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  1. Party day in Nuremberg w/military exercises and Hitler speech

    Military exercises on the field at Reich Party Day in Nuremberg. Smoke, explosions, soldiers simulate battle while spectators look on. Shooting machine guns, tanks. Hess, Hitler, members of military watch planes flying overhead. Good shots of blimp over the stadium. People in the crowd wave handkerchiefs. Hitler speaks to the military: "You are chosen by the nation to stand watch." Alternating shots between Hitler speaking and the field. Hitler reviews marching military, including Navy.

  2. Reichstag election poster with a giant figure of the German worker subduing Communists and Nazis

    Social Democratic Party campaign poster issued for the November 6, 1932, Reichstag election in Germany. The striking Modernist design in orange and black is by Karl Geiss. The poster features a giant statuelike figure of the proletariat grasping the collars of two men, one with a hammer and sickle Communist Party cap and the other with a swastika National Socialist (Nazi) Party hat. The SDP was the major political party in Germany until 1932. No party won a majority in this 2nd election of 1932, but the Nazis received the largest vote percentage, 33%. This was the last democratic national e...

  3. Ley speaks after crushing labor unions (consolidation of power)

    Title on screen: "Schutz der deutschen Arbeit! Nach der Befreiung der Gewerkschaften von den Marxistischen Leiter hoeren 200,000 Arbeiter und Angestellte in Berliner Lustgarten die Rede des Leiters der Aktions-Komitees Dr. Ley. [Protection German labor! After the freeing of the labor unions from Marxist leaders 200,000 workers listen to the speech of the leader of the Action Committee, Dr. Ley, in the Berlin Lustgarten]." Shots of Ley speaking interspersed with low aerial shots of the huge crowd. After Ley finishes his speech, the crowd sings, accompanied by a band. The German labor unions ...

  4. Ronald Shapson collection

    Consists of eight questionnaires completed by medical professionals in the Lemberg (Lvov, Lviv) ghetto and one certificate of gratitude issued by the NSDAP Office of Public Welfare for the donation of a park/playground to the German youth towards the recovery of the German people.

  5. Gorodecki family papers

    The papers consist of one manuscript written by Chana Gordorocka [donor's mother] immediately after liberation, one photograph of two Jewish salesman, and one photograph of two streets of the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland.

  6. Miller-Polak postcard

    The postcard was sent to Olga Polak [donors' paternal aunt] by Alfred and Lilly Miller [donor's father and his second wife] from Koprivnica, Croatia. The Millers were deported to Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia.

  7. Moshe Leshem collection

    Consists of documents forged by Moshe Lesehm [donor] in order to demonstrate a false Aryan identity. Mr. Leshem obtained existing and blank documents and altered them to read the name "Limbersky," a false identity. Collection includes forged report cards, diplomas, an "ancestor's" birth certificate, and his "parents'" wedding certificate. Due to age, the places where the documents have been altered is evident.

  8. Preparations for Nazi Party rally 1929; leaders, followers

    Film depicts various activities leading up to the staging of the 1929 Reich Party Day. Frequent titles give names of people shown and other information. 01:00:35 Prominent people involved in the production and distribution of the Nazi newspaper "Voelkischer Beobachter." Franz Pfeffer von Salomon works in his office as various party members (including Philipp Bouhler and Heinrich Himmler) enter, confer with Pfeffer, and leave. People work busily in the paper's offices; the newspaper is distributed by SA men. Also shown: Max Amman, Alfred Rosenberg, and Hermann Esser, all identified by intert...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hitler speaks in Vienna after annexation of Austria

    Arthur Seyss-Inquart, who was proclaimed Chancellor of Austria after the German takeover, addresses a huge crowd in Vienna. He introduces Adolf Hitler, who salutes the crowd from the podium. Hitler speaks briefly about the absorption of Austria into the Reich. More shots of the wildly cheering and saluting crowd. Shots of Hitler's car arriving at a large government building and greeting officials. A wreath with a ribbon bearing Hitler's name stands in front of the building. Planes fly overhead. The next scene is a military parade through the streets of Vienna. Hitler salutes from the sideli...

