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  1. Evreyskaya tematika v fondakh gosudarstvennogo arkhiva Ivano-Frankovskoy oblasti Selected records from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankivsʹk Region (formerly Stanislawów) related to the history of the local Jewish community

    Contains records from Jewish private schools in Stanislav, Ukraine; government surveillance information on Jewish political parties and organizations; information regarding the arrest of Jews associated with Zionist organizations; information documenting violence against Jews by Ukrainian nationalists in Stanislav; records of Jewish emigration in the 1920s and 1930s; organizational records of Jewish philanthropic associations; inheritance records; and birth, death, and marriage records from the main synagogue in Stanislav; Jewish records from regional and districts' police office, prison, c...

  2. Dr. Zvi Richter memoir

    Consists of one memoir, referred to in the text as a CV or Vitae, by Dr. Zvi Richter, who was born Budapest, Hungary and raised in Berehovo. In the memoir, Dr. Richter describes life in Berehovo, the Jewish and Zionist community, establishing his own law firm, and his memory of the Hungarian occupation in 1938. He served in the Horthy army for a brief period in 1940, but was recalled after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. As a Jewish soldier, he witnessed the effects of the massacres and deportations of Jews in the areas in which he served until 1943, when he was captured and impris...

  3. Nurse exercises Hanna's baby limbs

    Hanna sits on the bed and is stretched out with the help of a nurse.

  4. Behiç Erkin memoir

    Consists of one CD-ROM containing the unpublished memoir, 589 pages, in Turkish, of Ambassador Behiç Erkin, who was the Turkish ambassador to Vichy France during World War II. Also includes a photocopy of a February 20, 1944 report from Laurence Steinhardt in Ankara to the War Refugee Board in Washington, DC, regarding rescue efforts in Turkey.

  5. Indexes to restitution and compensation records of BEG- BRȔG (MOL IXI L BEG 02)

    This collection contains reproductions of alphabetized indexes to Bundesrückerstattungsgesetz-BRüG (Federal Restitution Act) and Bundesentschädigungsgeset-BEG (German Federal Compensation Law) cases. A second part of the larger collection; see also RG-39.024M.

  6. Records of the All Russian Jewish Congress

    The collection reflects the history of the All Russian Jewish Congress' preparation. It also includes various appeals, lists of candidates from different electoral regions, minutes of the daily meetings, and texts of resolutions and speeches read at the Congress.

  7. Children bathe and play in the yard of their vacation home in prewar Poland

    Thomas and Hanna prepare for a bath, sitting in the nude and playing in the grass. They play with lawnchairs, "driving" them. An older, clothed girl (probably cousin Magda) plays with them.

  8. Men leave Yugoslavia for labor in Germany

    Yugoslav laborers leave by train for Germany. Festive atmosphere as people parade through town toward the train station. Smiling women and children say goodbye to their men, who crowd onto the train. A man holds a sign in Cyrillic. LS of the crowded train platform. People wave as the train pulls out of the station. 01:25:47 A few seconds of the next part of the newsreel. (Not ordered by USHMM)

  9. Lieberman family in the fields of Palestine

    Film is incredibly jumpy. Man models a jacket too small for him. People are walking along a grassy hill. Hanna is picking things off the ground.

  10. Josef Vyšohlich letter

    Consists of one letter sent by Dachau prisoner Josef Vyšohlich to a relative named Stepan on May 11, 1941. The letter, in German, was written on Dachau stationery.

  11. Kristallnacht burning of Bielefeld synagogue while bystanders watch

    Brief shot of crowds at a swimming pool (see notes about the history of this footage). Title on screen reads: Die Synagoge brennt! 10.11.1938. [The synagogue burns! 11-10-1938]. Footage of the dome of the Bielefeld synagogue on fire interspersed with shots of bystanders watching it burn from open windows and balconies. The dome is consumed until just the frame is visible, then it collapses in on itself. Shot of crowds of people in the street. Briefly visible on screen is the next title: Der Krieg bricht aus! 1.9.1939 [The war breaks out! 9-1-39].

  12. Oral testimony of Gertrude Weinfeld Bettelheim

  13. Anne Kelemen collection

    Consists of an autobiographical sketch of the early life of Anne Kelemen (Anne Kelemen Robitscher), originally of Vienna, Austria. She describes the lives of her extended family, including her parents, who perished at Belzec in 1942. Ms. Kelemen was sent to England on a Kindertransport in May 1939, and reunited with her sister, who was in England working as a domestic. She became a Zionist and tried to immigrate illegally to Palestine in 1946, with a group of concentration camp survivors. They were turned back within sight of Haifa and were sent to Cyprus, where she remained until 1948, whe...

