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  1. Nuremberg Trial: von Papen

    (Munich 244) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 18-19, 1946. LS, Tribunal as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe questions von Papen. Maxwell-Fyfe interrogates von Papen. MCU, Fritz Sauckel appears to be very nervous sitting in the dock.

  2. Natalie Baum collection

    The Natalie Baum collection consists of photographs of the Tisch family in Vienna, Austria and Antwerp, Belgium prior to their deportation and correspondence written by Jakub Tisch and Wittie Tisch in Antwerp, Belgium, to their daughter, Natalie Tisch in Denmark, and their son Leo Tisch in Austria, 1939-1942. Also included are documents relating to Jakub and Wittie Tisch’s deportation; a birth certificate of Natalie Tisch; correspondence with the US Embassy in Copenhagen relating to Natalie’s efforts to immigrate to the United States; money transfers from her parents in Antwerp to Nelly in ...

  3. Jodl testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 216) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, June 7, 1946. ) MS, unidentified colonel sitting at American counsel table. MLS, British prosecutor G B Roberts cross examining Alfred Jodl (Jodl not seen. Translator gives Jodl's answers in English). LS, Jodl testifying on stand.

  4. March of Time -- outtakes -- Daily life in Gothenburg, Sweden

    City of Gothenburg from the harbor. Model flats in Gothenburg, shot from rubber-neck boat. Old houses in Gothenburg, from canal. View of the old city from the canal. MS, canal, street scene. Norra Hamnagatan with German church in BG. Shot down Ostra Hamnagatan. Similar shot in opposite direction. Views of park. View looking down Kungsportsavenyn from Art Museum steps. Front of Art Museum. CU Poseidon statue. Shopping center, crowd outside picture theatre reading posters. Ice cream stall on bridge. Newspaper shop window with people reading news sheets. CU, citizen reading. Newspaper posters....

  5. Records of the Aisne Historical Committee of World War II

    Consist of correspondence, publications and other records of the Aisne Historical Committee of World War II related to the "Jewish Question."

  6. Celebrating the Jewish state of Palestine

    News Film - The Week in Film: In the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, celebration of the establishment of the independent Jewish state in Palestine.

  7. Landsberg Hangings

    (Munich 191) Hangings at Landsberg, Germany, May 28, 1946. Continuation of military hangings of three German civilians in courtyard, including Capt. Felix Freeman. MS, captain reading death sentences. Coffin containing bodies of executed men being moved out of courtyard.

  8. Mauthausen prisoner testifies at Nuremberg Trial; Homma Trial

    09:19:05 (Paris 525) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 25, 1946. Maurice Lampe, 46 year old former inmate of Mauthausen, testifying in French. MS, Justice Biddle making notes. Pan to Justice Lawrence, Justice Birkett, and the Russian justices. Pan back to witness. 09:23:28 Homma Trial, 28th Day, Manila, Philippines, February 11, 1945. MLS, Gen. Masaharu Homma enters courtroom and sits at the defense table. MS, Maj. John H. Skeen, Chief Defense Counsel, and Gen. Homma conversing. HS, MLS, courtroom. MLS, Commission members enter and take their seats. Maj. Gen. Leo Donovan readin...

  9. Indoctrinating Russian soldiers

    Shows training and indoctrination of the Russian soldier during World War II. A patrol of Russian recruits on field maneuvers in mountainous, wooded country is briefed by officials on care of weapons and hygiene and foot care, climbs mountains, has point man set up stone marker at stream crossing point, and wades across stream despite swift current. LS beautiful, imposing views of mountains. Pan of mountains from peaks, rushing river, waterfalls. Soldiers at stream, crossing, seated on bank of hill, get ready to go. CU, two soldiers discuss plan and map. Soldiers hike up mountains, rest. Wi...

  10. Congressmen tour DP camp; War Crimes Trials: Einsatzgruppen Case

    02:00:40 (Munich 627) Congressional Inspection of DP Camp #581, Eschwege, Germany, September 8, 1947 (silent). Congressman Frank L. Chelf (Kentucky), consultant to Congressman Walter M. Besterman, and others tour the DP camps. DPs assembled to guide the Congressmen around the camp. 02:02:52 (Munich 628) Arraignment of Defendants, War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 9 (Einsatzgruppen Case), Nuremberg, Germany, September 14, 1947. Continuation of defendants pleading "not guilty" to the indictment. Judge Musmanno recessing the court. NOTE: Defendants called as follows: Lotha...

