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  1. Medical card

    Medical card issued to donor's father (Josef Zolna) with black and white negative of a chest x-ray stapled on the right side; issued by "Croix Rouge Suisse, Swiss Red Cross;" 27.Feb.1946."

  2. Dublon family papers

    The Dublon family papers consists of a diary written in German regarding the Dublon family’s experiences aboard the MS St. Louis, May-June 1939; a translation of the diary in English; photographs of the Dublon and Heimann families, circa 1933-1939; and a postcard, 1936. The photographs include a photograph of a children’s kindergarten performance in Erfurt, Germany, circa 1933. The kindergarten was operated by Frau Topf. Lore Dublon is seated second from the left and Peter Heimann is the first boy on the left. A photograph of the Dublon and Heimann families in Finowfurt, Germany in 1937. Fr...

  3. Toiletry kit

    The toiletry kit was given to and/or used by the Strochlitz family in a displaced persons camp in Berlin, Germany. The kit was hand-carried by family members when they emigrated to the United States. The kit contains: a-leather case, b- nail file, c- scissors, d- brush, e- brush with handle and f- soap dish with soap. There are several items missing from the kit.

  4. Toby Quitslund papers

    Consists of three identification cards: identification card issued to Maurice Goldstein, 21 October 1941; forged identification card-issued to an alias, "Yves Maurice Gallois;" and a forged Identification card issued to an alias "Maurice Marchal," dated circa 15 March 1940-42.

  5. The Striker, March 1937, 15th year 1937 Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, Germany) [Newspaper]

    Issue of Der Stürmer, a viciously anti-Jewish newspaper published by Julius Streicher, an early Nazi Party member, from 1923-1945 in Germany. The newspaper's slogan was "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" [The Jews are our misfortune]. The paper thrived on scandal, and preferred sensational stories of Jews committing disgusting, evil acts. It was also infamous for its antisemitic cartoons and staff cartoonist Fips. Streicher was arrested by the US Army in May 1945. He was tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, convicted, and executed per the ruling that his repeated articles...

  6. History of Zionism; development of Israel

    Part Two - The film's finale and rallying cry for Jews to come to Palestine. Introductory titles provided by NCJF accompany this film (their restored version): "This film has no other aim except to be a collection of documents. It demonstrates what Zionists desire to accomplish in the rebuilding of Palestine and their accomplishments in the span of some 20 years. It shows this in pictures of the past. The contemporary character has not been altered through retouching or other changes. The film bears the name Hatikvah: the Hope. And even though the sources may seem matter of fact or primitiv...

  7. Lea Strusman collection

    Contains a memoir, 45 pages, about Lea Strusman's Holocaust experiences in the Kovno Ghetto and the Stutthof concentration camp.

  8. Liberation - Yugoslavia

    Rear views, MSs Yugoslav? soldiers on horses, soldiers marching. Civilians waving. CU, elderly woman and child. CU, another child. MSs, young peasant women. Tito and other Yugoslav military personnel meeting, discussing around a table, smoking, looking over documents. Men exiting the building. Tito getting on a horse, riding. Peasants and children waving. Soldiers on horses marching through fields, towns. Civilians waving. Some aerial shots.

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- French discuss Czechoslovakia's problems; parade

    French Army Commission discusses Czechoslovakia's problems at a special meeting. General view of committee listening to its president expose the problem of Central Europe. Committee President, Miellet, deputy of Belfort, points to Czechoslovakia on the map and stresses the gravity of the present situation. CU, President Miellet. The members discuss measures to safeguard France and agree to ask the government to increase French armaments. General shot of Czechoslovak officers surrounding their chief Colonel Kalina, Military Attache at the Legation (wearing spectacles). Colonel Kalina convers...

  10. Meta Grunwald letter

    Contains a typewritten letter by Mr. Grunwald's late sister Meta in which she describes how they survived the Holocaust and the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

  11. Order of the German Eagle medal

    Presentation box with two medals and a sash: Nazi German "Adlerorden" medals; circa 1939-1945. The box is red leather with a gold Nazi emblem. The first medal is gold-colored metal with a white enamel iron cross on a sunburst and 4 Nazi emblems and clasp pin on back. The second medal has a white enamel iron cross, 4 Nazi emblems and a loop on top. The sash is red ribbon with black and white borders. Medal: "a", Medal: "b", Sash: "c", Box: "d"

  12. Roman Neuberger history of Holocaust survivor 1941-

    Contains a memoir, 46 pages, entitled "Roman Neuberger: History of a Holocaust Survivor 1941--", by Roman Neuberger. The memoir describes his experiences in pre-war Lvov, in the Warsaw Ghetto, hiding as a Catholic in a Polish orphanage in Turkowice, and, after the war, in the Rothchild Spital displaced persons camp in Vienna. Includes copies of documents and photographs.

  13. Louis Kfare collection

    Consists of a handwritten draft of letter on plain paper in graphite, written to Franklin D. Roosevelt by Simon I. Kononvitch (Anna Kfare's brother), in which he asks the President to stop "Hitler's annihilation of the Jewish people of Europe," dated March 1943.

  15. Jewish settlements in Palestine

    "The Keren Hayeso presents: A recent chapter in the history of Jewish settlement in Palestine." Various shots of Jewish watchman going about his daily tasks, patrolling a Jewish settlement. Morning prayer with traditional prayer shawl and ritual amulet. Various shots of settlers unloading supplies for the construction and furnishing of a new settlement- lumber, beds, dry goods, etc. Various shots of children, waiving to the watchmen, as they ride off on horses to guard the perimeter of the settlement. Various shots of settlement under construction, trucks of supplies, horse drawn wagons and...

  16. Fragments of Memory

    Contains a memoir, 18 pages, about Chava Livni's experiences in Auschwitz, Freiberg, and Mauthausen.

  17. Surrendered German soldiers; DPs; Liberation in Prague and Pilsen

    Displaced and surrendered German soldiers camping in a field at the time of liberation in early May 1945. Pan from road, column of surrendered troops resting. DPs washing up in a stream, traffic moving in BG. Pan from clothing to men redressing. CU, German officers. VCU, elderly German officer. MS crowds of German civilians in field -- they were picked up by American troops and are families of Nazi prisoners in Czechoslovakia. CU, crowd standing around. Approaching water truck. MS, standing in line for bread. CU, German woman and baby. CU, elder Germans. MS, American GI frisking Nazi soldie...

  18. Poster

  19. Celia Lee collection

    Consists of 12 pre-World War II photographs depicting the family of Celia Horwitz (later Celia Lee) in Germany and in England, and documents, correspondence, newspaper articles, and song lyrics relating to the history and experiences of the Horwitz family.

  20. Pre-war Jewish life in a Jewish shtetl

    Amateur footage taken by an American Jew, Joseph Shapiro, during a visit to relatives in Horodok (Gorodok), a Polish shtetl, said to have been located somewhere between Minsk and Vilna. Milk and bagels are distributed to hungry children at an outdoor party. In addition, there are school scenes, market scenes, people going up and down the main street on foot and in horsedrawn wagons, women at work, wooden houses and farm animals.