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  1. Selected records from the National Library of Morocco

    Contains mostly regulations, correspondence, reports and the like, compiled by French authorities in Morocco. Main topics are: legislation related to Jews; Moroccan and Algerian laws concerning Jews; professions prohibited to Jews (1941-1942 records); records on taxes levied on the Jewish community (1940-1945); decrees concerning nationality and citizenship of Jews; 1930-1935 tax matters related to the Jewish community; Jewish cemeteries; Jewish life in Fez; German activity in Morocco before and during the war including notes of the DAP (Deutsche Arbeitspartei); activities in the Spanish zo...

  2. Hungarian Discount and Exchange Bank, Co. Personnel Department Magyar Leszámitoló és Pénzváltó Bank Rt. Személyzeti Osztály (MOL Z 68)

    Contains records related to the aryanization process and conditions of employment of employees in a large and reputable financial institution, the Hungarian Discount and Exchange Bank following the first anti-Jewish laws of 1938. Includes bank statements, announcements and reports related to the implementation of Jewish law in the bank.

  3. Hanna playing indoors in prewar Poland

    Hanna jumps in her bed, which has netting around the side.

  4. Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Alpes-Maritimes. 1933-1972

    Contains records directly linked to the war: internments for administrative or “political” reasons; purges; surveillance of political parties; freemasons (“Sociétés Secrètes) and the press; food distribution and rationing; non-Jewish laborers requisitioned to work in Germany (“STO”); military affairs; prisoners; refugees; supervision of real estate transactions; sequestered property; affairs related to German or Italian occupation; war damages; veterans’ affairs; judicial matters and lawsuits; as well as the Armistice Commission. Also contains material indirectly related to the war: public ...

  5. Lis Schermeister swimming at the sea

    Lis (donor's mother and eldest of the three girls) in a sweater and swim cap at the beach with her father, Bernhard Schermeister.

  6. Sklar family papers

    Contains the family papers of the Sklar family, principally, Boris Moiseevich Sklar. Included are personal letters, stamped certificates, and postcards. Also included is a photocopy of a brief, handwritten autobiographical statement written by Tsipa Yankelevna Shvidkaya (another family member) in 1946.

  7. Brown tablecloth with a floral design saved during a pogrom in Ukraine and recovered after the war

    Brown floral tablecloth, the only family item recovered by Zeev Raveh Werba in Maniewicze, Poland (Prilesnoye, Ukraine), after the war. It was taken when their home was looted during a pogrom by the local Ukrainian population after the June 1941 invasion by Germany. It was found and saved by a neighbor, who returned it to Zeev. He kept the tablecloth with him during the remainder of his military service. When Zeev left for a displaced persons camp in Italy, he used the tablecloth while conducting interviews for a writer researching stories of Holocaust survivors. In September 1939, Zeev's v...

  8. Jewish Organizations (Czech Republic) Židovské organizace (425)

    Fond 425 consists of records of several Jewish and Zionist organizations that were active in the Czech Republic from circa 1930-1950, such as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC), as well as records that were collected and used by the Czech secret police after 1950. The materials include information about the activities of Jewish communities in the Czech Republic; the Palestine Office established in Prague and Bratislava to facilitate the emigration and rescue of Jews; the records of the Central Committee of Zionists in Prague and Bratislava; records of the Jewish commun...

  9. Nazi propaganda in Vienna

    Advertising column with poster for Hitler's speech on April 9. Poster: "The Reich's ministers Kerrl and Suchenwirth speaking at the Engelmann Arena, April 7, 8 PM". "The Fuehrer's Deputy, Reichminister Rudolf Hess will speak on Thursday, April 7 at 4 PM at the Kraftwagenhalle..." Schwarzenbergplatz street scenes.

  10. Selected Hungarian records from the Hungarian State Archive, Budapest

    Consists primarily of correspondence between the Hungarian Embassy in Bucharest and the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest. Included are summaries of Romanian radio broadcasts; reports on atrocities in Romania against Hungarians before 1941; and a situation report on the Romanian armed forces. Other topics include protests of Romanian Jews against having to wear the yellow star, Romanian court cases against Hungarians, and personnel changes in the Romanian government.

