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  1. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Ardèche

    Contains documents concerning the creation of “centers” and camps to intern foreigners at thermal springs and/or tourist sites in the department (Vals-les-Bains et Chomérac); statistics concerning the presence of foreigners, name lists by country, and lists of groups of organized forced labor (GTE); all aspects of the persecution of Jews under German occupation including lists of Jews living in the département, foreign and French Jews living under house arrest, Aryanization of property with those named to take over Jewish businesses, and offers to purchase Jewish belongings (real and person...

  2. Red Cross center in Geneva

    The scene opens on a big Red Cross flag in a cavernous room. The narrator says that this is the Red Cross center in Geneva. The camera pans down to show rows and rows of filing cabinets, where volunteers work with index cards in the file drawers. Signs indicate the departments for various countries. Workers in the correspondence section, where letters to and from prisoners and their relatives are routed. CU of a woman attaching a photograph of a man to a letter with a paperclip. Another view of the filing cabinets. 01:02:35 A few seconds of another part of this newsreel (Not ordered by USHMM)

  3. Clip from the propaganda film about the 1934 Reich Party Day

    SS men holding standards bearing the names of towns in Germany and Deutschland Erwache banners march toward the camera and then turn left and right in formation.

  4. NOTICE! NOTICE! Text only wanted poster listing people sentenced to death for crimes against the German government in occupied Poland

    Warning announcement issued in Zakapone, Poland, on October 31, 1943, by the Chief of SS and Police in the Krakow District. The poster announces that the 27 listed persons have been charged with various crimes committed against the German government in Poland and sentenced to death. Persons 1-6 for participation in the roving bands, person 7 for illegal weapons possession, persons 8-9 and 11-27 for illegal activities, and person 10 for participation in a terrorist group. Although the sentence has been carried out on the first five people, the remaining people may be pardoned if no further a...

  5. Lieberman family visits a church and Hanna plays ball with her father

    The Lieberman family and Ella's relatives are on their way to Holy Hill church near Olomouc. There is a beautiful view of Olomouc from this hill. They walk the long road approaching the church, dressed for cold weather. Hanna chases after a ball bounced to her by her father Benedikt and mother Ella. She wears a fur coat and hat. Car with CS (Czechoslovakia) plate is shown for a single second.

  6. World War I soldiers and families travel to Wesel for an SA march and celebration

    Decorated title in German: "Vereinsfilm aufgenommen durch Fr. Jasper Text von H. Vosskamp" followed by the main title card: "Kameradschaft Duisburg der ehem. Angehoerigen des 3 Oberelsäss. Inftr.-Regiments 172 FAHRT INS BLAUE mit dem Salondampfer 'Deutschland' am Sonntag, dem 13 August 1933 vorm 7:10 Uhr ab Mühlenweide, Ruhrort". Another title card indicating the program, whereby guests will depart from Muehlenweide at 7:30 AM on a "Journey into the Blue" and debark for a march of SA men to the fortifications [in Wesel]. Comic illustration of an early rise from bed at 5 AM. Man opens apartm...

  7. Henni Padawer collection

    Consists of documents and photographs related to the wartime experiences of Henni (Henny) Breslauer Padawer, originally of Dusseldorf, Germany. Includes pre-war and wartime photographs of Henni and her family and friends, including a Purim photograph, photographs of Henni's parents after their arrival in the United States, and photographs of the couple who sponsored the family's immigration. Also includes Henni's first place certificate in a Maccabi sporting event and a picture of a girl holding a lantern which was given to her by a teacher before Henni left Germany, as well as a copy of he...

  8. Personal archive of Leon Gavrielides

    Consists of the personal archive of Leon Gavrielides, a Jewish lawyer who provided legal counsel to the Jewish Community of Rhodes, the Organization for the Relief and Rehabilitation of Greek Jews (OPAIE), the Central Board of Greek Jewish Communities, the Jewish Community of Athens, and other Jewish organizations in Greece after World War II. Also of interest are cases of individual Jews against the OPAIE.

  9. Berlin collection of YIVO, RG 215

    Contains fragmentary records of agencies of the Nazi government. It contains primarily reports, clippings, and other documents generated by the Reich Ministry for Propaganda and the Reich Civil Administration for the Occupied Eastern Territories.

