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  1. Yiddish production (?) of Shakespeare play in Russia

    An excerpt from a stage production of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet."

  2. Polish prisoners; British Courageous air carrier; German ships

    German intertitles describe action. Low aerial shot of Polish prisoners marching, then a shot of the column from ground level. The camera pans across a field of prisoners and starved-looking horses, some of which are yoked to carts. Dead horses, abandoned carts and weapons strewn about on the banks of a river and in the river. A low aerial shot of rows of cannons in a field; no people in the shot. Piles of weapons and gas masks, then a brief shot of German soldiers with rifles, perhaps inspecting the weapons. Hitler reviews soldiers in Warsaw. Soldiers on foot, on horseback, and with bicycl...

  3. Edward Smigly-Rydz becomes Field Marshall 1936

    Scenes in Warsaw as General Smigly-Rydz becomes Field Marshal of Poland. The dignitaries arrive at the parade review stand. Press camera corps photograph the event, which includes officials shaking hands, Smigly-Rydz close-ups, marching soldiers, and troop reviews. Massive crowds of bystanders. 01:20:44 A woman sells Polish flags with the eagle crest insignia. 01:21:03 CU profile of Smigly-Rydz flanked by two Catholic officials, including Cardinal Hlond, whose antisemitic pronouncements at the time fueled longstanding anti-Jewish attitudes among Polish Catholics (see more of Hlond in RG-60....

  4. Children at school

    INTs Teacher in her home with a dog, She arranged books, puts on coat, and exits. Woman (teacher) at head of a classroom full of children. Brief shot of men setting up large lights. Woman using an abacus to teach the children. They learn. Children raise hands in the classroom. CU student. Children walk beside puddles underneath large power lines. Children run up the muddy road and through the door of a school as a boy rings a bell by the doorway. CU children answering questions in class. EXT group of boys playing with a ball, fields and power lines in BG. INT, woman sitting at desk writing,...

  5. Signal Corps liberation photographs

    Consists of 17 black and white images taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in April and May 1945 during the liberation of concentration camps.

  6. Statut des Juifs français et etrangers en France occupée, France non occupée et aus colonies et pays de protectorats

    Consists of a brochure entitled "Statut des Juifs: français et etrangers en France occupée, France non occupée et aus colonies et pays de protectorats."

  7. Sales family papers

    Contains photographs, letters, and legal documents pertaining to the Sales family and the family's Hebrew bookstore in Berlin, Germany.

  8. Risa Silbert papers

    The 13-page manuscript was written by Risa Silbert (née Kagan), originally of Klaipėda, Lithuania, immediately after her liberation from Stutthof concentration camp and describes her family and their experiences during the Holocaust.

  9. Warsaw in ruins

    CUs, men pointing to architectural drawing of building with damaged structure in BG. Men standing in ruins. WS, Warsaw in ruins. Horses/cart in FG. Men digging. Snow-covered rubble.

  10. Jewish district in Krakow

    Kazimierz, the predominantly Jewish area of Krakow, filmed by Julien Bryan. Men inside arched shop entrance. Various shots and CUs of people, with many Orthodox men on street, walking, talking, avoiding camera. Mixture of other people mingling and on the move. Market stall selling poultry in the main square in Kazimierz, synagogue in background. Market stalls and vendors. Street scenes, balloons, shops. Funeral procession for Marja Steinberger. Market scenes. Archway in alley. Various CUs Yeshiva boys, ECUs, smiles and laughter, talking to each other.

  11. "A15975: Shula's Story"

    Contains one VHS videocassette of the living testimonial of Shula (Zita) Fried Kozuch, who is a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943-1945. Mrs. Kozuch is a native of Viseu de Jos, Romania, and lost her parents and all of her siblings, save two sisters who were two of Mengele's twins, in the gas chambers upon arrival in Auschwitz in 1943. Mrs. Kozuch participated on a death march to Germany, where she was liberated in 1945.

