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  1. Girls from Spreewald with swastika necklaces

    Women in traditional costume stand on either side of a man in civilian dress, who is introduced by the narrator as the new "Oberpraesident" of the province of Brandenburg, Hube. SA men stand behind them. The camera pans across the young women as Hube introduces them as representatives of Spreewald. A couple of the women wear necklaces with Swastika charms. One of the women speaks briefly, and the camera pans across the smiling girls again.

  2. Edith Fogel Polon photographs

    Consists of a photograph of the Mermelstein family, consisting of Rivka (Rezsi) Fogel-Mermelstein, her two children, Pearl and Mayer, and her husband Bela (Baruch) Mermelstein, all of Suskovo in Carpathian Ruthenia; also includes a photograph of Shloimele, Moshe and Tova-Elka Fried, the children of Yehoshua and Jortse (Markovitz) Fried, all of Veliki Palad. All photographed perished in Auschwitz.

  3. Selected records of the Sturmabteilungen der NSDAP - Oberste SA -Führung (NS 23)

    Contains records created by the command and staff of the Sturmabteilungen der NSDAP (SA), related to the establishment, organization, administration, and activity of the NSDAP.

  4. Birthe Trommer photograph

    Contains photograph of Josef and Kaja Geldmann, with their daughter Birthe, eating Christmas dinner with the Johanson family of Landskrona, Sweden. The Geldmanns, a Jewish family, escaped by boat from Denmark to Sweden in October 1943. The photograph was taken on December 24, 1944.

  5. Theophil Wurm papers

    The collection consists of the personal records of the Nachlass Landesbischof Theophil Wurm (Bishop Theophil Wurm). The collection is divided into four parts. The first part of the collection contains a variety of speeches, sermons, and correspondence which span the entirety of Bishop Wurm’s professional life. Most bear no immediate relevance to the war but were included as they provide historical context and background information. The second part largely consists of church administrative documents created during the interbellum. The third part of the collection contains records created du...

  6. German Condor Legion in Spain

    Onscreen titles: "Deutsche Freiwillige in Spanien" [German volunteers in Spain]. And: "Der erste Filmbericht vom Kampf der Legion Condor" [First film report about fighting of the Condor Legion]. Views of a city (or cities) in Spain. Beautiful landmarks and churches, interrupted by a shot of a bomb-damaged building. The narrator states that in 1936 began a wave of senseless terror, whose barbaric hate knew no bounds. Spanish Republicans are shown taking target practice at a statue, riding in the back of a truck through the streets, and otherwise exhibiting their barbaric natures. Spanish civ...

  7. Abraham S. Kay photographs

    Consists of five photographs (circa 1950) of Abraham S. Kay with Ambassador James Grover McDonald and other associates.

  8. Selected records of the Umwandererzentrale Litzmannstadt/Posen (R 75)

    Contains records related to the forced expulsion of Jews and Poles from Litzmannstadt (Łódź) and Poznań (Posen), Poland, and the insertion of ethnic Germans ("Volksdeutsche") in their place.

  9. Lazar/Grünstein family collection

    Consists of memoirs and biographies written by and about members of the Lazar and Grünstein families. Included are "Inspirational Lady: The Story of Eva Grünstein," by Liora Grünstein, 2002 (28 pages); "Chosen: The Story of Eva Klein," by Tahli Grünstein, 2000 (37 pages); "Memory from the Holocaust, 1944-1945," by Israel Lazar, 2002 (158 pages); and "Erinnerungen und Erlegnisse aus den Jahren des Holocaust," by Israel Laszlo Lazar, 2003 (99 pages). Also included are one CD-ROM containing an updated version of "Memories from my Childhood," by Israel Lazar, and one videocassette containin...

  10. Hameln Synagogue collection

    Consists of information regarding the history and reconstruction plans of the synagogue in Hameln, Germany, which had been destroyed on Kristallnacht. Includes copies of original drawings of the synagogue before it was destroyed, a bound book entitled "Sie waren Burger der Stadt: Die Geschichte der judischen Einwohner Hamelns im Dritten Reich", by Bernhard Gelderblom (164 pages, published 1997), a brochure about the synagogue, copies of newspaper articles, and a blank piece of stationery with a drawing of the synagogue on the front. Also included is one photoprint consisting of copies of tw...

