metal bust of Adolf Hitler acquired by a United States soldier during his tour of duty in Germany during World War II and brought back with him to Baltimore.

  3. Selected records related to the history of the Jewish communities of the Lʹviv region

    The collection includes records of the history of Jews and the Jewish communities in the region of L'viv before World War II. Most of the collection contains records of the Council of the Jewish Community, the Board of Trustees of the School District in L'viv, regional schools, the publishing houses and literary magazines. Included are correspondence with local and government authorities, and other documents of the Jewish Community relating to Jewish businesses (the Soap Factory and other), probate court cases, decrees of inheritance, Jewish organizations (e.g. Serce Żydowskie, Agudas Jesch...

  4. Geheime Staatspolizei Staatspolizeistelle in Litzmannstadt. Aussendienststelle in Schieratz Tajna Policja Państwowa w Łodzi. Ekspozytura w Sieradzu (Sygn. 202)

    Contains records of Gestapo in Sieradz, an agency of Gestapo in Łódź Records relate to investigations of Polish resistance movement, actions against anti-German steps, participation in displacements and expropriation, interventions in the prohibited contacts between the German and Polish people (so-called "blood relations" between Germans and Poles), interference in the German national list. The Geheime Staatspolizei performed these tasks in the co-operation with the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo) and Schutzpolizei (Schupo) as well as security services.

  5. Pinkus Edelsberg collection

    Contains ten photographs and one document concerning the experiences of Pinkus Edelsberg in Włodawa, Poland; as a partisan during the war; and in the Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp.

  6. "Naki's Story"

    Consists of one typed story, 8 pages, written by Jack Samarias in the voice of his aunt, Naki (Esther) Touron-Fais, and describing her Holocaust experiences. In the story, "Naki" describes the wartime bombing of her hometown of Larissa, Greece; the family's decision to leave Larissa for Vizitsa, Greece, where they felt they would be safer; her visit to Larissa in March 1944, where she was arrested and taken to an internment camp outside of Larissa. She and a friend, Julie, lied about being Christians and convinced the German guards to release them as long as they could provide proof. Julie ...

  7. Isenberg family at home in Vaduz; men dancing; swimming

    Boys swim in a pool at the family home in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Modern-looking houses with mountains in BG. More diving and swimming. 01:39:40 Car and Norbert on bicycle pass a large house. Norbert and an unknown man walk towards camera on street, one with a cigar in his mouth, car in BG. Sally and Erna tussle in bed. Sally walks past window. 01:41:01 [VQ shifts to poor] Men in national costume dance and play in a street under "Hotel Greif" awning (hotel in Wels, Austria). People watch from the sidewalk. Older man lies in a chair by a window with Norbert. The elders Nathan Stahl and Julie I...

  8. Jewish National Fund. Head Office in Poland, Łódź Żydowski Fundusz Narodowy. Biuro Centralne w Polsce, Łódź (Sygn. 627)

    The collection contains correspondence with the Commission of Foreign Currency of the National Polish Bank, as well as the files of the property matters, includes personal documents of Jews emigrated from Poland to Israel.

  9. Damaged Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered postwar in Latvia

    Corroded Soviet Army Ssh40 combat helmet recovered in a Latvian swamp many years after World War II. Production of the Ssh40 model helmet began in 1940 and continued until 1960. It was issued to Soviet soldiers on all fronts during World War II. The Ssh40 was designed to replace the Ssh39, which had a liner that made it difficult for the wearer to place the helmet over a winter hat or garrison cap. The Ssh40 was designed to solve this problem by attaching the liner to the exterior shell near the rim, which allowed the helmet to slide over another hat. The Soviet Union occupied the independe...

  10. Frieder family on holiday

    The Frieder family on holiday. Women pose with Jane and Peggy on a mountain, probably in Hawaii. Pan of the ocean vista and city below, probably Honolulu. 00:00:29 Two adult couples lounge outdoors. The girls and their mother Julia pose before going to the beach and swimming in the ocean. Jane and Peggy on a ship deck with flowered leis around their necks. Smoke stacks from other boats are visible behind the rail of the ship deck. 00:01:21 People aboard an ocean cruiser. Shores. Someone dives from the boat. 00:02:14 Jane, Peggy, and Julia wear heavy coats on the ship deck. Other Frieder fam...

