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  1. Einsatzgruppen shooting of Jews, Latvia

    An Einsatzgruppe execution between late July and mid-August 1941. Jewish men being shot by Germans, in dugout pit. 01:00:38 Two brief shots of German Kriegsmarine standing along the bank near the bushes (screen left) washing himself. Footage includes executions of three groups of men. Soldiers and others, including Kriegsmarine personnel and civilians, stand around. Also visible are many people watching from an embankment above. Jews jump out of open truck and are herded, running, towards open pit. They wear "yellow badges" on their chests and backs. SS men, local Latvian militia, and Germa...

  2. Israel's independence war, produced by the United Palestine Appeal

    Shots of Jerusalem as the narrator says that despite the U.N. truce, Glubb Pasha (John Bagot Glubb) continues to arm the Transjordan Arab Legion. Looters in Jerusalem. King Abdullah of Transjordan pays a visit to the Dome of the Rock (Mosque of Omar). 01:01:07 Count Folke Bernadotte in Lake Success, New York, to report to the U.N. on the truce. Interior shots of delegates meeting to discuss the Arab Legion's defiance of the truce, June 11th, 1948. Shots of urban warfare after the May 15, 1948 declaration of the state of Israel. Women carry a wounded man on a stretcher; women and men prepare...

  3. Armband with a royal coat of arms worn by Danish resistance fighter

    Blue, red, and white armband with a medallion worn by Mogens Høirup, a Danish resistance fighter, after the war. This style of armband was issued by the Danish Freedom Council on May 4 and 5, 1945. The armbands, which appeared abruptly throughout Denmark, were issued by the Danish Freedom Council, Denmark's unofficial government-in-exile in England from July 1944 to May 1945. The armbands were meant to identify resistance members as legitimate combatants, rather than guerilla forces, to ensure they were protected under Geneva Convention rules defining combatants and how they should be treat...

  4. Steen Metz photograph collection

    Contains seven photographs of Axel and Magna Metz and their son Steen in Denmark during the World War II in Denmark. Includes pre-war images of Steen, his parents, and paternal grandmother Betty. All were deported to Theresienstadt where Axel died in March 1944. The remaining family members were liberated in May 1945.

  5. Nazi rallies in Wachau region (Austria)

    Dark frames of people. “Weissenkirchen in der Wachau.” A crowd of people stand, talking and shaking hands, amongst suitcases at the side of train tracks. There are some men in uniform with Nazi armbands. A group of young men wearing white shirts and swastika armbands. A band plays. A train approaches on the tracks. CUs of the train. People hang out of the train windows, waving. CU of an older woman’s face, she sits on a bench. Pan of the town with the mountains in the BG. Villagers walking. A boat on the water. Villagers walking. A dog stands on its hind legs. A cat. A train goes by on the ...

  6. Alexander Shatton collection

    The Alexander Shatton collection consists of several articles written by Alexander Shatton. The collection includes an article entitled "The Journey of the Szatensztejn Family from Poland to the United States, 1939-1940," which describes the then-teenaged Alexander's journey with his family from Warsaw to Vilna, through the Soviet Union, and then the trip from Japan to Hawaii to the United States; the article was written approximately six months after the family arrived in New York City. Also includes an article entitled "Report of a Four Day Visit to Poland," written by Alexander Shatton o...

  7. Gorodecki and Gutgisser (Drozdowicz) families

    Papers consist of documents and photographs relating to the Gorodecki and Gutgisser (Drozdowicz) families in Warsaw, including a student ID issued to Cypa Gorodecki by the Warsaw University assigning her to sit in uneven numbered benches allotted to Jews c. 1934. In addition there is a note written in the Warsaw ghetto in spring of 1942 by Raja Minc Gutgisser to her mother Anna Minc who was on the "Aryan" side.

  8. Allach liberation

    (LIB 6088) Various shots of the grounds of Allach, a subcamp of Dachau, including shots of the barracks, fences, and guard towers. Low overhead shot of freed prisoners in striped uniforms. Slate indicates that the cameraman is Gerzen, member of the 163rd Signal Photo Company and gives additional information: date 4/30/1945; 45th Div., 157th Inf. Regt., 1st Btn., 3rd Btn., 7th Army, Germany. Freed inmates wave vigorously from behind the barbed wire fence. Blurry CUs of some of the men. Survivors stand beside an American flag. Good CUs of former prisoners, including at least one woman. Former...

