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  1. Shoah: an eyewitness testimony

    Consists of the testimony, 9 pages, of John E. Pfeiffer, presented at a Yom Hashoah remembrance ceremony on May 2, 1997. Mr. Pfeiffer was a part of a reconnaissance squad that discovered Dachau on April 29, 1945. He describes his memories of the conditions there and how his experiences affected him in later life.

  2. Selected records of the Argentinean National Directorate of Migration

    Contains documents related to immigration legislation and policy in Argentina in the years during and immediately after the Holocaust.

  3. Johanna and Max Liebmann papers

    The papers consist of documents and correspondence relating to the experiences of Johanna and Max Liebmann in France and Switzerland during and immediately following World War II.

  4. "Das Gesetz und die Wissenschaft in Deutschland, 1941-1945"

    Consists of speech, 14 pages, written and delivered by Dr. Rudolf Vrba in Frankfurt, Germany upon the 40th anniversary of the Auschwitz trial. The speech, with the English title of "Law and Science in Germany, 1941-1945," discusses the Nazi pseudo-science of eugenics and how the practice of defining race by blood was done legally, even though it is impossible to racially distinguish blood. He also discusses his beliefs regarding the importance of the study of the Holocaust, especially in Germany.

  5. Ruth Schloss papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Ruth Schloss (née Strauss), originally of Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, including living as a hidden child in the La Guette children's home in France. Included are wartime photographs related to Ruth’s experiences in the French children’s homes, an identification card from Montauban, France, and a letter of recommendation written by Ernst Papanek for Ruth in 1957 describing her experiences between 1939 and 1947.

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Various captured newsreels

    Hermann Goering, Albert Speer, Wilhelm Keitel, and others at a ceremony in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Inside the Chancellery, men and women receive small crosses (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) that indicate their level of civilian (non-combat) service to the nation. One man receives the highest level honor. An officer pins this man's cross medal around his neck, and the medal recipient reviews troops with Goering in the courtyard of the Chancellery. 01:01:59 According to the dope sheet, this footage shows foreign workers watching a performance in a Berlin music hall. A band and a couple danci...

  7. Program for the dedication of the Bad Nauheim Synagogue

    Contains a program for the June 24, 1945 dedication service of the synagogue in Bad Nauheim, Germany. The service was run by the Headquarters XIX Corps and the officiating chaplain and cantor (respectively) were Samuel Blinder and Cpl. Melvin Miller, members of the United States Army.

  8. Kathleen Quinn photographs

    Consists of photographs of Dachau post-liberation, including photographs of survivors and victims, as well as numerous photographs of the destruction encountered by the United States Army as it crossed Germany and Austria. Includes photographs of Munich and Aachen, Germany.

  9. Warsaw uprising in 1944

    Part 2. Warsaw uprising of 1944, which began on August 1 and lasted for 63 days. Buildings in Warsaw on fire during the uprising. Fighting in the streets; Polish Home Army soldiers lay communications wire. Children watch a puppet show. More destruction; a nurse hands out buckets of water from big wooden casks. People on the move in the streets amid shooting and fires. 00:17:03 Priests remove sacred objects from a church. 00:17:16 A cameraman filiming a burning building. Men bury a casket. A makeshift graveyard. Men load a rifle and shoot at a target. Several uniformed young boys watch. Peop...

  10. Frank Ekstein memoir

    Consists of one memoir, 21 pages, written by Frank Ekstein, originally of Hungary. He describes his experiences at the end of the war, including his separation from his parents in October 1944, his liberation in the ghetto by the Russian army in January 1945, and his immigration to and experiences in Israel. He also discusses his philosophies on Jewish history.

  11. Rund family papers

    Consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs and documents related to the family of Sigismund Salo Rund, originally of Berlin, Germany. Contains affidavits and passports used by the family and photographs of the family home and of family life in the United States during and after the war. Also includes an extensive family tree created in 1933.