  14. Fascist volunteers from various countries; Invasion of USSR

    Volunteers in various countries. Danish volunteers for "Germany's fight against Bolshevism" enter a building with a sign that reads "Arbejdsfronten DNS." Norwegian men sign up for military service. Men in black uniforms march down the street in the Netherlands. Rowdy volunteers saluting and carrying anti-Bolshevik banners march down a street in Spain. Members of the Blue Division from Spain depart the Bordeaux train station for the front. They lean out the windows and wave. Mussolini bids farewell to Italian volunteers in Verona. The volunteers parade down the street in motorcycles and othe...

  15. "Chapters of Remembrance: The Memoirs of Michal Lubliner, Volume I, 1905-1945"

    Consists of one memoir entitled "Chapters of Remembrance: The Memoirs of Michal Lubliner, Volume I, 1905-1945," translated from the original Yiddish into English by Dr. Jacob (Coby) Lubliner, the author's son. In the memoir, Mr. Lubliner describes his childhood in Maleniec, Poland, religious figures he knew, Hasidic life, and the outbreak of World War I. The family escaped to Piotrków to join family, and after the war, he moved to Berlin to attend university. He married in Łódź in 1933 and had a son, Yaakov (Jacob or Coby) in 1935. He describes the German invasion in 1939 and, instead of mo...

  16. Fighting as the Soviets advance

    Map showing cities from Berlin to Warsaw. German troops who survived the battle for Budapest receive food and drink. Sign on a building welcomes the "Rueckkaempfer aus Budapest der Waffen SS." CUs of soldiers, some of whom have beards. The men board an open truck and depart down a muddy street. German soldiers march past a sign reading Ratibor (Raciborz, Poland). Fighting in Silesia. Atrocities committed by the Soviet troops in territory re-captured by Germany. Destroyed houses and scattered clothing. The corpse of a murdered old man. Corpses covered in sheets while people mourn over their ...

  17. Papers of Jacob Pat (Fond WAG 127)

    Includes correspondence, essays and writings, and other material pertaining to Pat's work with the Jewish Labor Committee. Correspondence (1937-1971) includes one file of obituary and memorial articles, and thirty-two files of correspondence, arranged chronologically. The correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing letters, reflecting Pat's involvement with a wide range of Jewish political and cultural organizations, and personal correspondence with friends from many countries. Of special note is a file of correspondence related to the publication of his conversations with Jewish Wri...

  18. Propaganda Kompanie members in training

    Shot of a sign on a door which reads "Nicht stoeren Unterricht" (do not disturb: lecture). A uniformed man speaks while standing in front of many broadsheet newspapers posted on the wall. Uniformed Propaganda Kompanie (PK) reporters at work in the field: a man lying on the ground outdoors takes notes; a man sitting on the running board of a car uses a typewriter. Returning to the man from the first scene, he is now standing in front of several maps as he lectures to a class (dark interior shot). A bald man makes a show of typing badly and with great effort. In a stenography and writing clas...

  19. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Savoie

    Records concerning “Jewish affairs,” including lists of Jews who had their identity papers stamped with “Jew” and expropriations of private property; antisemitic legislation and its application in this Department; exit visas requested by Jews; surveillance of foreigners, especially Germans and citizens of the Reich; the attitude of Jews residing in the spas and resorts of the Savoie; complaints concerning the Jewish proprietor of a spa (“établissement thermal”); Jews under “house arrest” (“assignés à residence”); centers where Jews are interned; and Jewish students in the school system.

  20. Annexation of Austria; Allies protect Czechoslovakia and further German advance

    The News Parade newsreel footage of events surrounding the German annexation of Austria in March 1938. Various shots of military fighting and smoke. Chancellor von Schuschnigg greets Austrians and speaks from a podium. German troops marching over the border and into the streets of Vienna. Crowd/parade sequences, motorcades, several shots of crowds engaged in Nazi salute. Hitler's arrival. Shop signs in BG: Kastner, Wagons-Lits / Cook, Mercedes. HAS, crowds on plaza, military planes flying above, Austrians heil in support, Nazi troops in armored vehicles. Hitler exits car to walk in street. ...