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  1. Jacob Fischler papers

    The papers consist of a letter written by Rabbi Moise Cassorla on September 8, 1941, attesting to a Bar Mitzvah ceremony to take place in Toulouse, France on September 20, 1941; a telegram sent to Sabina Fischler [donor's mother] by Jacob Fischler and his brother, Alexander; an identification tag from the American Joint Distribution Committee worn by Jacob Fischler (#43) and issued in Barcelona, Spain; a ticket issued in Bracelona on January 18, 1944; a letter written from Reichenberg (Liberec), Czechoslovakia, by Hermann Fischler [donor's father]; a letter written in English from Sabina Fi...

  4. Records pertaining to the expropriation of property belonging to Sigmund Freud's sisters

    Contains documents pertaining to the systematic expropriation of Sigmund Freud's sisters' assets by the Nazis, including the plundering of a trust fund set up for the sisters' benefit by their brother, Alexander Freud. Also includes documents from the 1960's and 70's related to a restitution effort.

  5. Mary Hrabowska papers

    The papers consist of a false identification card ("Kennkarte") (two of three parts) issued to "Maria Szmigielska" [donor] from Zegota while she was in hiding. The Kennkarte was issued by the German police office in occupied Warsaw, Poland, and the donor received it through Zegota after escaping the Warsaw ghetto. The papers also include a photograph of Kolo Studentow Zycie (Circle of Jewish Students) in 1948 in Warsaw.

  6. Barbie Trial -- Day 3 -- Barbie's life in Bolivia

    15:22 Political activities of Barbie while living in Bolivia. 15:28 Barbie's extradition from Bolivia. 15:30 Barbie reads a statement expressing his opinion that he was illegally extradited from Bolivia. 15:49 Three lawyers state that Barbie's attitude at the trial proves he has no regrets about his actions during the Holocaust. 17:10 President Cerdini asks for the accused to be introduced.

  7. Agro-Joint colony of Politodielec

    Electrical lines leading to an electrical water pump. LS of water pouring from a pipe. CU of pipe and water pouring into irrigation channel. Pan over cotton field, CU of cotton plants.

  8. Teheran Conference

    An American serviceman holds a slate that identifies the cameraman as Daniel and the date as November 30, 1943. US Army and Naval officers enter and exit a brick building guarded by MP's. The building appears to be part of a US military compound in the desert. 01:53:28 Soviet soldiers drill on the grounds of the Soviet embassy, where the Teheran conference was held. American miltiary cameramen film them. Shots of Joseph Stalin posing for the cameras with other conference participants. This material does not correspond to the description on the NARA story card.

  9. Ticho family papers

    The Ticho family papers include a hand-delivered letter from Adela and Vilem Ticho delivered by hand to their friend Anna Weinrebová describing events transpiring during the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia. The papers also include two death notices printed after World War II for Vilem Ticho and for Rudy and Pepik (sons of Vilem and Adela Ticho) who perished in the Holocaust.

  10. Drawing

  11. Oral history interview with Arnold Weiss

  12. Cohen family photograph collection

    The collection consists of seven photographs taken by Bina Cohen Spielman's father in Warsaw, Poland, before World War II and documents the experiences of the Cohen family before the Holocaust.

  13. Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz and Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz letters

    Consists of one letter written by Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz in 1936, in which he accepts a position as principal of a Hebrew school, and one letter by Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz, undated, in which he requests financial aid from the Jewish community since he is a teacher and this brings him no income. Both Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz and Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz lived in Łodź, Poland, before World War II and were imprisoned in the Łódź ghetto. While the fate of Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz is unknown, Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz perished in the ghetto on May 8, 1942.

  14. Case files from the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society

    This collection includes approximately 12,000 personal case files containing information on Jews trying to immigrate to Australia as well as family search files from the Archives of the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (AJWRS) (now Jewish Care) between 1946 and 1954. Also included is correspondence with Jewish organizations, such as HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and the Joint (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee), as well as with the Federal Immigration Department, and included are 3,036 AJWRS registration cards, a collection of scrapbooks including newspaper ...

  15. Barbie Trial -- Day 10 -- Two victims testify

    17:03 President Cerdini resumes the hearing 17:05 Cerdini deposits into the record a magazine article written by Vergès in 1987, presented to the court by the prosecution 17:05 Cerdini calls another witness, Srul Kaplon, to testify, and he presents himself to the court; Mr. Kaplon is a civil party in the suit against Barbie 17:06 On March 23, 1943, the witness was taken by two Gestapo agents to the Hotel Terminus, along with his parents, brother, and sister; there, he was beaten and interrogated by Barbie; he told Barbie that he did not speak German, and Barbie replied that 'all Jews speak ...

  16. Ilona Penner Blech collection

    Consists of documents related to the Holocaust experiences of Ilona Penner Blech, originally of Berlin, Germany, who participated in a Kindertransport to England in 1939. Includes wartime letters written by her aunt, Rose Kiegel, who lived in London, to Ilona's mother in Germany; a photograph of Rose; a photograph of her mother, Janka Penner, in a French internment camp in 1941; and a copy of Ilona's autograph book, filled with entries made by German and English friends. Also includes certificates of achievement from English schools and the cardboard tube used to send these certificates. Al...

  18. Kahn/Bauer family collection

    Consists of photographs and documents related to Alfred and Trude Kahn and their daughter, Annemarie, originally of Stuttgart, Germany. In the 1930s, the family fled from Germany to Holland, where they lived until their deportation to Theresienstadt on April 21,1943. The family perished in Auschwitz. The collection consists of Alfred and Trude's honeymoon album, an engraved cigarette case from the wedding, a book of Annemarie's baby photographs, and a letter sent by the Kahns the day before their deportation. Also includes a copy of "Pilgrimage to the Past" by James Bauer, a book of the Bau...

  20. German POWs; liberated French soldiers; DPs on the road; German civilians loot a warehouse.

    A slate reads: "April 5, Wolfhagen, V-Corps." Long shot of a fenced enclosure containing German POWs. Closer shots of the prisoners. Two of them wear bandages on their heads. One seated prisoner attempts to hide his face from the camera. 01:01:43 An American soldier sits on a tank. American military vehicles travel down a road. A new slate reads: "April 8, 1945, 9 Armored cross Wasser River" [probably the Werra River near Günterode as Wasser means "water" in German]. Tanks cross the river. American soldiers wave from the back of a tank. A makeshift slate announces that the date is now April...