  12. German siege of Warsaw, Poland 1939

    MS, Julien Bryan and nurses talking in the hospital. CU of one of the nurses as she explains the situation to Bryan. MCU of four men at the hospital, the one with glasses is a German prisoner, who is being cared for by the Poles. 01:10:05:25 A young priest is present as well. CU of the German soldier getting his hair cut, another German prisoner (with a Hitler-style mustache) is smoking and talking to a Polish officer as a doctor looks on. Some of the CUs of the Germans are quite out of focus, comes back into focus- the priest spends some time smoking and talking to the German soldiers foll...

  13. Mark Mordechai Koller family collection

    Collection consists of one album of photographs depicting the life of Mark Mordechai Koller and his family from 1931-1981. The collection also includes one report card, from Czernovitz (1945/1946) and one "Certificat de Calatorie", which is a group one-way passport from Romania to Israel (1949).

  15. IMT Verdicts: Schacht, Doenitz, Raeder, Sauckel, Jodl, von Papen, Speer, von Neurath, Fritzsche at Nuremberg Trial

    Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. Shot of dock as Justice Francis Biddle gives the Tribunal's conclusion on Hjalmar Schacht: not guilty under the indictment because his influence was not established beyond doubt. More footage of defendants, defendants' lawyers, as Justice reads conclusions of the tribunal on the prisoners: Schacht: Not guilty Doenitz (in French): Guilty under counts 3 and 4 Raeder (in Russia): Guilty under count 4 Sauckel: Guilty under counts 3 and 4 Jodl (in French): ?? (verdict not audible) Von Papen: Not guilty Unidentified defend...

  16. Signal Corps cameramen; DPs in street

    (LIB 6865) Signal Corps Cameramen, Germany, March/April 1945. LSs, camera team jeeps assembled in year with cameramen repairing tires and tuning motors. MLS, two cameramen discuss their Speed Graphic cameras. Cameramen check map in front of HQ. MS, cameraman with Eyemo shooting infantry coming across field. MLSs, CU, still cameraman with Speed Graphic kneels behind smoking enemy armored vehicle to take pictures. MLS, still cameraman taking pictures of displaced persons in street. MSs, CUs, Sgt loads his Speed Graphic, writes captions as he kneels in rubble at Heilbronn. MSs, Lt switches len...

  17. Swimming; family takes a train in June 1940

    Eva is slightly older now, her hair in braids, she walks towards the camera with her mother Lilly and another young boy holding her hand. They play with a small terrier dog. The dog runs through a field. Large building. A girl jumps over a rope. Others practice handstands, backbends and cartwheels on the grass. The group picks up the little girl with braids. 01:02:37 Intertitle “Svábhegy 1940. Julius~ augusztus.” (film slightly damaged) Toy sailboat in water. People go down a water slide. Eva cries, and then relaxes on a float with a young boy. Everyone plays in the water. CU of Eva stickin...

  18. Street barricade in Stuttgart; Russian POWs hold May Day ceremony

    04:40:48 (LIB 6127) Stuttgart, Germany, April 29, 1945. SEQ: German civilians carry bricks and rubble and build a barricade around French MG position at street intersection. CU, French soldier directs work of Germans. 04:44:13 (LIB 6128) May Day - Stalag #6, Hemmer, Germany, May 1, 1945. HAS, MS pan Russian POWs hold May Day celebration in POW camp Stalag 6, after liberation by US forces. CU, Russian soldiers carrying sign in Russian and English: "Long live the American Army which liberated us from Nazi captivity." Cut-ins, still portraits of Stalin, Truman, Churchill, Lenin, Zhukov. LS, sp...

  19. Star of David badge with the Dutch word Jood for Jew

    The badge belonged to an unidentified Jewish boy in the Netherlands who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a convent. After World War II, he became a Catholic priest.

  20. Kan family at home; in Belgium; at the beach

    Robert and Betsy ride a bicycle down a gravel road in front of large house, trees in BG. Shots from an airfield, planes taking off. "KLM" on the sides of the planes. Robert and Betsy in backyard. Empty garden. Duck and ducklings swimming. At the beach, CUs of children's faces. Robert and Betsy playing in the sand. 01:03:02 Robert leaves house and walks towards the camera. He walks through the front gate and waves. A dog runs through trees. Hunting party. People ride horses, dogs run. A man throws a bird to the pack of dogs. 01:04:55 LS, road along waterfront. Robert and Betsy stand in front...