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  1. World War I soldiers celebrate Regiments' Day in Dusseldorf

    Title: "Der 8. Regimentstag des Bundes ehem. 172er am 28-30 Juli 1934 in Düsseldorf". Second title frame reads: "Film Aufnahmen von Hans Vosskamp Fritz Jasper". Animated cards and titles throughout. Two men holding a sign before a newspaper kiosk on a city street. Former soldiers of the 172nd Regiment from World War I gather in the city streets. Street scenes with pedestrians, bicyclists, shops ("Wolsdorff Hamburg" tobacco shop; "Hotel Niesen") as the group walks to their lodge. The men gather in front of a building entrance; others from Aachen beside an automobile. A few men have Nazi armb...

  2. "My Mother's Words"

    Consists of a memoir, entitled "My Mother's Words," about the experiences of Eva Roth, written, transcribed, and edited by her daughter, Marion Amsellem. In Mrs. Roth's memoir, she describes wartime life after her escape from Poland to Russia with her husband, who died in Samarkand during the war. She was remarried to Sol Roth in a displaced persons camp and they immigrated to the United States and reunited with some of Sol's siblings, who had been able to immigrate prior to the war.

  3. Kurtz family and friends approach New York City

    Interiors of Queen Mary ship at sea, the four American friends walking down a brightly lit corridor with clock reading 7:03 AM on September 5, 1938. David Kurtz in a gray suit and short, red, wide-bottomed tie. Window reflection with the three women smiling. Extreme LS of distant Statue of Liberty viewed from the S.S. Queen Mary. Pan across New York City skyline from north to south. Various posed shots of Essie, Louis, Lillian, Liza, and David aboard ship. David holds the camera case under his arm. HAS of people on deck greeting the ship's passengers, including David and Liza's three childr...

  4. Usher Korol’ letters from the front

    Contains copies of personal documents and letters sent by the political commissar Usher Korol’ from the Front to his family, which had been evacuated to Bukhara, in Uzbekistan.

  5. German soldiers visit a coal mine

    German soldiers tour a coal mine in the Ruhr. They pass a sign that reads "VII Sohle 609m" and watch a worker drilling coal. More shots of the extraction of coal. The coal is removed from the mine on small rail cars. The next scenes show an oil processing plant under construction and soldiers with drums and cans of oil/gas. This image fades into the image of tanks. Shots of a seaplane taking off on a patrol of the North Sea, with a dog perched atop one of the floats. Interior shots show the crew drinking some kind of beverage and the pilot at the wheel. The plane flies over a British ship b...

  6. Propaganda about Austria

    The symbol of the Vaterlandisches Front (Fatherland Front) appears on the screen, followed by a Star of David. Shot of Kurt Schuschnigg, whose name the narrator says in a menacing voice. The next section shows clergy celebrating the concordat (the 1933 concordat with Austria? Schuschnigg is present in two scenes). A series of Fatherland Front flags parts symbolically to reveal a Jewish man walking in Vienna, followed by a "Judisches Geschaeft" sign in the window of the Café Rembrandt. Jews in the streets of the Jewish Quarter of Vienna. Shops with Jewish names, including Geza Basch and Samu...

  7. Lieberman family celebrates Benedikt's 35th birthday on the terrace, prewar Poland

    Grandfathers Gidon Brecher, Filip Lieberman, and Natan Sperber help Thomas take a few steps. Gidon holds baby Hanna in his arms; the three men assist Hanna as she attempts to walk. Benedikt celebrates his 35th birthday with a bottle of wine, everyone in the family lines up to shake his hand. Some hugs are in order. 01:05:08 The cameraman hugs Benedikt.

  8. Camillo Adler papers

    The collection consists of three manuscripts written by Camillo Adler between 1943-1945. Der Käfig (The Cage), in German, is a semi-autobiographical work related to life in Vienna in the 1920s. Mensch ohne Heimat (Man Without a Country), in German with an English translation, is an autobiographical work related to Adler's life in Lyon, France, from the outbreak of World War II to his enlistment in the French Foreign Legion. It was originally published as a serial in a Swiss newspaper. Ich bin ein Fluechtling (I am a Refugee), in German with an English translation, is an account of Adler's e...

  9. Petain and Leval receive the Vichy diplomatic corps

    Henri Petain and Pierre Laval receive members of the Vichy diplomatic corps, who give them New Year's greetings. Very dark shots of Petain, Laval and Papal Nuncio Valerio Valeri.

