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  1. Letters from Rabbi Albert B. Belton to Denis Silagi

    Contains letters Rabbi Albert B. Belton (a.k.a. Bela Berend) sent to Munich- based journalist and historian Denis Silagi about his alleged activity in the Hungarian Zionist movement before and during World War II.

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris

    Paris Liberation, 1946-1947. Overturned burning truck, exploding. Allied tank painted with cross of Lorraine. FFI men painting over captured German cavalry. French gendarme. Priest getting escorted under Red Cross flag. Man getting into ambulance. Gates of Paris, cemetary, graves of French patriots. Banner on the street with a German inscription. FFI men dismantling light machine gun.

  3. Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs records

    Contains correspondence, reports, notices, diplomatic memoranda, personal indexes, and other documents relating to the situation of the Jewish population in Europe between 1943 and 1946. The collection pertains to the activities of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Holocaust and after World War II. Records include the following subjects: Jewish emigration matters; political and economic situation of the Jewish war refugees; International Red Cross, World Jewish Congress, American Jewish Distribution Committee and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration activ...

  4. Book

  5. Overseas visits of UJA Women's Commission

    Featuring Barry Sullivan and Myrtle Kemp. Film intends to tell the story of the work of the UJA through the experiences of American women who went abroad as UJA representatives. Notes taken from NCJF documentation: Barry and Myrtle meet on the studio lot, go to the projection room to view footage and talk. CU, 6 women in Myrtle's group that went abroad representing the Women's Commission of the UJA. Eiffel Tower, scenes at orphanage, eating, drinking, playing. North Africa, clinic in the Mellah. Trachoma and ringworm treatments, school, hot meal in soup kitchen, kindergarten in Casablanca, ...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation of Paris

    The last days in Paris before the Arrival of US Troops. Street barricades; firing rifles from windows; FFI men rounding collaborators; captured German soldiers; Red Cross workers helping wounded; ceremony at City Hall; raising flag; new Prefect of Police; wounded man; barber.

  7. Edward Steiner papers

    Contains information about Edward Steiner's Holocaust experiences in the Pionki, Płaszów, Pustkow, and Auschwitz camps.

  8. Aaron A. Eiferman letter

    Aaron A. Eiferman, a member of the 12th Armored Division which liberated the Landsberg concentration camp, wrote this five page letter on April 27, 1945 to his wife in the U.S. about his experiences.

  9. Book

  10. Book

  11. Robert Carty photograph collection

    Consists of five photographs taken by Robert Carty in April 1945 depicting dozens of victims of Nazi atrocities laid out on the ground near row of buildings. Some of the photographs are labeled "Nordhausen" on the verso. Carty took the photographs while a member of the 1st Platoon, Company A, 750th Tank Batallion, 104th Infantry ("Timberwolf") Division, United States Army.

  12. Gutman family photographs

    Collection of 15 black and white photographs depicting the Gutman family during the time period of the Holocaust; Kalisz, Izbice, Brener, Łódź, Zamoein, Poland.

  13. Metal fork with ridged handle used in Theresienstadt

  14. Trudy Reich collection

    Consists of a letter written by Sophie Reich, the donor's mother-in-law, in Brooklyn, NY, to her family in Gorlice, Poland. The letter was returned to sender due to suspension of mail service.

  15. Medal

  16. Prayer book

    Miniture torah scroll believed to have been buried by Jews prior to their deportation from Sighet, Romania.

  17. Reich Ministry of Justice Reichsjustizministerium (R 22)

    Contains the situation and public opinion reports from the Oberlandesgerichtspräsidenten and the Generalstaatsanwälte during the war period, files of the minister's and state secretaries' offices, and matters related to police and criminal law.

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- Sudeten-Deutsche Party in London

    Konrad Henlein, leader of Sudeten Deutshe Partei in London, at a meeting at the Gorling Hotel on Ebury Street. Leaving the hotel for Croydon airport. Shot of Sabena airliner. German Lufthansa airplane with sign board, "London-Amsterdam-Berlin." Henlein entering plane. Shot of airplane leaving. Henlein speaking (before departure) with a German diplomat? (according to the dope sheet, this German refused to provide the name of the March of Time crew; he was apparently of some importance).

  19. Drancy execution index file Fichier Drancy fusilles

    Jewish File, Record Group F/9/5749. Card file for prisoners killed at Drancy.

  20. Adam Gicz collection

    The collection includes biographical material, identification documents, school records, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Holocaust experiences of Amalia Schwimmer and Michal Gicz. Amalia survived the Stanisławów ghetto and was hidden by Michal Gicz for one and a half years.