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  1. "Alberto Cernogoraz; 1914-1946: Holocaust Survivor"

    Consists of one memoir, undated, entitled, "Alberto Cernogoraz; 1914-1946: Holocaust Survivor," by Genoveffa Cernogoraz Cook. Mrs. Cook writes about her childhood in pre-war and wartime Italy and her memories of her brother, Alberto, who was arrested in 1943 as a member of the Italian Underground and was presumed dead. After the war, however, the family learned that he had been imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. Though he recovered from his illnesses, Alberto Cernogoraz was murdered in 1946.

  2. Max Burin collection

    Consists of two official certificates presented to Max Burin, originally of Recklinghausen, Germany: one is presented in May 1933, by the Preussischer Landes-Krieger Verband; and one one is presented in February 1935, by the Polizei-Prasident der Recklinghausen. The certificates attest to Max Burin's participation as a soldier in World War I. Also includes a certificate presented March 6, 1936 by the Chevra Kadischah of the Recklinghausen Jewish community, wishing Max Burin luck on his upcoming immigration to Palestine and making him, as the fomer chairman of the group, an honorary member. ...

  3. Bulldozers and US Army engineers unearth corpses in the rubble of destroyed buildings

    The NARA record states that this film shows "the rubble of a European town devastated by Germans." Civilians and US Army soldiers (engineers?) watch as a bulldozer clears the rubble from a bombed building. After the bulldozers have moved the large pieces of debris, the soldiers use shovels to continue digging for bodies of those buried in the ruins. Soldiers escort a distraught man away from where they are digging. A long shot of several devastated houses, then a shot of what used to be the interior of a house, with a photo still hanging on the wall. A woman digs through the rubble piled on...

  5. Barbie Trial -- Day 4 -- Bolivian president extradites Barbie

    17:30 Details of the naturalization of Barbie as well as funds received by Bolivian President Hernán Siles Zuazo to extradite Barbie.

  6. Drawing

  7. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. photographs

    Consists of 23 large black and white photographs taken of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also includes photographs of other influential figures in the Roosevelt administration and photographs of Henry Morgenthau, Sr., the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian genocide.

  8. Selected records of the Liaison Office (under the Office of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers) for Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transnistria

    Contains correspondence, various data, minutes of the meetings of the Council of the Ministries and Governors of the three provinces, bills and other materials related to the political, economical situation in Bukovina, Bessarabia and Transnistria under Romanian occupation during WWII. The collection also includes archival documents related to the implementation of the population policies in provinces by the Romanian authorities as well as Romanianization of Jewish properties and assets, plans and proposals concerning transfers of Romanian population to the newly occupied provinces, surveil...

  9. Barbie Trial -- Day 13 -- Witnesses testify

    The testimony of Mme. Léa Feldblum continues. She finishes answering a question posed by the President, Cerdini, before recounting her deportation to Birkenau and subsequent separation from the children she had accompanied from Izieu. She makes direct reference to Zlatin, the husband of Mme. Sabina Zlatin (maiden name Chwast), whose testimony was on May 27, 1987 (Film ID 3908). Feldblum discusses her life at Birkenau, the selection process led by Josef Mengele, and her liberation in 1945 by Russian troops. M. Rappaport, attorney for the prosecution, describes Feldblum's decision to voluntar...

  10. Letters 1938 to 1945 The Grunwalds' journey from oppression to freedom

    Consists of a book, written and edited by Susanne Sommer, entitled "Letters 1938 to 1945: The Grunwalds' Journey from Oppression to Freedom." The book mainly consists of copies and transcriptions of the correspondence between Max and Marga Grunwald of Berlin, Germany, and Paul and Jean Lewinson, of Arlington, Virginia. The Lewinsons were the American sponsors of the Grunwald family who traveled from Germany to the Philippines where they remained for two years before arriving in the United States in 1941. Also includes copies of correspondence between the Grunwalds and other family members.

  11. Selected records from the archives of the Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade

    Contains documents created by the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian occupation authorities regarding arrests and persecutions of, and reprisals against, Jews, members of antifascist movements, communists, and the general population. Also contains documents related to the operation of various concentration camps in the former Yugoslavia.

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- American ambassador to Vichy France

    Admiral William Leahy, American ambassador to the Vichy government, with a French general and other officials. Two groups of men, some military and some civilian, leave a building and salute French soldiers standing at attention. The third group of men includes Admiral Leahy. Close-ups of Leahy begin at 01:23:24. More French military personal, including the general from the first scene. They are surrounded by a crowd. The general stops and salutes a group of soldiers.

  13. Laborer identification card

    Contains a German identification card issued to Uzbek laborer; dated September 25, 1943. Bi-folded; green/brown paper; printed and handwritten text; photographic portrait image of man attached.

  14. "Pilgrimage to Jeleniewo" collection

    Consists of one videocassette, entitled "Pilgrimage to Jeleniewo," which shows the restoration and re-consecration ceremony for the pre-war Jewish cemetery in Jeleniewo, Poland. The cemetery had been desecrated during the Holocaust and was forgotten by the citizens of Jeleniewo. Also includes one booklet entitled, "Żydzi Jeleniewa," which describes the restoration of the cemetery and shows the headstones found in the cemetery.

  15. Uriel Hanoch photograph collection

    The photographs document the experiences of the Hanoch family in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, before World War II and the experiences of Uriel Hanoch and her brother in a displaced persons camp in Germany and Italy after their liberation from concentration camps.

  16. Julius Levine letter

    Consists of one letter, dated March 13,1935, from Julius Levine in Paris to a family member in the United States. In the letter, Levine describes his impressions of Germany, including his feelings of uneasiness there, and his sense that Germany is preparing for war.

  17. Barbie Trial -- Day 11 -- Victims testify

    Louis Simonet speaks about his arrest, interrogation, transfer to Montluc prison, and Neuengamme. 17:27:00 Regine Skorka, speaks about her arrest as a member of the Resistance and subsequent torture at Montluc, transport to Drancy, and life in Auschwitz. At 17:45, she addresses the sub-camp for Roma in her testimony. 17:54:30 Jerome Scorin (brother of R. Skorka) testifies.

  18. German soldiers advance by boat

    A small fleet of German boats crossing a sea. Panning shot of German soldiers fanned out across a field, crossing a fence. The German soldiers enter and search through several different country houses. Several boats crossing Lake Ladoga in northwest Russia. Panning shot of a row of portable outboard motors (used in rubber raft-like boats-see end of reel for example). German soldiers getting into a small boat. Two opposing shots of German soldiers signaling each other with spotlights. Short clip of a rubber boat using one of the outboard motors.