  10. Madame Odile Boissonnat collection

    Consists of a memoir written by Madame Odile Boissonnat, entitled "Une Famille Parisienne sous L'Occupation Allemande, 1940-1945," her family history, entitled "Une Famille Parisienne du Consulat a la IV Republique, 179-1945," and a copy of a speech given by Yves Meyer upon the presentation to the Légion d'Honneur to Madame Odile Boissonnat. Madame Boissonnat (then Acker) was known as "Marie Madeleine," a member of a resistance network. She was to be married to Marc Gervais in May 1944, but he was arrested in late April or early May. The German commandant of the camp allowed the pair to mar...

  11. Der Stadthauptmann der Stadt Krakau Starosta miasta Krakowa (Sygn. 228)

    Contains records from the Stadthauptmann in Kraków (Generalgouvernement), including questionnaires, identification and registration cards, lists of deported Jews, registry records of the Jewish community (birth certificates), documents relating to confiscation of Jewish property, documents belonging to Jewish firms from Kraków , leaflets, and other documents related to Jewish life in Kraków during the occupation.

  12. Stiel family collection

    Contains photographs depicting Esther and Isidore Stiel [donor’s parents] before the war, with their firstborn son Jacques during the war, and after the war with Raffie [donor]. Also contains a copy of a letter written by a nun in the convent where Raffie was hidden, to reassure his mother that he is well, dated September 29, 1943; a testimony given by Esther Wolf (Stiel) regarding her and her husband’s contacts with Weinreb; postwar Red Cross tracing correspondence regarding relatives who perished in Holocaust, and the trial protocol of Frijdrijk Weinreb, dated November 1947. Isidore Stiel...

  13. Hitler visits troops in the last days

    A frail-looking Hitler visits soldiers in the East. He greets military officers and sits at a desk with a map in front of him. Hitler exits the building and is greeted by saluting soldiers. Hitler drives off in a car. Deutsche Wochenschau eagle graphic on screen.

  14. Meinberg family collection

    Contains a photograph of Walter Meinberg (donor's father) in the German Army during World War I, dated 1915; a driver's license issued to Walter Meinberg February 15, 1921, in Braunschweig, German; and a document dated November 9, 1938 from the German Oberfinanzpraesident to the customs office allowing the Meinbergs to take belongings abroad.

  15. Oral history interview with Lloyd Crothers

  16. Fondotiile Culturale Regale Selected records of the Romanian Royal Cultural Foundation

    Contains various state organizations’ correspondence concerning cultural matters such as purging libraries of books written by Jews, and the disposition of Jewish property.

  17. Woman's gold wrist watch kept with a Jewish concentration camp inmate

    Gold wrist watch carried by Marga Gussinoff throughout her imprisonment in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and Vittel internment camp from 1943-1944. The wrist band was added to the watch after the war. In 1943, Marga and her mother, Sarah, were arrested by the Gestapo at their apartment in Berlin, Germany. Her sister, Eva, was in hiding with a German woman at the time, but joined them after their arrest. The Gestapo demanded that they turn over all their money and jewelry, but 20 year old Marga "being that I was rebellious, I had this watch, a gold watch, and I decided not to give it to t...

  18. Wehrmacht troops; military demonstration

    Includes handwritten slates in German. Uniformed German soldiers with helmets lined up for review. An officer inspects a rifle. Another view of the troops in the street. Small groups of Wachkommandos march ahead in a courtyard. Another group marches away, relieved from their duties of watching the barracks, with civilians in the streets behind. CU of a sign, "8. (M.G.) Komp. Inf. Regt. Goettingen" affixed to Barracks 3 with two soldiers at the entrance. Soldiers at target practice (mixed dress from WWI and new Wehrmacht outfits). The first man introduced as Sergeant Schmitz, followed by Pri...

  19. Records of the Regional Ukrainian Police in Przemyśl (Fond 608 opis 1)

    Contains records of the Przemyśl Ukrainian Police, established by the German authorities during the occupation of the town from 1940 to 1944. Among the records are orders, staff lists, correspondence, investigation records, search warrants, interrogation reports, and the like. There are also records of the sub-stations in Vilshany and Pikulichi.

  20. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc. collection

    Consists of the minutes of the advisory committee of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, Inc. which took place in New York, NY between September 1949 and December 1951. The committee's role was to evaluate and distribute Jewish material culture which had been confiscated in Nazi Europe. Includes description of and details regarding the distribution of Jewish artifacts, manuscripts, and artwork. Hannah Arendt acted as secretary for the committee.