  10. Judith Peck collection

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs and correspondence which were sent from the extended family of Judith Peck to the United States. Includes photographs of Raisile (Rosa) Aspes, Chaya, Abraham, and Sarah Rajz, and Benek Eichner. Also includes a letter from Pesach Eichner to his uncle describing his unpleasant living conditions in the Kassel displaced persons camp.

  11. Bronka Hercberg Zybert papers

    The papers consist of documents, photographs, letters, and identification cards relating to the experiences of Bronka Hercberg Zybert and her family in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II.

  12. Pollack family collection

    Contains birth certificates of Dorothy Pollack's three aunts, born in Libou, Latvia. Her aunts Sarah and Zelma Mau perished in the Holocaust, while Bette Mau survived the war in Moscow.

  13. Kahn family correspondence

    Consists of correspondence from and regarding Bertha and Johanna (Hansel) Kahn. As Jewish life became difficult in Germany, the mother and daughter moved to Amsterdam. When the Nazi invasion occurred, they went into hiding until their finances ran out. The Dutch Underground offered to take Hansel in, as she did not look Jewish and was good with languages, but she refused to leave her mother. The two women were deported to Westerbork and perished in Sobibor. The correspondence includes a Red Cross telegram from Bertha, dated 1943, and letters describing their situation that were sent to fami...

  14. Esther Frydenberg photographs

    Consists of seven post-war photographs of Esther Frydenberg and others in Sweden after her liberation from the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Photographs include those taken at her job at a clothing factory and of a 1947 Chanukah party.

  15. Selected records of the Archives of Diplomatic History in Uruguay

    The collection contains Uruguayan diplomatic correspondence and other documents related to Nazi activities and the protection of Uruguayan interests during World War II.

  16. Photograph of the Rotfeld family

    The photograph depicts members of the Rotfeld family during the visit of a cousin from Paris, France, shortly before the German invasion of Poland. Seated from left to right are: Mr. Rotfeld, Etta, Mrs. Rotfeld, Heniek, and Mr. Stark. Both Heniek and Mr. and Mrs. Rotfeld perished in the Holocaust.

  17. Ascher Family home movies: vacationing in Bad Saarow

    Home movies of the Ascher Family, featuring daily life and vacation outings of this German-Jewish family in the 1930s. The Aschers immigrated to Palestine in 1938 and later to the United States in 1959. The Ascher family outings were mainly in Saarow-Pieskow, near Berlin. They visited a pension owned by Paul and Lotte Zeidler, a Jewish family who went to Shanghai when they left Berlin. Their son, Rolf, is shown in some scenes. The pension was named PAROLO after Paul, Rolf, and Lotte [this name can be seen on a powerboat later]. The Aschers visited in both summer and winter; trips became mor...

  18. Arthur Spiegel collection

    Consists of various cards and papers used by Hanna Aschermann in the Theresienstadt ghetto, including a ration card, work papers, medical documents, and a postcard written to Ms. Aschermann in the ghetto. Also includes correspondence between Mr. Arthur Spiegel and Yale University regarding the play "Cat in the Ghetto."

  19. Robert Julian Weill letter

    The Robert Julian Weill letter consists of one letter, dated May 17, 1945, from Major Robert Julian Weill to his wife, Lou Ellen Weill. Major Weill served with the 42nd Rainbow Division and participated in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. In the letter, Major Weill reports that he has assumed control of a German prisoner of war camp near Kufstein, Austria, and remarks upon the irony that he, a Jewish man, is in charge of the Germans.

  20. Reichenbach photographs

    Consists of two pre-war photographs discovered by Marsha Hollander in Reichenbach, Poland, in 1946. One photograph depicts a line of Jewish men walking down a road and the other depicts two Jewish men standing next to an automobile. The captions read "Polish Jews returning home," and "Polish Jews greet us on our arrival."