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  1. World Jewish Congress letter, 1947

    Consists of a letter, dated July 1, 1947, from I. Littman of the World Jewish Congress in Romania to Mr. Leon Heller of Lake Vortd, Florida. In the letter, Mr. Littman states that Mr. Leon's sister, Rebeca Friedman is in need of monetary assistance and would like his help.

  2. Antisemitic propaganda of Jews in the ghetto

    Propaganda footage comparing rich and poor Jews in the ghetto. Footage showing naked religious Jews (first men, then women) bathing in a public bathhouse (mikvah). Good shots of people buying and selling all sorts of wares. Many armbands visible. Overhead panning shots of vendors at stalls, one with a sign reading "Lodu." Dirty courtyard of a house with children. 00:18:14 Men and women sunbathe by the Warsaw ghetto wall. Interior of a dirty, poor house with a large family, including a sick child in bed. 00:20:45 "Rich" Jews arrive at a residence where the door is opened by a maid. Interior ...

  3. Leo Dercin collection

    Consists of a copy of the memoir, "Slave Laborer Number 72318: Memories of a Holocaust Survivor," by Leo Dercin, 1983, (145 pages), and a bound copy of the advance papers for the Academic Conference on the Holocaust at Hebrew College on April 30, 1973. Papers include those by Paul Bookbinder, Henry Feingold, Raul Hilberg, and Isaiah Trunk. Also includes two copies of an article about Mr. Dercin's memoir printed in "The Jewish Advocate," on April 11, 1985 and copies of speeches given by Mr. Dercin about his experiences.

  4. Irgun Brit Zion photographs

    Consists of 31 photographs originally gathered by Hana Zippora Trozki, a member of the Irgun Brit Zion, a Zionist youth organization in the Kovno ghetto, which took part in resistance activities. She pasted these photographs of her family and friends before the war and in the ghetto in her journals, which she then hid. Hana was killed in an aktion on July 8, 1944. When her sister, Sara Trozki Koper was liberated from the Stutthof concentration camp, she discovered these journals and removed the pictures, burning the journals for fear of being discovered with them.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Pope Pius XII blessing Allied troops

    Pope Pius XII with an audience of American and British soldiers. The pope is carried in on a chair, preceded by Swiss guard members. He speaks to the troops in English from his chair at the front of the room (the sound is echoey and somewhat hard to hear). Shots of the soldiers listening attentively. Close views of the pope. He stands and bestows his blessings. Scenes of the pope surrounded by and chatting with soldiers. Good views of the Pope, smiling, chatting. 01:06:07 groups begins singing and he is carried out on his chair. Other cuts and camera angles. MOving shot very close through c...

  6. Selected records from the Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei collection (R 19)

    Contains documents related to the administration of the police, including personal files of Jews in the police. Also contains files relating to the occupied countries, mainly Poland and Czechoslovakia, resettlement of the Volhynian Germans, and speeches and newspaper articles on the death of Reinhard Heydrich.

  7. "As Children during the Holocaust in France (1940-1944)"

    Memoir, 13 pages, relates the Holocaust experiences of Joseph Sungolowsky, who escaped from Belgium to France with his family after the Nazi invasion in 1940. The son of a rabbi, Joseph and his family went into hiding in Nice, France, with the help of the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE).

  8. Elizabeth Mundlak collection

    The collection consists of photographs and documents regarding the Holocaust-era experiences of Dora Juress-Mundlak and her husband Majer (Mielek) Mundlak, both originally of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland. Photographs depict the pre-ware lives of the Juress and Mundlak families in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, including Majer with his first wife and their child, Majer in his Polish military uniform, members of the Juress family, and a pre-war postcard of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. Documents include forged identity cards for Dora and Majer under the respective false names of Janina Janiszewski and Karol J...

  9. Administration of the city of Kerch during the Nazi occupation (Fond p1457)

    Contains records of the local administration, including orders, public announcements, information regarding Jewish populations, and lists of Jews and Jewish property.

