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  1. William Asadorian collection

    The collection consists of Nazi propaganda leaflets produced during World War II and postwar American propaganda documents and newspapers.

  2. The Bartered Bride "Prodaná Nevěsta,"

    Consists of one pre-war operatic score, published in Czech in 1927, of "Prodaná Nevěsta," [The Bartered Bride] by Bedřich Smetana. The score was used by Alexander (Max) Singer during a production of the opera in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto and includes handwritten annotations by Raphael Schächter. The score was rebound after the war.

  3. Kurt Moser diary

    The Kurt Moser diary documents Moser’s experiences at the Château de la Hille in France (Ariège) and details his planning for escape to Spain and Portugal. The diary describes life at the castle, his attempts to escape to Switzerland, his capture and brief imprisonment, his work on a farm, efforts to find a guide to Portugal, his preparations for escape including obtaining travel documents, and his fears about deportation to Poland. It is believed that the last entry in the diary was made by Kurt’s friend Walter Kaniuk.

  4. Stillhaltekommissar, Signature : AT-OeStA/AdR ZNsZ Stiko Wien

    Records from the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (Austrian State Archives) located in Vienna, Austria, pertaining to the Stillhaltekommissar, department IV of the Reichskommissar für die Wiedervereingung Österreichs mit dem Deutschen Reich. The responsibilities of Reichskommissar Albert Hoffman, who was appointed after the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany by Gauleiter Bürckel, were defined by the law dated May 17, 1938 regarding the “Überleitung und Eingliederung von Vereinen, Organisationen und Verbänden” (GBl. für Österreich Nr.136/1938), i.e. the transfer and incorporation of clubs, o...

  5. Nazi Criminals Criminales Nazis

    This collection includes newspaper clippings and a few original documents pertaining to the search and whereabouts of Nazi war criminals believed to be hiding in Argentina and other countries in South America.

  6. David Tsory collection

    Consists of pre-war photographs of the members of the kibbutz hachshara in Wyskow, Poland, as well as photographs of the Hehalutz Hatzair youth group in Zoludek, Poland. Includes photographs of the donor's parents, Izrael Cirolnicki and Rachel Sandrowska.

  7. Col. John Christopher Bechtler photographs

    Consists of 33 photographs from the collection of Col. John Christopher Bechtler. Includes photographs taken upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp as well as photographs taken from a German soldier and photographs described as taken in the Eastern front. The photographs taken from a German soldier includes photographs of the hanging of men wearing signs accusing them of anti-German partisan activities.

  8. Americans fight in World War I

    Miscellaneous Film 50 / Signal Corps / U.S. Army. Reel 4. 01:27:12 "Behind the lines long range guns swell the storm of destruction" US artillery in fields, troops, firing with camouflaged vehicles, smoke rising in the distance. More weapons firing, equipment. 01:29:30 "The famous 75's in action at Le Cotes de Forinent, September 27, 1918" Men set off weapons, CUs. 01:30:24 "The tanks advance to do their bit" Views of tanks moving in the fields with soldiers nearby, smoke. 01:32:27 "Shelling an ammunition dump" Weapons fire. 01:33:04 "Every man on his toes - amid the roar of guns and whine ...

  9. Postwar destruction in Germany

    Aerial views of a German city, probably Stuttgart, along the river with collapsed bridges and bomb sites. Pan of the twisted metal of bombed rail cars and railroad tracks. VAR shots of massive destruction and rubble. 01:09:30 CU, "Photographieren Verboten!" sign. Soldier talks to a woman on a bike, gesturing and trying to show her something on a piece of paper. Piles of rubble on street. 01:09:53 Two young boys (orphans?) in oversized coats and boots look up at the camera. Three walls of a warehouse barely stand amidst the rubble and debris. Some buildings in BG remained untouched and undam...

  10. Simon Ruder photographs

    Consists of seven post-war photographs from the collection of Simon Ruder, originally of Obertyn, Poland. Mr. Ruder was deported to Loncki prison in 1941, where he spent two years sewing Nazi uniforms before being sent to Auschwitz, Dachau, and then the Mühldorf subcamp, from which he was liberated in 1945. The photographs, taken at an unknown displaced persons camp, depict Mr. Ruder, his brother Mendel, and other newly released prisoners. Includes a photograph of what appears to be a remembrance ceremony, and a group picture in which some of the men appear to be wearing prisoner uniforms.