  12. Harvey Gotliffe collection

    Consists of research materials (articles, transcripts, notes, clippings, correspondence,etc.) regarding Holocaust denial and advertisements of Holocaust revisionist theories and work, specifically the work of revisionist Bradley R. Smith. Dr. Gotliffe, a professor in the School of Journalism at San Jose State University, produced and collected this material from 1990 to the early 2000s. Includes copies of "The Journal of Historical Review" (1997-2001) and Smith's newsletter (1990-2004).

  13. Lilian Falk papers

    Contains four letters from girls in Children's Home in Otwock, Poland, photograph of Krystyna Reklewska [a wartime friend of Lilian Falk, donor], pre-war photograph of Lilian, post-war photograph of Lilian, post-war photograph and wartime kennkarte of rescuer Mrs. Bronislawa Hessen (Bronislawa Kaczmarczyk), war-time photograph of Lilian's mother, Dr. Rozalja Szajn, birth certificate used by Rozalja during the period in hiding, and a birth certificate used by Lilian during the period of hiding.

  14. Eva Rindner papers

    The collection consists of documents, a personal narrative, and photographs primarily documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Eva Rindner (née Schultzmann) and her mother Lola Blonder (previously Lola Zipser and Lola Schutzmann), including Eva’s treatment for tuberculosis as a child, her father’s death in 1937, and the family’s emigration from Vienna, Austria to Haifa, Palestine (Haifa, Israel) in 1938. Included are documents related to Lola’s work as a volunteer nurse during World War I, financial documents, and letters. The letters were addressed to Eva from her parents, and were rec...

  15. Alex Feuer photographs

    Contains photographs of Alex Feuer after liberation taken in Memmingen, Germany in June 1945, and of a group of Greek Jews with Hauptmann Hoffman, the camp commander at Turkheim. Mr. Feuer, fifteen upon liberation, was a survivor of Auschwitz and Dachau.

  16. "For My Children": Rebecca Atsmon memoir

    Consists of memoir, 59 pages, which relates to the life of Rebecca Atsmon, born in Lvov. She was taken to a work camp in 1941, which was under the command of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Kitner who treated them very well. He warned her family of the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943 and aided them in their escape to Germany with Gentile papers. She worked in Germany until the liberation in 1945 and traveled to the Landsberg displaced persons camp.

  17. Opening of Chopin Museum

    Newsreel showing Ludmilla Berkwic, whose father's family was Jewish, playing the piano at the opening of the Chopin Museum in Wawel Castle. Hans Frank and other Nazi officials are in attendance. Berkwic is shown playing Chopin's piano. The piano music continues over interior shots of the museum and its artifacts. Berkwic's father was Jewish but she was living as a non-Jew when Hans Frank asked her to perform at the opening of the Chopin Museum in Krakow. Soon after her performance she was denounced as a Jew. She and her mother obtained false papers and fled to her fiancee's home in Germany....

  18. Bergen-Belsen barracks photographs

    Consists of six photographs of the burning of a barracks in post-liberation Bergen-Belsen. The barracks were burned to help stop the spread of disease. Also contains a group portrait of the staff of an ambulance train which took survivors to hospitals in Sweden.

  19. Axelrad family papers

    The Axelrad family papers consist of immigration correspondence and forms and an Oranienburg photo album. The correspondence and forms primarily document Felix Axelrad's liquidation of his business in Vienna in the late 1930s, emigration from Vienna to Istanbul and then to the United States, his attempt to emigrate to Australia, and his efforts to help his friends Heinrich Grünberg (b. 1894 in Vienna) and Klara Török (b. 1907 in Budapest) immigrate to the United States from Istanbul. The photo album documents life in Oranienburg and Vienna and trips to Wannsee, Werbelinsee, and Berlin. It c...

  20. David Glick's JDC mission to South America

    EXT, Lima Peru. LS, camera pans a shanty town at the base of the Andes Mountains. VS of clear blue sky, clouds and mountains as seen from the window of an airplane, the plane's wing is visible in the FG. EXT, a city in the main plaza and on city streets. The cameraman concentrates on capturing images of the indigenous people in traditional dress with bundles, packages and even their children on their heads or backs. Men, women and children are featured. People in the BG of several shots wear contemporary Western style clothing, and look much more European. 01:26 La Paz and surroundings. The...