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  1. Eichmann Trial -- Session 76 -- Eichmann's testimony

    Session 76 (approximately midway): Defense attorney Dr. Robert Servatius questions Eichmann about whether it was possible for him to act against the instructions of higher SS leaders in Hungary, to which Eichmann responds that it would not have been possible. Servatius questions Eichmann about a statment made by Huppenkothen at Nuremberg. Eichmann denies that he had a special position, as Huppenkothen had asserted. He says that documents he has seen since the beginning of the trial convince him that there were special duties assigned directly to Günther (Eichmann's deputy) by Müller (Eichma...

  2. The Dutch Village of the Widows The Story of the Hostages and God Will Dry the Tears

    Contains a memoir, 320 pages, about the Holocaust in the Dutch village of Putten.

  3. Kader family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting Symcha and Eda Kader (Harvey Kader's parents), Moishe and Lola Kader (Harvey Kader's uncle and aunt), and Anna and David Kader (Harvey Kader's twin cousins) in a refugee camp in Stuttgart, Germany, after World War II. Also included are two Rosh Hashana greeting cards bearing images of Anna and David Kader as infants.

  4. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner's opening statement

    Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Begins before the court is in session. The camera focuses on Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius as he speaks with his co-counsel, Mr. Dieter Wechtenbruch. The courtroom begins to fill with spectators, and Attorney General Gideon Hausner interacts with a few people from the audience. Adolf Eichmann is brought into the courtroom; moments later the Judges enter and the session begins. Hausner continues his opening statement from Section 3: "III - The Accused," which discusses Eichmann's life before and after he joined the Nazi Party. The Prosecution follows with Section...

  5. Pre-war Poland

    Wilno: pre-war views. Architectural landmarks. VS of narrow, curved streets. Cemetery on the outskirts of town where Marshal Pilsudski's heart is buried. Arabian horses in Janow. Narrated by Eva Curie.

  6. Eichmann Trial -- Session 70 -- Servatius objects to screening of films

    Session 70. This tape begins in the middle of the session. Courtroom, camera being prepared, Eichmann sitting with three guards. 00:04:42 Attorney General introduces the viewing of the film, nine witnesses are present and are identified. They will be available to answer questions about the films after the screenings are completed: Raya Kagan, Yehuda Bakon, Nachum Hoch, Gedalia Ben Zvi, Mordechai Chen, Aviel, Salzberger, Melkman, and Hoter-Yishai. Servatius expresses his reservation to the film screening, and objects to particular segments of the films. Hausner reviews the issues that Servat...

  7. German invasion of Poland

    German invasion; Poland falls. German soldiers in trenches. Hitler with officers, planes. City being bombarded (Warsaw?). Burning buildings, smoke permeates. Firefighters, cannons, burning train.

  8. Benjamin Mintz collection

    Contains a collection of documents from Rabbi Benjamin Mintz (later Benjamin Minister), including notes in 1943 and 1945 regarding a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen; a Union of Czechoslovakia certificate indicating that a refugee is in Hungary; a February 1944 postcard from a refugee in Iran confirming the receipt of a food package from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (the Joint); a message from a Budapest survivor sent through HICEM to family members in May 1946; a certificate for a displaced Jewish person traveling to Lithuania in August 1944; and a Red Cross leaflet about trac...

  9. Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete (R 6)

    This collection contains files relating to the organization and functioning of the agency especially in dealing with legal matters including the competence of various agency departments, the use of foreigners in the economic exploitation of the Eastern Territories, ideological subjects (e.g., “Deutschtum” and “Fremdes Volkstum”), political matters (situation reports), and remnants of Alfred Rosenberg’s office files.

  10. Diana Lillevig collection

    The collection consists of a photograph depicting eight year-old Daisy Goldszpiner (later Daisy Grob), the daughter of Blanche Goldszpiner, posing with a dog in front of a tree in pre-war Warsaw.

  11. Newspaper clippings

    Contains articles from the Chicago Tribune within an envelope marked "I Knew Hitler," and a "Life" magazine (missing cover) with articles on the war crimes trials and the end of World War II.

  12. Leo Fettman papers

    The collection consists of 27 photographs of Leo Fettman and friends and family members in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II, including several depicting a Yiddish theater troupe in the camp, and a temporary travel document issued to Leopold Fettman in Germany with visa stamps for immigration to Canada.

  13. Eichmann Trial -- Session 89 -- Decision of the court to cancel session

    Session 89. Empty chairs of the Defense and Prosecution. People milling about the courtroom. 00:19:51 The Judges still haven't entered, and everyone is seated. Attorney General Hausner and Dr. Servatius are pulled and walk out of the courtroom. 00:31:06 Judges enter. They open the 89th session of the trial. The President of Court says that the Defense requests this session be cancelled because the medical condition of Eichmann prevents him from being cross examined in both the morning and afternoon. They cancel the morning session, and adjourn. Shots of people leaving.

  14. Gerda Buchheim Haas photograph and memoir

    The Gerda Buchheim Haas photograph and memoir include a black and white photograph of Gerda Buchheim Haas with her son Henry in Shanghai in 1941 and a 1996 memoir describing her experiences growing up in Berlin, fleeing to Czechoslovakia in 1938 and eventually to Shanghai via Italy and France in 1939, living in the Jewish ghetto under the Japanese occupation, and immigrating to the United States in 1947.

  15. Rosenstock family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs depicting the Rosenstock and Eisen families in Poland and Denmark before and during World War II and as refugees in Sweden during and after the war.

  16. Nussbaum family papers

    Contains an identification card belonging to Maier Nussbaum, an identification card belonging to Ernest Nussbaum, one passport for Maier Nussbaum, one notice from the German Red Cross, and three letters.

  17. Choir, church service, shoemakers, machinery at Camp Westerbork

    Slate: GEVAERT CINE-FILM. WS of outdoor wooden sign: INDUSTRIE, VERWALTUNG, HAUPTMAGAZIN, KLEIDER KAMMER. 03:12:15 WS choir, children and adults singing. Shots of conductor and piano player [VQ: washed out, unfocused]. 03:13:41 CU of two young girls singing in the choir with Star of David on one of girls' blouse. Christian religious service, wooden cross in front of minister dressed in black cloak with white collar. Two burning candles. Forced religious conversion? 03:14:25 Pan from minister and choir to room filled with people attending the choir performance. Minister reading from Bible? M...

  18. Pre-war Poland

    Clips from a documentary compilation presenting an idyllic view of the Polish countryside and civilization which Poles in exile in Great Britain were fighting for. Countryside, villages, peasants in their national costumes. River banks at Warsaw. Architectural details- LECIZNICA (letters on building). Street scenes, parks (very picturesque). Views of Krakow, wide, sweeping pans from high over city. Wawel castle, VS of architecture. Views of monastery.

  19. David Frankel papers

    Contains a memoir about David Frankel's experiences during the Holocaust. Also contains two booklets.

  20. Karoly Deme von Zadorgalva diary

    The Karoly Deme von Zadorgalva diary includes typed excerpts from a diary Karoly kept from May to November 1942 while in Hungary and on the Eastern Front as a surgeon with the Royal Hungarian Army 20th Division. In his diary, Karoly describes his experiences and expresses his thoughts about the ongoing war. The diary also includes photographs from his time in the military as well as pressed flower petals.