  11. "My Yellow Star"

    Consists of one memoir, written by Dov Gury (Bernard Gurovici), originally of Paris, entitled "My Yellow Star." This collection consists of two copies of the memoir, one in French and one in Hebrew. In the memoir, Mr. Gury describes his Holocaust experiences in Paris, his experiences crossing the demarcation line and the frontier to Switzerland, and his post-war immigration to Israel.

  12. Gernsheimer family collection

    Contains documents and photographs concerning Theodor and Hilde Gernsheimer and their sons, Fritz and Hans, and their immigration to the United States from Mannheim, Germany, after Kristallnacht.

  14. Stock market crash

    Title: Morgan Heads Group that Halts Market Panic: Announcement of support from leaders of finance stops wild trading in Wall Street. Brief shot of crowds on Wall Street. Also on this newsreel: 02:32:59 Title: Hoover Leads New Waterways Celebration: President and party cruise down Ohio River to dedicate 180,000,000 to project. Mute footage with intertitles of riverboat journey. Identified personalities: Secretary of War Good, Speaker Longworth. Title: Italy's Naval Cadets in Mid-Air Ship Drill [Spezia, Italy]. Italian cadets perform exercises on board ship. 02:36:45 A blimp sails over Londo...

  15. The Eventov Archives of the Association of Immigrants from the former Yugoslavia in Israel

    Contains documentation about Jewish communities in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia. Three major categories are communal and Zionist entities, papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern, and personal papers. These include correspondence, memoirs, photocopies of official documents, and other ephemera. The collection also includes files on prominent personages, social affairs, and Jewish participation in the partisan movement during World War II, as well as notes on archeological sites of the first through the third centuries and materials on the medieval site ...

  16. Jancu Nadler collection

    Consists of papers related to the post-war experiences of Jancu Nadler, originally of Bucarest, Romania. Includes one 1947 French train schedule for the Pullman company; one certification from the Jewish community of Paris that Jancu Nadler was born Jewish, dated 1947; one travel visa, 1947; one card with Nadler's dossier number from the "Comité juif d'action sociale et de reconstruction" (COJASOR); and one letter regarding Jancu Nadler from COJASOR.

  17. Rudolf and Helga Hauptmann Bettsack collection

    Consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Rudolf and Helga Hauptmann Bettsack (later changed to Bessac). Includes the Bettsack family Stammbuch, paperwork identifying them as stateless displaced persons, documents (with photos) in lieu of passports, and travel information for their immigration from Shanghai to the United States in 1947. Also includes paperwork for restitution claims and receipts for restitution claims for Helga Bessac.

  18. Wedding gown with green embroidery worn by Raya Kirschner Feig in Barletta DP camp

    Wedding dress with green, thread embroidery worn by Raya Kirschner (later Feig), 19, for her May 27, 1948, wedding to Micky Feig, 22, in Barletta displaced persons camp in Italy. In August 1941, after Germany invaded Lithuania, Raya was interned with her father Meyer, a rabbi, her mother, who ran an orphanage, and her brother Beno in the Kovno ghetto. In October 1942, her father was selected for deportation to Riga, Latvia,and Raya's mother insisted the family go also. They were placed in Spilve camp and Raya, Meyer, and Beno were assigned to hard physical labor. In 1943, Beno was caught sm...

  19. "Journey to Survival"

    Consists of one memoir, entitled "Journey to Survival," by Ninetta Matsa Feldman, originally of Arta, Greece. In the memoir, she recalls watching her father leave briefly for the Greek Army; and wartime life in Agrinio, Greece. In the fall of 1943, her family went into hiding in the small mountain town of Psilovrahos, where they remained for a year, at one point hiding in a cave from a German raid. After the war ended in Greece and the family returned to Agrinio, they learned that the Jews of Ioannina were deported on March 25, 1944, and that only a handful of their family living in Greece ...

  20. Dennis Lynch collection

    Contains seven black-and-white photographs taken in a concentration camp following liberation. Some of the images are identified as being at the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and depict prisoner retaliation against their captors, as well as American soldiers viewing rows of corpses. Some of the photos have typed captions on verso.