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  3. Radio broadcasting; propaganda; German home front

    Various radio programs being broadcast in Berlin. An announcer (perhaps Heinz Goedecke?) wishes citizen Heinrich Schultz a happy 90th birthday; a group of children performs songs; an outdoor concert featuring a harmonica player and other musicians; women wearing native costume singing. The first scene, which does not appear in the USHMM excerpt, shows a man entering a restaurant and speaking to a group of older men about the benefits of listening to the radio, as a way to strengthen the community (?). The last scene shows one of the older men asking to have the radio turned back on, as the ...

  4. Barbie Trial -- Day 15 -- Two civil parties testify

    15:57 Prosecutor Libman asks that photographs of the monument to the children of Izieu near Brégnier-Cordon, to which the witness, Mr. Robert Meriaudeau, had referred, be circulated to the jurors 16:00 President Cerdini calls a civil party, Alexandre Halaunbrenner, to testify; the civil party presents himself to the court 16:02 The witness recounts his family's arrest and internment at the Nexon, Rivesaltes, and Gurs camps; his father was separated from the family in a separate work camp; the family was liberated under surveillance in the region of Lyon, and Gestapo members came to the fami...

  7. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Witness testifies; discussions about Barbie refusing to appear in court

    13:35 President Cerdini asks for the accused, who refuses to appear at the trial, to be introduced. 13:37 A clerk lists the names of testifying witnesses. 13:41 President Cerdini asks Mme Vogel, née Esssner, to speak about the deportation of her parents by Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier. 14:26 Lawyer Welzer requests the Court to decide on whether it can continue to be permitted for Barbie to be absent. 14:46 Lawyer Du Granut says the presence of Barbie at his own trial would be useful and neccessary, but the respect of the French legal tradition excludes the use of force. 14:50 The prosecut...

  8. Agro-Joint colony of Maxim Gorky

    MCU of boys and girls of Maxim Gorky Colony, most boys wearing no shirts. LS of electrified pumping station. Two women baking bread at outdoor oven, taking out loaves. LS of flock of sheep, shepherd and young boys. LS of solid large long buildings, perhaps workshops or stables. Intertitles provide statistics and further information about the scenes.

  9. Association for support of Jewish Palestine (Karen Hayesod). Lithuanian Branch (Fond 590)

    The collection contains correspondence files with local branches of the Karen Hayesod across Lithuania from 1920 to 1940 concerning a registration of local organizations fundraising activities for the Jewish settlements in Palestine before World War II. Also includes minutes and correspondence of Zionist organizations worldwide, local banks, Lithuanian government authorities, bylaws of the organization and its branches, a donors list, cashiers books, and financial reports.

  10. Wasner and Wand families' papers

    The Wasner and Wand families papers are realated to the experiences of the Wasner and Wand families in Poland during the Holocaust and include false identification papers used by Regina Wand and Rozalia Wand, a birth certificate reissued to Zygfryd Wasner after World War II, and the ketuba of Zygfryd Wasner and Regina Wand.

  12. Nordhausen liberation photographs

    Consists of eight photographs taken by Sgt. Jim Scheets of the United States Army at the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp. Sgt. Scheets wrote captions on the backs of the photographs, which depict the burial of corpses.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Swedish ship Drottningholm arrives in US with diplomatic officers leaving Axis nations

    Shots of the Swedish-American ship Drottningholm. The ship bears the Swedish flag and the word "DIPLOMAT." Passengers wave from the decks. People disembark from the ship, including diplomatic officers from Axis countries George Wadsworth from the State Department and Curtis T. Everett, listed on the dope sheet as a diplomatic officer to Vichy, disembark from the ship. It is not clear which individuals they are in the crowd. A man speaks at a microphone -- perhaps he is the third man identified on the dope sheet, S. Azacarte of Mexico. Men stand among several pieces of luggage. A label on on...

  14. Watercolor

    Watercolor on paper depiction of a royal figure in a suit of armor and a cape, and holding a sword.

  15. Juda Wachisler registration record

    Consists of the A.E.F (Allied Expeditionary Forces) Displaced Persons Registration Record for Juda Wachisler, originally of Sztrikow, Poland. He was registered as an unaccompanied child, the only survivor of his family. Includes background information as well as a summary of his Holocaust experiences.

  16. Washington, DC newspapers collection

    Collection of front pages of Washington, DC, newspapers. primarily the Washington Post and the Sundar Star, from 1939 to 1945 featuring headlines related to World War II.

  18. Drawing

  19. Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Repatriation Department from USSR Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Repatriacji z ZSRR (Sygn. 303/V)

    Contains legal regulations of the repatriation process of Jews from the USSR and Germany. Also contains summaries, reports of the activity of the Department and correspondence with other departments of the Central Committee and various Jewish organizations financing the Repatriation Department. Several files contain the list of Jews repatriated from the USSR and the people who helped them.

  20. Chaim and Dora Rosenkovitch collection

    Contains a wedding photograph of the donor's parents, Dora and Hertz Lissic, who married in Paris, France on 2 Feb.1935.