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  1. Concentration camps in Norway; Spanish photographer imprisoned in Mauthausen testifies re. Nazi leaders who visited camp at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 531) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 29, 1946. Hans Cappenlen, Norwegian, testifying in English (a court interpreter sits beside him). Cappenlen tells about concentration camps in Norway. 08:20:00 He testifies of Roma sent to Struthof concentration camp. 08:22:00 Cappenlen mentions that Gross Rosen was a "bad camp" and that the worst was the evacuation of Gross Rosen in February. French prosecutor Dubost calls this witness. Justice Lawrence asks the defense counselors if they are able to question the witness. Friedrich Bergold, defense counselor, claims he is not prepa...

  2. Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia

    VS of Lvov*. Liberated Western Ukrainian and Belorussian cities return to their normal life. VS of trains and train stations, people in transit, daily life in an urban area, families on train platforms, several shots of women and children, workers exiting trains with their bicycles in hand, people lining up outside of a movie theater, VS of workers at a textile factory, inspecting the raw materials for making fabrics. *This may not be Lvov; it seems to be Bialystok. There is a shot of the Catholic Cathedral in Bialystok. The entire section could be Bialystok, or it could be a quick cut to B...

  3. Doenitz questioned at Nuremberg Trial; Emigrants on Marine Flasher ship

    20:32:04 (Munich 155) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 8-10, 1946. MSs, defendants in prisoners' dock. MSs, attorneys speaking to Adm. Karl Doenitz as MP stands to the right. LS, defendants talking with their lawyers before the session starts. Adm. Doenitz leaves the prisoners' dock and walks to the witness box where he is sworn in and cross examined by British prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe. MSs, Maxwell-Fyfe questioning the witness. Pan to Doenitz answering. CU, Capt. Otto Kranzbuehler, Doenitz's attorney, sitting next to another lawyer. LS, defendants in prisoners' dock. Pan...

  4. Mass graves in Slovakia

    News Film - The Week in Film: Opening of mass graves near Zemiansky Kostolany in the presence of SS soldier Palkinger who had participated in the killing of civilians.

  5. Services; 2nd Armored Div.; Learning the Truth; Sen. Wheeler

    21:09:54 (Paris 47) Memorial Day Services, St.-Mere-Eglise, France, May 30, 1945. LS, French officer places wreath on grave. MLS, three US officers at graves. MSs, soldiers among French civilians standing by the graves. MSs Color Guard and band. LS, field of crosses at cemetery. 21:12:05 (Paris 47) 2nd Armored Division Personnel Re-deploy and Discharge, Cherbourg, France, May 30, 1945. MLS, troops eligible for discharge stand next to Nazi flag. One wraps the flag around himself. LS, soldiers at rail of ship at pier. MS, soldier gives chocolate to wounded man before he is carried aboard ship...

  6. Andrew Engel correspondence

    Contains two playing cards and correspondence addressed to Andrew Engel written by his parents.

  7. Allies declare war

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 11, No. 803, Parts 1 through 3. Release date, 09/04/1939. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: 12:13:39 Part 1A: Dramatic scenes of a new conflict that may envelop the world in flames. Hitler's war machine rolls into Poland-encouraged to strike by the new pact with Stalin's Red Russia. With Danzig seized, Polish infantry and cavalry rally to the defense of their homeland. Italy remains in the background, while Nazis pour into the Siegfried Lines to stem a possible Allied thrust. 12:15:31 Part 1B: England. Tense eleventh-hour scenes in London, as Prime Mi...

  8. Nazi propaganda film about people with disabilities: interviews inside a hospital

    Reel 8 of 8: "Gemeinschaftsraum der Männer" [Men's common room]. WS of men in room with wooden benches; some sit, some pacing, one crawls. One seems to be making speech. 00:46:08 One in restraints, arms held back, knocking shoulder against wall. 00:46:27 One in real restraints. Interviewer and microphone in view. Voice off-screen asking questions, seems mocking: "Wollst du nach heim?" (Audible, but hard to hear) "Hast du Kinder?" Answer: "6". 00:48:35 Another patient interviewee, speaks fast, no pauses. 00:49:17 He sings, motions with fingers on arm. "Bäcker... Amerika.." 00:50:07 Woman int...