  12. Liberation by Russians; crowds; Polish prisoners

    Crowds of people waving and rejoicing as the Red Army troops enter the town. Troops marching prisoners (perhaps Polish) along a road outside the city, then cut back to the center of town. Lvov: more crowds of people, fists in the air, cheering the Soviet liberators. Men climb up onto tanks and throw pamphlets and newspapers at the crowd. The crowds lift the soldiers up onto their shoulders. Cut to a field with damaged vehicles, Polish prisoners laying on the ground, walking along a road. A band plays in the street. VS of an acrobat-contortionist and a clown performing for groups of soldiers...

  13. Zbirka stampata, brošure and plakati Collection of printed materials, pamphlets and posters from Croatia

    This collection contains printed matter relating to the Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia (sic), including regulations prohibiting Jews to appear in public places, the obligation for Jews to wear the Star of David on the left sleeve of their clothing, the registration of Jewish property, the movement of Jews into ghettos, the prohibition of sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews, and the like.

  14. Book

    Zaglada Zydow Zolkiewskich, by Gerzon Taffet, published Łódź, 1946

  15. Testimony about conditions at Mauthausen and Ravensbrueck at Nuremberg Trial

    War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 28, 1946. Dr. Jean Weith testifying in French. He testifies about several visits of high German officials in Mauthausen (Himmler, Kaltenbrunner, Pohl). He confirms that the civil population could have perfectly known about what went on in the camp, because one could see everything from the nearby street. Also, the camp inmates worked in the factories. Even though separated from the workers, there was enough contact, and the workers must have noticed the conditions the prisoners were in. He is also questioned by Kaltenbrunner's counsel, Kurt Kau...

  16. Israel Donner collection

    Consists of black and white photographs: 1) Israel Donner and Shimon Schipper standing on a balcony, wearing camp uniforms; 2) a group of young people standing in front of a tent with "1933 in a camp" on verso; 3) group of youths walking along a road with "Jewish sport club, Antwerp" on verso; 4) a group of young people standing behind a table-tennis table with "Jewish sport club" on verso; 5) a arge group of youths with "Jewish sport club, Antwerp" on verso; 6) portrait of the Donner family; 7) a group portrait of children.

  17. "Remember-Do Not Forget a Thing, 1939-1945"

    Contains a memoir, 49 pages, about Chana Yoskowitz Teichman's childhood in Dumblin, Poland, her father's role as head of the Dumblin Judenrat, the murder of her parents by a Pole on February 13, 1942, Chana's marriage to her husband Adam in the Dumblin labor camp, her experiences in Camp Vartain Chinstokov, and Chana and Adam's eventual emigration to Palestine.

  18. Oral history interview with Joseph Finkelstein

  19. Meeting of Allies; Hanging; Shrunken head

    03:08:09 (Paris 440) First Meeting of Allied Control Council, Berlin, Germany, December 17, 1945. INT, meeting of the Council in the Allied Council Authority building. Members are seated around a square table. For France: Col. Marcel Rotivel, Col. C. Vialet, Louis Koeltz, Pierre Koenig, Ambassador J. de St- Hardouin, Consul Jean Baudier, Mr. Calvy, and Capt. Henry Joos. For Britain: Lt. Col. Eric Greenwood (Allied Secretary), N S Sir William Strang (Polish Adviser to CPC), Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, Lt. Gen. Sir Brian, Chief of Staff Robertson, Brig. T Neville Crazebrook, and Maj....

  20. Hungary and Slovakia

    Silent with Hungarian intertitles. "HATARMEGALLAPITAS: A magyar- szlovak hatarmegallapito bizottsag 1067 negyzetkilmoetert csatolt viszsza Szent Istvan orsagahoz." Animated map of Hungary/Slovakia. EXT scene, troops marching (difficult to see due to high contrast of the film print). Waterfall. MS, troops marching, mountains in BG. CU, three soldiers plotting their course. VS, soldiers. "MUNKACS: Az ujoncok eskiitetle alkalmaval tuntettek ki Munkacs hos vedoit, akik a januari cseh tamadast visszavertek." This is the town where military troops swear their allegiance to Hungary. Large crowd, c...