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  1. Julie Lando memoir

    Contains a memoir about Julie Lando's childhood experiences in Germany, changes that occurred in her life when the Nazis came to power, and Julie Lando's journey via ship on the M.S.Oakland via the Azores to Columbia, the Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Mexico, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

  2. Israel, building a nation

    Documentary which discusses the founding of the nation of Israel and the issues facing contemporary Israel. A picture of the nation's political and cultural heritage emerges through interviews with political leaders and lay people, new immigrants and old settlers.

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  4. Leonard Teski photograph collection

    Four photographs depicting Leonard Teski's parents, Maria Szelagowska Teski and Edward Teski, their daughter Joanna, and Janek Kon Konorski, a Jewish boy whom they hid during World War II. The first photograph depicts Maria and Edward with friends in 1938 a few months before their wedding. The second depicts, from right to left, Maria, Janek (age 7), and Joanna, the third depicts Janek and Joanna, and the fourth depicts Janek, all in August 1942 in Międzylesie, Poland.

  5. Morris Siegelman collection

    Consists of one identification card issued to Morris Siegelman in the Beth Bialik (or Beit Bialik) displaced persons camp in Austria on September 17, 1948.

  6. Andrew F. McCarthy photographs

    Contains approximately 240 United States Signal Corps photographs that include images depicting the Dachau concentration camp, Normandy, the liberation of Paris, and bunkers in Berlin, Germany.

  7. John R. Crowe photograph collection

    The John Crowe photograph collection consists of eleven photographic prints of Dachau concentration camp after liberation, 1945. The photographs were taken by Corporal J. Robert Crowe.

  8. Yugoslavia during liberation: UNRRA Pact and diplomats

    C-47 taxiing to halt at Belgrade airport. Ambassador Patterson and staff arriving for the signing of the UNRRA Pact. Greeted by Colonel Charles Thayer of the US Embassy in Belgrade. Group gathered around place. Patterson talking wth Thayer and Harold Schantz, counselor of the embassy. Minister Subasic being introduced to Patterson. Group leaving in jeeps after introduction and greeting. Ivan Subasic at microphone welcoming Ambassador Patterson to Yugoslavia.

  9. Joan Inge Maas collection

    Contains a Haggadah (Hagadah), nine pages, hand-written text in Hebrew (reproduced on page?) with drawing and explanation of seder plate. Extra page with typed text on both sides (torn in half). Cover page with hand-written text, "Maas Inge" on one side and inscription on verso dated Pessach 1941, Camp de Gurs (torn in half). Haggadah, multi-paged, hand-written text in Hebrew with drawing and explanation of seder plate. Incluced with Haggadah is singular song sheet stating verso, "Editee du Rabbinat du Rabbin Leo Ansbacher, Gurs..Nissan 5701" (April 1941). Separate page: given to Inge Maas ...

  10. D.A. Weckwerth papers

    The D. A. Weckwerth papers consists of a letter written by liberator, D.A. Weckwerth, addressed to Mary Ann, written from Eisenach, Germany, June 1, 1945; three black-and white-photographs of Eisenach; one negative; and three copies of photographs from Eisenach, Germany. The letter describes Weckwerth's visit to Buchenwald concentration camp, including the descriptions of the camp and buildings, its survivors and victims, and German civilians tasked with "cleaning the place up."

  11. Eugene Berger collection

    Consists of two identity cards and two photographs. One card is for the Diplaced Persons Assembly Center 578, Lampertheim, has Eugene Berger's photograph on it, and is signed by the Director of the UNRRA. The second card is for securing rations and has Mr. Berger's right thumb print on the card. Both are dated 1946. The two photographs are of post-war Buchenwald. The photographic print of the Weimar civilians looking at the gallow has dittoed information on the back and is from "Photo-France A.E.P." The photograph of the bodies at the camp has very faint dittoed information on it.

  12. DPs; German prisoners; VE Day in Paris; German civilians

    VE Day in Wiesbaden, Germany (April 19, 1945). MCUs, long line of Russian displaced persons, marching and carrying Stalin's picture and red flags (with inscription in Russian). Speeches in courtyard (slates indicated date of February 24, 1945), women marching. Bomb damage, town streets, ruins, civilians & military, US military jeeps passing by. Fast aerial shot of road crowded with German prisoners and surrendering Germans, trucks. Railroad damage. 01:06:37 VE Day in Paris. Waving US, British and French flags. MCUs, huge crowd greeting de Gaulle, marching. Aerial shots, strafing in fore...

  13. Morris Rosen collection

    The Morris Rosen collection consists of telegrams offering congratulations to the couples' engagement, Berlin, Germany, 1948; a permit issued to a survivor of Auschwitz, Krakow, Poland, issued to June 13, 1945; and "Vorlaufige Aufenthaltserlaubnis"(Temporary Residency Permit), July 26, 1948.

  14. Peter Ney letter

    Letter written by child on Kindertransport to his parents. Rectangular form constructed of paper; printed on recto at upper right side is image of small bearded man wearing blue hat standing under a tree reading a letter; below image is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in graphite and on left side is pre-printed blue lines; on verso at upper left side is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in graphite; below message in graphite and on right side is pre-printed blue lines with handwritten text in ink.

  15. Clipping

    Consists of a clipping from Paris Match magazine (two pages) with an article entitled "Les Juifs Errant du "St. Louis," showing passengers aboard the MS St. Louis during the voyage and a photograph of their arrival in Antwerp, Belgium on 17 June 1939.

  16. Kretinga district police commander, Fond R-1665/2

    Contains requests, name lists of police, records on the chief of police, and crime statistics.

  17. History of the UJA

    Part 1. Film depicts the history of the UJA. Still of Hitler, Nazis marching in rally, burning of books (at 05:41:30), wearing yellow star. Man sitting, girl with doll, Herschel Grynspan, Kristallnacht, formation of the UJA, newspaper headlines. Warsaw ghetto footage, Warsaw ghetto uprising (stills), man speaking at desk, declaration of the State of Israel. David Ben Gurion reading.

  18. Prefecture of Police family index file Fichiers "Familial" de la Préfecture de la Police de la Seine

    Contains bibliographical card files of Jewish families arrested at the Prefecture de la Police in the Seine region.

  19. Lina Rachel Kantor collection

    Consists of a Turkish passport, dated 28 June 1931, issued to Rahel Amato (donor's grandmother) of Rhodes, Greece, enabling her to remain, as a Jew, with her family in Rhode; and an Italian identification card, dated 5 October 1943, issued to Rachele Soriano (donor's grandmother), born 1878 in Rhodes, Greece, that states that she is Jewish and is a citizen of Turkey.

  20. Berchtesgaden at liberation - 101st Airborne Division; Goering's art collection moved

    Adolf Hitler's 'Berghof' home in Berchtesgaden; 101st Airborne Division recovers Hermann Goering's collection of art looted from occupied Europe. White flags in windows in Munich. Bomb damage of Hitler's house and retreat at Berchtesgaden. Snow on mountains, seen through main window. INT, bomb damaged room. Guard outside entrance, seen through underground passage. Jeep entering main entrance; guard saluting; Gen. Albert Kesselring and aides enter sun porch, sitting at table, talking. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and Col. Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave building and meet Col. Cha...