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  10. Solomon Meyer papers

    Contains one letter with envelope written by Solomon Meyer to his wife from Germany, twelve black and white photographs from Buchenwald taken by Solomon, and a copy of a Buchenwald concentration camp report (Headquarters 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion).

  11. Wolynsky family photographs

    Contains two black and white photographs and two picture postcards of the Wolynsky family.

  12. Academy of German Justice Akademie für Deutsches Recht (R 61)

    Contains documents pertaining to the work of the ADR from 1933 to 1944. Includes documents regarding the organization and work of the ADR; conferences; relations with organizations in other countries; the Haus des Deutschen Rechts; speeches and papers of the organization president, Dr. Hans Frank, and other officials; personnel; budget, finances and property; publications, newspapers and libraries; committees of the ADR, including meeting protocols.

  13. Zofia Herbach's report cards

    The collection contains two report cards belonging to Zofia Herbach of Grybów, Nowy Sącz County, Poland. Zofia likely perished during the Holocaust around 1942.

  14. Butterfass-Catell family papers

    Collection of photographs, documents, correspondence, and a musical recording; folders 1-3 contain material relating to Paula Butterfass Catell; folders 4-8 contain material relating to Albert Katz Catell.

  15. Jewish Memorial Pageant - "We Shall Never Die"

    Movietone Newsreel outtakes from the Madison Square Garden pageant, "We Will Never Die". Parts with sound. There is a stage for actors and actresses to perform (as the "voices of the voiceless"), for speakers to address the crowd, and for the orchestra and chorus to perform. The audience interacts by raising its arms in a gesture honoring the victims. Opens with a semi-circle of flag-bearers. Most of the flags are indistinguishable, but the American flag comes forward to the center. Quick WS of the stage with the chorus, then several shots of the huge audience. Actors and actresses dressed ...

  16. French and Soviet prosecutors' summary at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 327) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 29-30, 1946. Charles Dubost, assistant French prosecutor, delivering the closing pages of his summation. MS, Dubost is congratulated by Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, Thomas J. Dodd, and others after his speech. Justice Geoffrey Lawrence is heard introducing Lt. Gen. R A Rudenko of the Russian prosecution to deliver the first part of his summation.

  17. American Red Cross; Defendants enter dock at Nuremberg Trial

    03:30:00 (Paris 408) American Red Cross Activities, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt, Germany, December 1-2, 1945. LS, EXT of American Red Cross HQ building. MS, CU, two soldiers reading announcement of symphony concert sponsored by the Red Cross. CU, sign over entrance: "American Red Cross Headquarters, Occupied Territory." Shots in the Palm Garden Club in Frankfurt. A few soldiers and Red Cross girl look at globe of the world and walk in the glass-roofed conservatory. SEQ: American Red Cross Eagle Club building. Soldier and his bride enter and leave club; soldiers shower them with rice and congrat...

  18. Margarete Brinkmann diary

    Contains a diary written by Margarete Brinkmann, a German citizen who began her diary on May 9, 1945, commenting on the defeat of Germany and her perceptions about the effects of Nazism on German society. Also includes color copies of wartime family documentation and correspondence, revealing the family's awareness of concentration camps and of their devotion to Hitler.

  19. Gabor Kalman collection

    Consists of seven pre-war images of family members and the donor in Kalocsa, Hungary.

  20. German invasion of Soviet Union

    Reel 2: German artillery and rockets fire at Russian positions along Leningrad front. German planes bomb the Russian city Orel and troops burn village of Russian partisans. Shots of captured Russian partisans and of German supply train going to Orel front. Shots of captured Russian POWs; German troops eat and go into battle.