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  1. UFA studio in Babelsberg

    A film about the creation of the new, modern UFA studios in Babelsberg. Views of the old Babelsberg Studio followed by a scene from Die Suenden der Vaeter, which was filmed in the old studio. In the clip, piano music plays while a woman, looking upset, lights a lamp and pours herself a drink from a glass bottle. Views of the old studio are replaced on the screen by the new buildings. Construction activity on film sets. Actors, some of them dressed in costumes, walk among the studio buildings at lunchtime.

  2. Bayard L. Cabe papers

    The Bayard L. Cabe papers consists of a letter written by Bayard L. Cabe, a member of the 6th Armored Division, on 23 April 1945, regarding the liberation of Buchenwald. In the letter, he describes the tour he took with English-speaking former prisoners and summarizes their experiences. The letter is missing the final page(s). The papers also include photocopies of military records and photographs from his service.

  3. Correspondence of the Lichtenstein and Kohn families

    The collection contains letters, telegrams and Red Cross inquiry forms written in the German, Slovakian and Hungarian languages, a 1940 Slovakian certificate and an ID card with photographs attached.

  4. Selected records from the State Archives of the Vinnytsia Region related to the history of the Jewish communities before WWII

    Contains a variety of records of the Soviet governmental and Communist Party regional administration on Jewish communities of the Vinnytsia region. Included are statistical information, family lists, documents about schools and reading rooms, the promotion of literacy and vocational training, bylaws of Jewish religious communities, files on Jews who appealed for the reinstatement of their electoral rights, files of Jewish owners of businesses, and inventories of synagogues and prayer houses. The collection also includes records of the Jewish Community Committee (Evobshestkom) for the relief...

  5. Four Americans visit Lake Lucerne

    The four friends pose in a doorway at Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, numbered 4 Haldenstrassen. At a pier from which they would take a ferry across Lake Lucerne, views of the mountains.

  6. Selected records from the Archives of the Département of the Creuse

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn37059
    • English
    • 1937-1945
    • 24,633 digital images, JPEG 5 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm 1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm 4 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in. 24 pages of photocopies,

    Materials of the Cabinet du Préfet, the Service du Travail Obligatoire (office sending French workers to Germany), and summer camps for city children; documents on the surveillance and internment of foreigners, including prewar German, Austrian, and Polish political refugees; documentation of the activities of the French gendarmerie and of the 1943 deportations.

  7. Major John F. Maloney photographs

    Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, including photographs of corpses, survivors, and architecture. "Not for publication: JJ Carroll 1st Lt. CMP" is handwritten on the verso of each photograph. The photographs are from the collection of Maj. John F. Maloney, US Army (Ret.), who was a staff officer for General Patton.

  8. Street scenes during Anschluss

    Distinct shots of a swastika (mirror-flipped) on a house bearing an official sign near entrance (unknown street, presumably near Schwarzenbergplatz, house has the #13) with Wehrmacht guard. 01:07:45 Street corner with prominent building, street sign unreadable. 01:07:50 Secession building with swastikas. 01:07:57 Crowd in front of Opera House, saluting.

  9. Bela Imredy makes a speech

    Interior shot of a hall, crowded with people. Hungarian fascists salute. Bela Imredy addresses the crowd (natural sound) against a backdrop marked "HARC - Gyözelemig!"

  10. Kvaternik at Goering's headquarters

    Goering greets Marshal Slavko Kvaternik at Goering's Eastern Headquarters. Kattengel and other adjutants are present. Kvaternik presents Goering with gifts (including a sword) and a proclamation of thanks from the Croatian people. Goering smiles as he inspects the gifts. Goering, Kvaternik, and others on the train platform in front of a train.

  11. Post-war Shanghai photographs

    Contains nine photographs from the collection of Rabbi Moshe Sachs, who was a chaplain in Okinawa. These images, taken by UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) staff who were visiting Shanghai, depict daily life in boarding houses.

  12. Liberation of Italy; wedding at liberated concentration camp

    CU of Italian General Badoglio and American General Mason-MacFarlane. The narration says this indicates the Italians "eventually may fight on our side." Allied planes fly over the volcanic island of Stromboli on their way to bomb targets near Naples. Locals welcome Allied soldiers into a town. Former prisoners walk through the gate of a concentration camp, under a sign that reads Campo di Concentramento. Some of the men wear yarmulkes and the narrator mentions that the inmates were "Jews, anti-fascists, Albanians and Yugoslavs." Representatives of the Allied military government (AMGOT) dist...

  13. Records of the Jewish Community of Patras, Greece

    Consists of correspondence files concerning the postwar activities of the Jewish community of Patras. Topics include restitution, commemoration of Holocaust victims, elections to the Board of the Jewish Community, burial permissions, maintenance of the Jewish cemetery, and disposal of the community’s property. There are also financial records, minutes of Board meetings, and a list of community members.

  14. French Fascist rally in the Velodrome d'Hiver

    Mass rally of Légion des Volontaires Français [Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism] in Paris. Crowds outside the Vélodrôme d'Hiver. A group of women enter the building. Prominent attendees include Ambassador de Brinon, Colonel Edgar Puaud and Capitaine Jean Bassompierre. Overhead shot of the crowded stadium. Banners read "Il faut des actes de soldat" and "Le combat seul conduit à la vie." Parti Populaire Français leader Jacques Doriot gives a speech. A banner behind him features the swastika and the symbol for the LVF. According to the Imperial War Museum record, Doriot praises t...

  15. Himmler reviews Mohammaden SS volunteers

    Heinrich Himmler reviews Mohammaden (Muslim) SS volunteers. These are most likely members of the 13th Waffen SS Handzar Division. The recruits wear fez hats and carry rifles over their shoulders. Himmler is accompanied by a man wearing dark glasses, possibly Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, the German commander of the 13th Division. The men, now wearing helmets, perform a shooting exercise for Himmler. Himmler departs in an open car.

  16. Oral history interview with Mendel Halberstam

  17. German soldiers in the Caen area

    Animated map shows English Channel coast from Brest to Antwerp. A convoy of trucks camouflaged with branches drives toward the camera; soldiers smile and wave. CU of a wooden "one way" sign. Soldier distributes copies of a newspaper to soldiers as they pass him on bicycles. Shot of a soldier reading the newspaper with a headline that reads "Eisenhower hat uns nicht überrascht. [Eisenhower did not surprise us]." German sign cautions against traffic drawing fire upon itself by raising dust, "Feindeinsicht! Wirble keinen Staub auf sonst kriegst du eins aufs Dach drauf". Views of wrecked vehicl...

  18. Children bathe; parents swim in the river

    Hanna and Thomas are playing in the washtub in Jaremcze. Parents Benedikt and Ella are on the edge of the water in a small river. They walk about in the water attempting to get used to the cold.

  19. Hanna plays with a camera and lipstick case with her father Benedikt

    Hanna has a photo camera, her father Benedikt looks over her shoulder and sticks his tongue out at the camera. He begins explaining it to her, helping her to use it. She also plays with a lipstick case.

  20. Views of Copenhagen

    Busy streets in downtown Copenhagen. Tram, lots of bicyclists. Pan up to the top of the City Hall and a nearby column with a statue of two Viking youths blowing a trumpet. Bicyclists fill the roadway. Views of people buying and selling at the fish market. A woman wipes off, weighs, and sells eels. A Danish flag blows in the breeze.