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  1. Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport collection

    The Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport photograph collection consists of photographs depicting the Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport, her sisters, and mother during and after the war; and one vintage portrait photocopy print of four of the Rachel's sisters, who perished in Auschwitz, and of her father, who died six weeks before the liberation. The photographs were taken in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.

  2. Tablecloth and napkin set

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn520281
    • English
    • a: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) b: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) c: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) d: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) e: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) f: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) g: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) h: Height: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm) | Width: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm)

    Tablecloth (2000.496.1 h) and napkin set (2000.496.1 a-g) used in a Lithuanian displaced persons camp.

  3. Ernest Marx photograph collection

    The Ernest Marx photograph collection primarily consists of pre-war, wartime, and post-war depictions of Ernest, his parents Siegmund and Bertha (née Steinberger) Marx, and relatives in several cities in Germany and other parts of Europe. Photographs include depictions of Siegmund and Bertha’s wedding in Dettelbach, Germany in 1921; Bertha’s parents Hermann and Jette Steinberber; Bertha accompanying children on a Kindertransport from Berlin to Paris, 1939; Gurs transit camp; Jewish prisoners, including Ernest and his father Siegmund, celebrating Hoshana Rabbah in a Sukkah in Les Milles, 194...

  4. Antisemitism; Solidarity; Communism

    Silent feature film, originally produced in 1927(?) and restored in 1991 by NCJF with English intertitles. No opening or closing credits. See Soviet film under the title "Yego prevoskhoditelstvo". This film's plot deals mainly with ethnic peasants, banding together in solidarity against the regime. Also includes a requisite love story between a Rabbi's daughter and a struggling revolutionary.

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Zlin; Bratislava

    Can 79. 100 feet. VS, brewery (Pilsner). Men working on casks in brewery yard, train passing in BG. CU, men drawing Pilsen beer. 01:09:50 Reel 63. 100 feet. Poster in window at Zlin announcing in English the Tenth Sokol Congress, crowd passing reflected in window. VS, Bata's workmen leaving the factories at Zlin, showing modern/contemporary buildings. Reel 64. 100 feet. Bata workmen leaving factory at dusk. VS of Bata's workmen going to work at 7am, through the gates, punching time clocks. INT of shoe factory with house paper published twice weekly, sold for 30 cents, being handed out to wo...

  7. Book

  8. Men undressed/examined; food, shops, cafe

    Sign and chart, "Fleckerflieberkrankungen bei...Typhus." Interiors: VAR thin men and boys undress, CU dirty feet; naked, they are checked for lice, get rough haircuts. VAR CU and MCU men scratching, bone-thin naked bodies, lice-infested scalps. VAR modern sanatorium: ext views of building in tree-filled, sunny setting; patients on porch, blanketed, reading, nurses; people chatting, sitting outdoors on benches. People at food shop/indoor cafe; appealing display at counter; waiters serve well-dressed crowd at tables.

  9. Jews in Warsaw, Poland

    Unidentified footage, some in Warsaw. People walking in street. CUs of old man. Men working in street. Soft shots of Jewish men. CU of Jewish man (seen in newsreel). Unidentified footage of large group of Jewish men seated on ground (looks like round-up). Street scenes in Warsaw, Jewish district. German soldier directs people. Title: "Judentypen" CUs Jewish men on street. Shot of Warsaw main station. Title: "Mit der Kleinbahn zum HKD Gora-Calvaria" Flash of footage. Title: "Juden-Getto in Warschau" Street scene, pedestrians with armbands. CU sign: "Rogatschew" (seen before).

  10. Gusen liberation document

    Contains a document summarizing the prisoner population at the Gusen concentration camp on May 3, 1945. According to the document on 3 May there were 21338 prisoners; 72 prisoners died and 21266 prisoners remained.

  11. Franz Goldberger postcard

    Consists of a typed postcard, dated 17 July 1939 and addressed to the Beth Sholom synagogue in San Francisco, from Professor Franz Goldberger in Vienna, Austria requesting acknowledgement of previous correspondence in which he asked for a namesake willing to supply an affidavit of support for immigration to the United States.