  10. David Glick's JDC mission to South America in the late 1930s

    Begins in color: A hydroplane is docked on the water in Trinidad. "Pan American Airlines" logo and lettering, crew members work on propellers and engine, walking along the wing, in the FG a young boy looks at the camera and watches the men on the "deck" of the plane. Several passengers board the plane, both men and women, all seem to be American or European. INT of plane: the cargo hold. MCU, camera pans interior of plane and passengers, some are working, writing notes on a tablet, others look out the window, and still others recline over several seats and go to sleep. EXT, MS, a young loca...

  11. Emil Mermelstein photograph

    Consists of a portrait of Emil Mermelstein, a member of a Hungarian labor battalion in Mukachevo. Mr. Mermelstein is wearing a yellow armband in the portrait.

  12. Ted Sheppard photograph

    Consists of a photograph appearing to be of a recently liberated camp, described as "Meserburg"; other than this, camp is unknown.

  13. Selected records pertaining to the Nazi office of the Reichsstatthalter in Oberdonau, Austria

    Records pertaining to the Nazi office of the Reichsstatthalter in Oberdonau.

  14. Joseph Grünfeld letter

    Consists of one letter written by Joseph Grünfeld on 30 April 1939 in Lwów, Poland, to Joseph Grünfeld in Bronx, NY. Mr. Grünfeld thanks his cousin for everything he is doing for him, asks him for further help in obtaining the affidavits and paperwork needed to emigrate to the United States, and states that he will not be a burden to anyone.

  15. Dotsch family papers

    The papers contain correspondence, documents and photographs concerning the Dotsch family during the Holocaust in the Netherlands, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. The papers primarily pertain to Carla Levinsohn-Dotsch, youngest of three daughters, all placed in hiding, who was denounced and transported to Westerbork, Bergen-Belsen, and Theresienstadt concentration camps. In Theresienstadt she was adopted by the Boas family, with whom she was liberated, but was later reunited with her birth family. Also includes photographs documenting the Dotsch family in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish neighborhood in NYC

    Footage of three ethnic neighborhoods in New York City. People and vehicles on the streets of Chinatown. Storefront signs in English and Chinese. Men read newspapers that have been pasted onto the side of a building. Similar treatment of the Jewish section of New York City: storefronts and signs in Yiddish and English. A group of uniformed Jewish Boy Scouts take the boy scout oath then salute. People come out of a synagogue after services. Shots of the exterior of the synagogue. More street scenes of the neighborhood, shop signs, and an outdoor market. Similar again of the Italian neighborh...

  17. Föhrenwald kitchen photograph

    Contains one photograph taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. The photograph shows a group of people standing outside of a building, identified by Paula Lebovics [donor] as the kitchen.

  18. Selected records of the Grand Loge de France

    Consists of personnel card files for the Free Masons of the Grand Loge de France. Each card contains the member's name along with brief biographical and residence information. Also contains documents pertaining to the expropriation of property belonging to the Masons and files related to the post-war purging of members who collaborated with Nazi or Vichy officials.

  19. Winnower of the type used in wartime Poland

    Wooden agricultural winnower found years after the war in the region near Belzec, Poland. It is the type that would have been used by farmers in late 19th-early 20th century. In 1942, when the Germans decided to destroy all traces of the murders committed at Belzec killing center, they requisitioned agricultural equipment from the surrounding villages. This winnower purportedly belonged to the local mayor and was taken and returned by the Germans, but its use at the camp is uncertain. Because it has a mesh screen, it was rumored to have been used to sift through the ashes of cremated human ...

  20. Viennese post-war trials of Nazi war crimes Wiener Prozesse wegen NS-Verbrechen

    The collection consists of proceedings from the Post-World War II trials for Nazi crimes, which were tried by the Landesgericht Wien (State Court of Vienna) and the Volksgericht Wien (People's Court of Vienna).