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  1. Leva Borshcher collection

    Consists of a photograph of the donor at age 15, shaking hands with his brother.

  2. Goldfarb family papers

    The Goldfarb family papers document the experiences of Polish-born Leopold Goldfarb, his Belgian-born wife Jenny, and their daughter Nina; as they sought to escape Belgium following the German invasion in 1940, and immigrate to the United States, by way of Portugal, Jamaica, and Cuba, following Jenny’s death in France. The papers contain identification and immigration documents, correspondence, including over a dozen postcards sent to Leopold Goldfarb by members of his extended family in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940-1941, family photographs, and correspondence related to Goldfarb’s efforts to ...

  3. Nazi "People's Community" & welfare work

    Title: "Unbesiegsbar ist die Front der nationalsozialistischen Volksgemeinschaft" Bucolic countryside, farm. Soldiers on horses, debris. CUs, children and men receiving bread and food from truck, eating at tables. Workers shoveling coal, in factory, smoke. Rebuilding, men working in factory. Sign, "Techn. Nothilfe...Einsatz Graudenz" Carts of coal, construction. Ext. building, children playing in yard. Nursery, pan, children in line, smiling. Sweeping, cleaning, pile of trash, families climbing stairs, walking towards camera. Boat, people waving. American Red Cross. People with baggage. Pan...

  4. DPs interviewed; DP center in Belgium

    (LIB 3385-3390) Displaced Persons, Verviers, Belgium, February 10-13, 1945. MCU, interrogation of German woman and her child by a Belgian officer. Interviewer speaks in French and German. MCU, interrogation of single woman by French interpreter. MLSs, MCU, displaced persons center administration office. US Army Capt speaks over phone and receives shipment of notification of arrivals. Capt designates work to WAC corporal and Army Sgt.

  5. Ilana Sherman collection

    Consists of a letter, dated 18 August 1945, from Henia Lewin in Grodno, Poland (Grodno, Belarus), describing her experiences during the war.

  6. Neue Reichskanzlei (R 43 F)

    Contains records from Bundesarchiv, R 43 F "Neue Reichskanzlei", relating to various activities of the Reichskanzlei, 1933-1945. For a description of the Reichskanzlei, see also RG-14.020M and RG-14.021M.

  7. Judgment at Nuremberg Trial

    Sentencing of Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, October 1946. Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence tells of Robert Ley committing suicide and Alfred Krupp unable to attend trial for his physical and mental condition (similar to Story 2611 but from a different perspective). Jackson gives summary of what prosecution claims and demands. French Justices Henri de Vabres and Robert Falco reading statements from bench. [The sound is partly gone, sketchy, four totally different scenes, partly in French before Biddle explains the Charter.] MS of Justice Francis Biddle speaking of the Nuremberg...

  8. Edison Jubilee Radio Broadcast w/Einstein

    Edison Jubilee Radio Broadcast. INT, MLS, group of NBC men seated around radio, listening to broadcast of celebration of the 50th anniversary of the invention of electric light. Radio voice of President Herbert Hoover congratulating Thomas Edison. Voice of Albert Einstein speaking from Germany (poor soundtrack). MS, radio announcer, Owen D. Young introducing Albert Einstein. (staged story?)

  9. Bond Drive

    "Four Freedoms Set Key for Bond Drive" Arlington, VT; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Denver, CO; Winter Park, CO; Washington, DC. America digs in to complete $13,000,000,000 second war bond drive, greatest financial undertaking in history of the world. Paramount news presents inside story of first sales of new issue, human-interest pictures of Mr. Roosevelt and White House staff. Start of the campaign! Artist Norman Rockwell's paintings of America's great four freedoms, background theme of second war bond issue. Vermont: Norman Rockwell with models and paintings of "Freedom from Want"; "Free...

  10. German educational film: Geysers in Iceland

    This short educational film depicts two men's journey by horseback to a geyser on the island of Iceland. One of the men is identified by name, Dr. Erich Dautert. In several EXT shots a man is seen exiting his home with a grass thatched roof, and gathering together horses as well as supplies. He saddles some of the stout, long-haired horses with supplies, and he and another man ride two of the other horses. VS of the beautiful countryside of Iceland. The two men make their way over hills and much rugged terrain to reach the geyser. Beautiful scenes of waterfalls and jagged rock formations. V...