  10. Schermeister girls play in the yard

    The three Schermeister girls, Lis (donor's mother; eldest of the three), Jeanne, and Inge play with their parents, Edith and Bernhard, in the yard at their vacation home in Snekkersten. The girls are a few years older now.

  11. Bernhard clowns around, 1929

    The donor's grandfather, Bernhard Schermeister, in a false beard and dark glasses, clowns around with his wife, Edith, in the yard of their vacation home in Snekkersten. He presents her with various gifts, including a bouquet of flowers and dolls, while she feigns disinterest.

  12. Exhibition about German culture

    CU on poster advertising an exhibition about Germanic culture (Germaansch Erfgoed) in the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels from July 8 - 30, 1944. Interior shots of crowded exhibition space featuring early tools, jewelry, and model houses. CUs on some of the artifacts. Drawings of Viking ships.

  13. Falkenhausen resigns as military governor of Belgium and northern France

    General Alexander von Falkenhausen officially relinquishes his position as military governor of Belgium and northern France on July 18, 1944 in Brussels. Long shot then CU of Falkenhausen at a podium in front of an audience of men in Nazi uniforms. The location is the offices of the Belgian senate. Shot of Josef Grohe, the new Reichskommissar of the civilian government (the transition from military to civilian government was decreed on July 13, 1944), and General der Infanterie Martin Grase sitting in the front row of the audience. Grase gets up to speak, followed by Grohe. LS of Grohe at t...

  14. Announcements and orders Obwieszczenia i zarządzenia władz okupacynych (Sygn. 241)

    Contains announcements and orders of Stadthauptmann, Kreishauptmann, SS-und Polizeiführer, Geheime Staatspolizei, the Älteste der Juden (Elder of the Jewish Council) of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto (Łódź Ghetto), and other offices. Most concern registration of property, identity papers, establishment of ghettos, and population transfers. Announcements refer to the entire Generalgouvernement as well as to Berlin, Częstochowa, Dębica, Falenica, Łódź, Kraków, Lublin, Lwów , Ostrów Mazowiecka, Otwock, Piotrków Trybunalski, Płock, Przemyśl, Radom, Rzeszów, Sanok, Skierniewice, Sokołów, Tarnów, Tomas...

  15. Charles "Bud" Norris photographs

    Consists of 25 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The images show victims of the Dachau death train, piles of corpses, members of the United States Army, and various buildings around the camp. The photographs were taken by an unknown member of the 283d Field Artillery Battalion and given to Charles (Bud) Norris, a member of the same battalion, who annotated the photographs on the verso and dated them 25-26 May 1945.

  16. Political files Politische Akten

    Contains documents on illegal Nazi activities in Austria before its annexation to Germany in March 1938. Topics covered include the Nazi administration in Oberdonau from 1938 to 1945 and the Aryanization of Jewish property, as well as postwar denazification.The collection includes records from the Bezirkshauptmannschaften of Braunau am Inn; Eferding; Gmunden; Grieskrichen; Kirchdorf an der Krems; Linz-Land; Ried im Innkreis; Schärding; and Steyr.

  17. Children at play in prewar Vienna

    Peter and Eva Schur crawling around, having fun, playing with blocks. 01:30:13 Eva plays with the housecat. Peter on scooter. Baby with man in glasses. Baby in carriage, CUs. Peter circling on the patio. 01:30:57 Peter and Eva row a boat on the lake (on vacation in Gmunden, Austria?). 01:31:19 Child eats an apple, then runs around with toy wagon. 01:32:11 Peter plays in snow. Story contains short pieces of footage of children at various ages, intercut non-chronologically.

  19. Beit Din documents

    Consists of documents from a Beit Din established in the Central Bureau of Orthodox Communities of Hungary for the purpose of releasing agunot. These official documents grant religious permission to remarry after the Holocaust. Includes a marriage permission document for men whose wives were murdered at Auschwitz, a form for documenting testimonies given by the survivors, a form for stating the acceptance of Beit Din's authority, and a form regarding the death of a wife.

  20. Opening Reichsbruecke suspension bridge

    Opening of the Reichsbruecke suspension bridge in Vienna. Cardinal Innitzer, President Wilhelm Miklas, Vice Mayor (and later Nazi Vice Mayor) Fritz Lahr (far right). The construction project was an important propaganda tool for Austria's authoritarian 'Staendestaat.' Parade of workers, floats. CU, officials.