  11. Jews in Riga

    Panoramic view of Riga's Old Town from Kipsala Island, including a view of Dome Cathedral, Church of Jekaba, Church of Maria Magdalena, Anglican Church, and Polish Church of the St. Mary. Daugava River with boats. Jews (mostly men) with Star of David patches on the back of their coats getting onto a boat (possibly finished with a day of labor on Kipsala Island?). Various shots of the boat with several dozen Jews, some with satchels. An overloaded boat leaves the dock.

  12. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Lot

    The collection contains pre-war and wartime lists of German Jewish refugees, of foreigners directed toward the internment camp of Argelès for enemy aliens and foreign Jews in 1940, and of the children’s home at Roumegoux; lists of French and foreign Jews residing in the département; forms declaring that the signatory is not Jewish; forms that the signatory is not a freemason; local application of antisemitic legislation; and Masonic lodges in Cahors and elsewhere in the area.

  13. Himmler and Greiser in Posen

    Heinrich Himmler presides at ceremonies celebrating the second anniversary of Posen's return to the Reich. Himmler, Gauleiter Arthur Greiser and Sergeant Lueth review troops and watch Hitler Youth and RAD members on parade.

  14. Polish Army uniform jacket and pants worn after the war by a former Jewish partisan

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn36439
    • English
    • 1945-1946
    • a: Height: 25.875 inches (65.723 cm) | Width: 20.750 inches (52.705 cm) b: Height: 37.000 inches (93.98 cm) | Width: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm)

    Polish Army uniform issued to Moses Temczyn after the end of World War II in 1945 when he served as chief of surgery at a military hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Temczyn was mobilized into the Polish Army following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939. He was captured, imprisoned in Stalag LA, and released after 18 months. In 1942, he escaped during deportation from Grabowiec to Sobibor extermination camp. He became the leader of a partisan unit near Lublin which merged with the Polish People’s Army in 1943. After the end of the war in 1945, Major Temczyn served at t...

  15. Postwar Berlin and U.S. airlift; Truman re-elected President

    A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1948 with English titles: "West's worst floods! Thousands made homeless when swollen Columbia River inundates vast territory!" "Raging torrents devastate Canada's Fraser Valley." "Florida lashed as tropical hurricane roars in from Caribbean!" "Holland's new queen. Wilhelmina, after 50 years of kindly rule, abdicates in favor of her daughter Juliana." "All Amsterdam cheers the new Queen and her Prince Consort Bernhard" 01:01:59 "Berlin crisis! World is tense as Russia and Western Powers test strength." Troops at airfield, planes in flight. ...

  16. Fascist volunteers from various countries

    Title: FRIVILLIGA till Fronter i öster fran Franrike, Belgien Danmark och Italien. Volunteers from France, Belgium, Denmark and Italy (USHMM excerpt does not include Italian volunteers). Interior shots of a crowded stadium with a banner displaying the letters LVF (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism). Uniformed volunteers march down a street carrying a flag with the symbol of a fascist organization (Legion Flanders? Belgian volunteers?). Panning shot across the side of a train that has been painted with the words "Legion Flanders." Crowds of civilians in the train station wave go...

  17. Oral history interview with Walter Brinegar

  18. Horthy at agricultural fair

    The Agricultural Fair in Budapest. Regent of Hungary Admiral Miklos Horthy arrives at the fair with his wife, Magda, and daughter. Horthy shakes hands with Reich Minister Walther Darre. Shots of men riding horses in formation. CU of a building with the words, "M. Kir. Klkereskedelmi Nivatal Kiållitåsa". Shots of some of the pavilions and agricultural machinery on display. CU of a map of Europe with what appear to be trade routes marked as part of a display. Horthy and his party view walk around the fairgrounds. 01:11:30 cameraman filming Horthy is visible.

  20. Sledding in the yard of the Lieberman family vacation home in prewar Poland

    Hanna is sledding down a small hill in a runner sled, runs back to the top, and repeats. She then treks down a snowy path between houses and walks with Thomas. She begins sledding again.