  9. Nazi rallies in Neuer Platz and Linz

    Men in suits wearing Nazi armbands march in unison. Spectators on the sidewalk give the Nazi salute to a car driving down the street in a processional. Rows of young men in uniform, carrying an enormous Nazi flag and marching in unison. A procession of men in long black coats carrying shovels follow. Planes flying overhead. Panoramic shot of a town in the countryside. Young uniformed men marching and waving Nazi flags down a country road. A processional going through a city street in Linz. Tanks and cars drive down the streets. Pedestrians give the Nazi salute to the passing cars. Lines of ...

  10. Carl Walters photograph collection

    Collection of photographs documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation; taken by Carl 'Dutch' Walters [donor's great uncle] while serving with the U.S. Army during WWII. Images include survivors, victims, and various scenes from around the camp; dated April-May 1945.

  11. Judith Bar Kochba photograph collection

    The Judith Bar Kochba photograph collection consists of photographs of the Kann family in Dordrecht, Netherlands before and during World War II. Some of the photographs were taken while the Kann children (Elise Kann, Otto Kann, Judith Kann, and Jacob Kann) were in hiding.

  12. Martin Mansson negatives

    Contains negatives of photographs taken by a German solder from 1940-1945, depicting his time in the SS-Totenkopf-Standarte Kirkens and later the SS-Inf. Ftg. 9 Thule, including images from Norway and Hungary.

  13. Gusti Shoval photograph collection

    Contains two photographic prints of Sabina Sheindl Klapholc and Chaim Jakub Klapholc in the Chrzanow ghetto, circa 1941.

  14. Cloyd Lewis Hershberger photograph collection

    Consists of photographs taken or given to Cloyd Lewis Hershberger, a member of the 45th Tank Battalion of the 13th Armored Division of the Third Army. The images depict the liberation of Buchenwald, the aftermath of summary justice, the destruction of various buildings and the buildings at Berchtesgaden.

  15. Hitler Youth sports festival 1944 (color)

    Large, green banner with a black bird holding a sword and a hammer in its claws; there is a white swastika on its belly; in red lettering: “N.S.D.A.P. Hitler-Jugend Gebiet Oberdonau. Gebiets Sportsfest 1944.” Rows of girls in dirndls march past the sign. Swastika flags hang from a clock tower. A boy with an armband rides on a horse in a circle. Girls in short white dresses throw medicine balls and hoops as well as bowling pins. Several boys ride horses in a field. Girls try high jumping while a crowd watches. Boys and girls try to long jump. Boys try shotput. Some of them wear white tank to...

  16. Sylvia Weiss collection

    Collection of photographs depicting the Aszknazy family before the war in Romania; the Weiss family in Hungary; Sylvia Aszknazy immediately after the liberation in German in 1945; Sylvia and her brother Leopold Aszknazy in their hometown in Romania in 1946 and later in the Ulm DP camp in Germany and during their journey to America in March 1948; Frank Weiss during his military service in the US Army; and Mr. Weiss's parents. Also includes a memoir, 29 pages, titled “Selected from Above,” by Sylvia (Cipora) Weiss.

  17. Portfolio

    Print from a set of 24 published rotogravures of drawings by Jerzy Zielezinski depicting scenes he witnessed from 1943-1945 while a political prisoner in Auschwitz and Flossenbürg concentration camps.

  18. Antisemitic graffiti on Jewish shops

    Building sign for a university health clinic. Pedestrians walk past the opera house with an antisemitic sign "Judentum ist Verbrechertum, Stuermer Sondernummer" ["To be Jewish is to be criminal. Read the special edition of Der Stuermer."] with a caricature of Jewish man. More graffiti on Jewish-owned shops as pedestrians walk by, including a red-painted "Jude" with X's, stars of David, and profile caricatures.

  19. Eva Shlamovitz photograph collection

    The Eva Shlamovitz photograph collection consists of 232 photographs from Braunschweig, Germany and one copy print from Nuremberg, Germany documenting the experiences of Eva Shlamovitz, who was a relief worker with the Jewish Hospitality Committee, part of the Council of Voluntary War Work in the British Zone following the Holocaust.

  20. Hungarian protective pass

    Document issued by a Hungarian ministry, attesting to having seen the names of two Budapest residents, Dr. Károly Radó and his wife, Piroska (née Ujhelyi), on a list of individuals protected by the Swedish legation; 15 November 1944.