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  1. German military on Russian front; man hanged for sabotage of German communications

    Reel 1: 00:37:22 Russian peasants standing in the street of a city, camera follows as they walk away. A group of German soldiers talk on a field phone/repair communication lines. A building in the background has the words "Gef. Sammelstelle" hand-painted on it. CUs of soldiers tying telephone wires together. CU of a soldier using a teletype. Different shots of soldiers on horseback and military vehicles crossing a pontoon bridge over a wide river. Camera pans across a wooded area with a large Russian made defensive trench. CU of two signs reading, "Abstände halten. Fliegergefahr!" and "Bozu...

  2. U.S. soldier erecting phone lines in camp

    On the Aleutian Islands/Kiska. CU, wooden sign in snow with illegible writing on it (camera is out of focus for this shot). MS, small cemetery, wooden crosses in snow. MS, soldier climbing down a tall wooden pole, seems to be a telephone pole. MCU, soldier climbing up pole, putting up phone lines at military base camp. VS, soldiers setting up camp in snow, shoveling snow, hamming it up for the camera, engage in a snowball fight, tackle each other in the snow, etc. MCU, American soldier holding up captured Japanese flag. The flag is very badly torn, and there is writing all over it. Two sold...

  3. Barbie Trial -- Day 1 -- Deportation of French resistance

    19:00 The clerk tells the court of the deportation of Jewish Resistance fighters on a train on August 8, 1944 by Barbie.

  4. "Crying is forbidden here" Rachela Olewski testimony

    Consists of a copy of the testimony and experiences of Rachela Zelmanowicz Olewski, originally of Be̜dzin, Poland, entitled "Crying is forbidden here." Born in 1921, Rachela was deported to Auschwitz from the Be̜dzin ghetto in 1943. In Auschwitz, she was a member of the women's orchestra as a mandolin player, and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Rachela immigrated to Israel where she lived until her death in 1987.

  5. Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra papers

    The papers relate to the experiences of Estella d'Ancona-Vieijra immediately after World War II. Photographs of the d'Ancona family before the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, birth announcment of Hetty d'Ancona, and post war correspondence.

  6. Records of the Perl Gologorer Benevolent Society

    Consists of the records of the Perl Gologorer Benevolent Society, formed in 1938 for the promotion of the social discourse among the members, as well as to assist the inhabitants of Gologorer, Poland. Includes account books, membership dues account books, membership correspondence, miscellaneous receipts, a copy of a cemetery deed, minutes of meetings, a certificate of incorporation, a copy of a certificate of incorporation, and a constitution.

  7. Freikorps troops in Munich after the Spartacist uprising.

    Government, Freikorps, and Stahlhelm troops march along the streets of Munich after crushing the Spartacist uprising. Crowds of people line the street to watch. An armored car drives down the street; soldiers unload muntitions from horse-drawn wagons; a long line of soldiers and wagons march through an archway. The next scenes show various buildings, riddled with bullet holes and otherwise damaged by fighting.

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Free French in London

    Members of the French military who escaped from German camps into the USSR and have made their way to London to join the Free French resistance group. The men stand in the back of an open truck and look at the camera. Standing below them are three American soldiers (American flag patches on their sleeves). 01:26:06 begins apparently unrelated footage of American soldiers on an airfield. They inspect several badly damaged planes.

  10. German 50 pfennig scrip

  11. Louis Croy manuscript

    Consists of one untitled manuscript, 74 pages, by Louis Croy. The manuscript relates a history of the Mauthausen concentration camp and of the Mauthausen trials; the author participated in the liberation of the camp and also assisted with the interrogation of the defendants in the subsequent trials.

  12. Dachau liberation photographs

    Consists of 55 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses, various buildings in Dachau and photographs of survivors' post-liberation and life in the displaced persons camp.

  13. Russian DPs celebrate V-E Day; surrendering German officers and soldiers; former prisoner display tattoos

    Sustained long shot of the bomb-damaged city of Wiesbaden. A handheld slate identifies the cameraman as Captain Carter and the date as May 8, 1945. Long shot of a large white building with a red star on top of it. Russian DP's decorate a platform in front of the building with red banners and portraits of Stalin and Zhukov for a celebration of V-E Day. Russian DP's holding portraits and flags parade around the square. Several people give speeches to the assembled crowd. The second speaker wears an UNRRA patch on his shirt and speaks through an interpreter. A woman wearing a black cap and a m...

  14. Ruth Apfel photograph collection

    The collection consists of ten photographs relating to the experiences of Ruth Apfel and her sister's family history in France before and during the German occupation. Several of the photographs show the sisters wearing Star of David badges.

  16. Drawing

    Crayon drawing depicting students and a teacher in a classroom.

  17. Guta Jean Kryger papers

    The papers consist of documents, correspondence, and photographs relating to Guta Jean Kryger's experiences during the Holocaust and her claims for restitution after her immigration to Canada.

  18. Barbie Trial -- Day 1 -- Barbie's activities after the war and history of the Nazis in France

    17:31 A clerk reads the list of Civil Parties. 18:07 The clerk lists what Barbie has been doing after the war. 18:14 The clerk discusses the Nazi police organization in France and the establishment of the "Final Solution." 18:23 The clerk lists the sentences against Barbie made in absentia, by the Permanent Military Court of Lyon on April 29, 1952 and on November 25, 1954, condemning Barbie to death. Due to France's Statute of Limitations, Barbie cannot be held acocuntable for these sentences.

  19. Barbie Trial -- Day 7 -- The defense questions two expert witnesses

    19:12 The defense questions the witnesses as to differences in the handwriting on the arrival notices written on both the Izieu telex and the Marseille telex 19:12 Cerdini asks the witnesses to remain in the area and available to the Court for further questions for a few days 19:15 Cerdini calls a recess

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

    15:47:55 Mario Blardone was a Resistance fighter assigned to assassinate Barbie. In May 1944, he suffered 18 days of interrogation and torture and was then deported to Dachau. He tells how he saw Barbie watch prisoners return from interrogation, wait until they reached the third step of the prison, and draw his revolver and shoot them. At 16:08:50, President Cerdini calls for recess; video continues until 16:10:06 as audience chats and judges enter chambers. Tape-recording ceases and continues 20 minutes later when judges return to courtroom at real time 16:34:26, although tape time code re...