  11. Günther Rabau and Hildegard Frenkel collection

    Consists of a marriage contract, dated 19 February 1946 in Shanghai, China, between Günther Rabau and Hildegard Frenkel; a certificate of divorce, dated 22 January 1946, issued by the Jüdische Gemeinde, Shanghai; documents relating to the adoption of Benjamin Rene Frenkel; one Deutsche Reisepass, dated 23 February 1939, for Günther Rabau; an identity card, dated 29 March 1934, for Günther Rabau; four photographs; and three miscellaneous documents, including a certificate of immigration.

  12. Kan family at the beach in Zandvoort in 1932

    Hand-made title card that reads "Zandvoort 1932" with sun, sailboat and water. At the beach. Little boy (Robert?) playing in the sand with an ore and older girl (Betsy?) waving. Jeanne, mother, looks on from a beach chair. Woman and children walk down a set of stairs on the beach. 01:01:30 Little boy pushes a wheelbarrow and the little girl runs. Group of small children in white clothes and hats sit in the sand while a woman in sunglasses holds one of them up. Posing for group photograph. Children are sucking on lollipops. Little boy shovels sand and is joined by another child. Digging in s...

  13. Simon Mamberg collection

    Collection of three photographs of members of the Mamberg family before the Holocaust.

  14. Helen Keller with Ford

    Detroit, Michigan. Helen Keller visits Henry Ford. By remarkable development of the sense of touch Keller is able to understand what is being said to her. Note how she listens with her hands to what Mr. Ford is saying. Keller feeling the lips of Henry Ford. Miss Sullivan, Keller's teacher, in BG. Additional Ford reels (200 FC 440 (b-g)) follow until TC 01:09:39.

  15. Nanette Jakobs-DeVries collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of Nanette de Vries and her brother David de Vries, both of whom were hidden children in Haarlem, Netherlands. Modern inscriptions are written on the verso in English.

  16. Archives of the service for war victims Archives du service des victimes de la guerre : Mi

    Part Mi, contains records relating to the fate of Jewish and non-Jewish Belgians throughout Europe during the period of 1939 to 1950. Includes name lists from a wide variety of sources such as concentration and prisoner of war camps, relief and charity organizations, hospitals, prisons, and similar institutions. See also Parts A, P, and R (RG-65.002M; RG-65.003M; RG-65.004M).

  17. FDR speaks

    "Extra! - Democracy Faces the Job - Roosevelt's Historic Report!" Sync of FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech. Congress hears FDR on: 1. Threat To America; 2. All-Out Aid To Democracies; 3. Billions In Arms Loans; 4. Four Essential World Aims. FDR speaking: "It is untrue that an unprepared America can hold off the whole world. On appeasement tactics: such a peace would bring us security; we cannot afford to be soft-hearted. On US defense problem: I am not satisfied with the progress made thus far; the men in charge of the program...are not satisfied; none of us will be until the job is done. On ai...

  18. Aussenstelle Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten records : ZAST

    Records compiled by the former East German state security service (Stasi). Contains files from the state prosecutor's office in Leipzig, Germany, relating to Nazi crimes, partially including pre-1945 material used in the investigation.

  19. German educational film: soldiers build an igloo

    This short instructional film depicts German soldiers, in uniform, in an unidentified mountainous region surveying a snowy hillside to determine a fitting location to build an igloo. EXT, VS, a group of approximately 8 soldiers at work with shovels and saws in the snow, cutting and moving uniform 'bricks' of snow to construct their shelter. They load the blocks of snow onto a sled to transport them more easily. The soldiers work diligently to perfect their igloo, making sure to even out rough spots, and keep the bricks uniform and level. The igloo begins to take shape, there are now shots f...

  20. Leon Trotsky

    Hollywood, California. Dedication of "Park Row." EXT, day, Fox Studio. LS, William H. Hays and onlookers at "Park Row," new home to Fox writers and directors. LS, unveiling table. LS, Tom Mix speaking. LS, Leon Trotsky? speaking in Russian. LS, Madge Bellamy welcoming writers. Various others congratulating, speaking, crowd milling about "Park Row."