  11. Marvin Burdett Manning collection

    Consists of photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, a hand-drawn map of the camp, lists and a photograph of the members of the 3542 Ordnance unit of the United States Army, a certificate of recognition for Marvin Manning, and a copy of the Jun. 22, 1945 "Pawnee PA Herald" in which a letter from Marvin Burdett Manning is printed describing his experiences visiting Dachau. Also includes photographs depicting SS officers who had been killed. Also includes one folder containing the unit history of the 3542 Ordnance M.A.M Company in Europe. Written in 1986, the fo...

  12. Memorial ceremony in Warsaw; probably dedication of the Rapoport monument to the Warsaw ghetto uprising

    Possibly a continuation of the memorial ceremony depicted in Story 4334. There is somber music but no narration. The camera pans down a large banner with a picture of Mordecai Anielewicz. Anielewicz, commander of the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa [Jewish Fighting Organization, ZOB], was killed during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The next shot shows the interior of a theater, with a huge crowd listening to speeches. One of the speakers is Haike Grosman, a Jewish woman from Bialystok, who was active in the resistance and who after the war became a member of the Central Committee of Polish Jews. ...

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Press reaction to US military landing in N. Africa; Taylor visits Lisbon

    Dramatic coverage of newsboys rushing to deliver bundles of the newspaper Diario de Lisboa on the day the Americans invaded North Africa. Extensive scenes of movement, newstands, publications, and close-ups of the front pages of papers in Portugal. Some of the newspapers are English-language. LIFE magazine and SIGNAL. INT of a barbershop, where a news vendor distributes copies of the paper to men getting their hair cut. EXT and INT of the "Havas Agence," precursor to the modern Agence France-Presse. Editor (Mr. Dany) sitting at a telephone with another man (Mr. Audibert) standing beside him...

  14. Tennenbaum family vacations

    The Tennenbaum family on vacation in the Austrian countryside in August 1937, opening with a panning shot of a lake. A man on a hiking trail with a camera around his neck. People dancing at a hotel or resort; a man paddling a kayak; more leisure activity and nature scenes, some shot from a moving car. Label on the film can identifies the trip as a tour between Poertschach and Heiligenblut, Austria with Dr. Finkler. [Dr. Finkler was a friend of the Tennenbaums. In his memoir, Marcus writes of trying to convince Dr. Finkler to flee Austria, but Finkler felt he could not leave his elderly pare...

  15. Grossdeutschland 1938

    Cover of brown textured paper with interior pages bound together by string; printed on front cover is circular image of two men holding Nazi flag standing on platform with eagle insigna and text in German above and below image; adhered to lower left corner on front cover is green square stamp of Adolf Hitler with ink impression of Nazi emblem stamped in black below.

  17. Amateur travel footage of daily life in Germany, Austria and Hungary in 1937

    Color footage of daily life in Nazi Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in August 1937 shot by a dentist during his vacation from the northeast of England. Thomas Henry Brown and his wife, Kate Brown (nee Spittle) left their 3 year old child with paternal grandparents to go on an extensive tour. Tom had some German language skills. It was their second visit to Germany. Title: "A Tour of Central Europe / August 1937," "Photography and Titles by T.H. Brown" Pedestrians walking past train, boat, CUs. Sign, "KAAI-OSTENDE-QUAI." Cranes. Sign, "London Oostende-k Bruxelles no Aachen Koln...

  18. Arisierungen

    Records pertaining to the confiscation of mostly Jewish-owned property by Nazi authorities in Upper Austria and Vienna, Austria. Mostly individual case files consisting of reports and correspondence between the Reichsstatthalter Oberdonau, the Vermögensverkehrsstelle Wien, and various other Nazi agencies involved in expropriation. Includes files on a few confiscated non-Jewish properties. Reel #18 of the collection also features topical files concerning Nazi expropriation laws and regulations, reports, and guidelines, such as how to proceed with the expropriation of properties owned by for...

  19. 1988 "Saving the Bulgarian Jews" conference documents

    Consists of speeches and articles written on the occasion of the 1988 roundtable conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, entitled "Saving the Bulgarian Jews 1941-1944." Included are speeches by Mrs. Shulamit Shamir, Dr. Stefan Petrov, a report of the conference by the Bulgarian embassy in Washington, and a message of greetings from Todor Zhivkov.

  20. Stuttgart and Łódź school photographs

    Consists of six post-war photographs of children in the displaced persons camp schools in Stuttgart, Germany and Łódź, Poland.