  12. William A. Davis papers

    The William A. Davis papers contain correspondence, instructions, memoranda, orders, and reports related to Davis’ work with the United States of America Typhus Commission in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Denmark; an extensive report on typhus at Bergen‐Belsen; two newspaper clippings about the 1945 Belsen trial; Davis’ notes about his daily activities; his immunization register; and photographs of members of the Typhus Commission. A chronological file includes correspondence, instructions, memoranda, orders, and reports related to Davis’ work identifying and combating typh...

  13. Yugoslavia during liberation: sports; wounded soldiers; parade; Tito

    Reel 1: Partisan sport event in Belgrade stadium. Soccer game at Belgrade Stadium. Crowds in stands. Army guards in FG. Girls' 100 meter race. Injured girl assisted off track. Man congratulates winners. Crowd cheering.Young Yugoslavian soldiers with machine guns in crowd. Young boys selling soft drinks. Girls finishing race. Winner and runner up. Crowds in stands watch boys' 100 meter race. Attendant at grill selling food. Spectators eating. Beginning and finish of race. Crowd singing at half-time. Soccer game in progress. Refugee children marching to river boat for transport to test camp. ...

  14. Arthur F. Peternel collection

    The Arthur F. Peternel collection consists of a letter written by Lt. Arthur F. Peternel, a liberator at Dachau concentration camp, and addressed to Collette A. Peternel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The letter, dated May 2, 1945 describes Lt. Peternel's experiences at Dachau during liberation.

  15. Abraham Gold documents

    Contains an identification card from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society for Abraham Gold, two identification cards indicating that Abraham Gold is a member of the Selfaid of the Jewish former concentration camp inmates in upper Austria, a black and white photoprint, and a memoir entitled "This is My Story"

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Russian, Polish, Yugoslav governments; War Crimes Trial: Romanian war criminals

    1251 GGG: January 23, 1946. Russian Newsreel. Moscow, Russia. Members of the Polish government with Russian ministers (Molotov, Bulanin, Vishinsky, Osubka-Moravsky, Gomulka, Sir Kerr, etc.). Warsaw rebuilds, brigades of volunteers. 1251 HHH: 01:26:24 Russian Newsreel. Moscow, Russia. Yugoslsav President Marshal Josip Broz Tito with Russian Minister Molotov. Marshall Tito visits Lenin's Mausoleum, takes a boat ride at Volga Canal. 01:30:38 Bucharest, Romania. Trial of Romanian war criminals: ex-Marshall Ion Antonescu, General Alexianu, ex-chief of Police Vasiliv, etc. Reconstruction of Dneip...

  17. Certificate

    Commemorative coin certificate issued on fiftieth anniversary of the deportation of the Jewish population from Kolin, Czech Republic.

  18. Deutsche Baubataillon, Kaunas (Fond R-1547/1)

    Contain records relating to forced labor. Includes information on construction work, the guarding of Jews, and methods used to increase the pace of work.

  19. Jules Benjamin Grad papers

    Contains 14 black-and-white photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, a memoir, and biographical information about Jules Benjamin Grad's experiences as a Sergeant pool correspondent for General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- US Newspaper Correspondents Overseas

    Office of Universal News Service, 72 Fleet Street, London. MSs and CUs of Mr. Knickerbocker examining tape machine. MSs and CUs of Mr. Knickerbocker typing, sitting down at desk. Men in BG reading tape machine, typing, etc. CU of Knickerbocker typing. Shot of Webb-Miller walking in the garden of his house in Kensington. CU of Webb-Miller out of picture (2 takes). MS of Webb-Miller towards camera (2 takes). MS of Webb-Miller walking toward camera (2 takes). MS and CU of Webb-Miller sitting on edge of baclony reading book. 2 more shots, same. Mr. Carroll Binder (foreign editor of Chicago "Dai...