  11. Perla Zinn Engel papers

    Photographs (7) of Perla Zinn, dating from1943-1946, including two photographs taken in Ottenhofen, Germany, in 1943, several taken in various locations in Germany, post-liberation, including Erlangen, Deggendorf, and Hochland, 1945-1946, and a photo of Mozes Zeiger, inscribed to her, dated 1946, as well as a photograph taken in a displaced persons camp, likely Foehrenwald, undated. Also includes two identification cards for Zinn, using the false name of Zofia Molinska, one issued in Poland in 1939 and the other issues at the Bleidorn displaced persons camp in Germany, 1945. Collection also...

  12. Staatliche Kriminalpolizei, Kriminalpolizeistelle Litzmannstadt Państwowa Policja Kryminalna Posterunek Policji Kryminalnej w Łodzi (Sygn. 203)

    Contains records relating to organization of the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei (Kripo), Kriminalpolizeistelle Litzmannstadt. Includes personnel files of officers, reports of crimes in Łódź and the surrounding district, materials concerning police activity in the ghetto, such as: crossing boundaries, confiscation of property, reports concerning murders and suicides in the ghetto, records and statistics concerning the migration of people, daily reports of der Aelteste der Juden Litzmannstadt, the records of arrested/detained Jews and books of record and inspection, as well as ordinances and anno...

  13. Newspaper announcing the death of President Roosevelt

    Consists of the front page of the Philadelphia edition of the "Jewish Daily Forward" from April 13, 1945, announcing the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  14. Panorama of the Eiffel Tower at the Exposition

    Panoramic footage of the 1900 Paris Exposition and exterior views of the Eiffel Tower. People walk under the Eiffel Tower. MS, base of the tower. Camera pans up showing the rest of the tower and back down to the base. Man takes his cap off and smiles into the camera. A man gestures toward the camera playfully.

  15. Rosa Plawner collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Cymberknopf family before the war in Bedzin, Poland as well as photographs taken during the war or given during the war in the Bedzin ghetto. Includes an essay written by Rosa Cymberknopf (donor) in which she describes her feelings of desperation because of death of loved ones; a letter from Rosa to her friend Basia in Palestine asking for her assistance in finding her brother Majer Cymberknopf; a letter from Paul Herz in Amsterdam to Ruschka, whom he had met in the camps. Rosa Cymberknopf Plawner, daughter of Berek and Hana Rifka, born on November 3,...

  16. POWs cross Elbe; interrogation of Hans Goebbels; Latvian troops surrender

    (LIB 5988) CROSSING THE ELBE FOR PWS, Arneburg, Germany, 25 April 1945. Slate by cameraman #93, Sergeant Krueger. Soldiers row a canoe and unload on the Elbe River. Soldiers in a large boat unload. French, British, and Belgian prisoners of war wait on the river bank. 01:01:01 POWs load into boat and smile for camera. Unload and walk up stairs into building. 01:01:19 POWs in uniform and civilian clothes listen to US soldiers' directions before loading into boat. Scenes of POWs left waiting for next boat. 01:02:20 (LIB 5991) INTERROGATION OF HANS GOEBBELS, Dusseldorf, Germany, 26 April 1945. ...

  17. Berliner and Jacobs families collection

    Collection of documents and photographs documenting the experiences of the Berliner and Jacobs families during the Holocaust. Contains photographs (136), with some pre-war, but majority dating from 1945-1947 and showing Holocaust survivors living in or near displaced persons camps in Germany and Austria (Bergen Belsen, Mittenwald, Berchtesgaden, and Salzburg). Also contains a displaced persons identification card and certificate issued to Aranka Berliner, with the latter showing that she worked as a liaison officer with the Allied authorities at the Belsen camp, post-liberation, 1945; a Rom...

  18. Walter Furst correspondence

    The Walter Furst correspondence consists of correspondence between Walter Furst at Camp Ritchie, Maryland and his brother Harry, his parents Berthalo and Louise Furst, T.E. Glaser, Herbert Meyer, Curt Sloan, Fred Furst, R.H. Stern, Werner Oppenheim, and various other friends from across the United States. The letters focus mainly on military life and other personal matters. The majority of letters are in English, but some from Walter's father are in German. Also included are two overdue notices for library books.

  19. Lola and Boruch Nortman papers

    Contains vaccination certificates, immigration documents, baggage tags, a telegram, and a mimeographed letter, relating mostly to the immigration of Lola and Boruch Nortman from a displaced persons camp in Germany to the United States, 1949.

  20. Reisman family photographs

    Consists of post-war photographs from the collection of Motel Rajsman and his wife, Mary Droznik Rajsman (later Michael and Mary Reisman). The photographs depict Motel, Mary, children, and groups of other displaced persons in the Haid, Steyr, and Ebelsberg displaced persons camps in Austria.