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  1. Column of Hungarian Jews

    Jews forced to walk in a line on Rakoczi Street in Budapest, Hungary. Street is lined with shops. The men, women, and children are well-dressed, have yellow stars on their coats, walk with their hands in the air, and carry luggage. 01:00:20 Brief pan of spectators at left watching Jews walk by. 01:00:27 Soldier walking in FG. Spectators watch on both sides of the line, tram passes, MS shop signs, truck. 01:00:545 CUs Jews walking in line.

  2. Henry Greenbaum papers

    The collection contains photographs and identification papers documenting Henry Greenbaum’s Holocaust-era experiences as a refugee in several displaced persons camps. Documents include identification papers from the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp, a Jewish Committee membership card from Neunberg vorm Wald, a document stating that he was an inmate of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, and a driver’s license. Photographs consist of fourteen photographs from the Zeilsheim DP camp, including portraits of Henry's friends.

  3. Perry Leon memoir

    Contains a memoir in which Perry Leon (1928-1998) describes his life in Poland; in Siberia, where he was sent by Russian government in 1940; in Germany at a D.P. camp; and in the U.S. after II World War.

  4. Photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein on MS St. Louis

    A photograph of Josef and Fanny Stein seated in wooden deck chairs on board the MS St. Louis with a life preserver reading "St Louis/Hamburg" in the background, May 13, 1939 - June 17, 1939.

  5. Victoria Herron papers

    Contains a memoir about Victoria Herron's Holocaust experiences, Victoria Herron's passport, death certificate, and a decree from the director of the Interior of the Canton of Zurich.

  6. Eichmann Trial -- Session 92 -- Madagascar Plan

    Attorney General Gideon Hausner cross-examines Eichmann about the Madagascar Plan. The Madagascar Plan predated the Nazi period but was revived during the war. Under this plan, Europe's Jews were to be deported to the island of Madgascar, which belonged to the French. Hausner asks the accused what measures were taken towards promoting the plan (00:02:35). Eichmann testifies that it would have developed once a peace treaty with France was signed but that the treaty never happened so the plan was shelved. This is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2135 (01:04:23). The footage on Tape 2135 i...

  7. Eichmann Trial -- Session 114 -- Closing statement of the Defense

    Session 114. Dr. Servatius says that Eichmann did not have a position that would allow him to become part of the higher order of leadership. He says that the Prosecution has attempted to make him a key figure in the execution when he is not. The accusations of making decisions about the extermination are then challenged, saying that he only saw orders that were nearly completely decided. The charges of conspiracy must be dropped on this evidence, he says. 00:11:09 Servatius says that the implementation of the deportations was left to Eichmann, but all of his underlings, as well as the Gesta...

  8. Album

  9. Un Micro Dans La Bataille De Paris - 20-26 Août 1944

    Contains a set of four 78 rpm phonograph albums, entitled "Un Micro Dans La Bataille De Paris - 20-26 Août 1944." Tracklist: A) Du Maquis À La Bataille De Paris (Voice – Le Général Joinville) B) Aux Batignoles C) Au P.C. De L'insurrection D) La Nuit Des Barricades E) La Préfecture De Police F) Les Cloches De La Libération G) Attaque De La Concorde Par Les Chars De La Division Leclerc H) Le Général De Gaulle Aux Champs Elysées

  10. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 86, 81, 41, 51 and 53 -- Eichmann creating orders, ghetto visits, children

    Session 86. Eichmann says that he was in charge of organizing things insofar as he would write down the decisions made by his superiors. At the beginning, he says, he wrote down orders and passed them along to the Ministry of the Interior or other departments. He talks about his typist having nothing to do because of this, and he will return to this topic later. 00:14:38 Session 81. Dr. Servatius is submitting a document concerning visits to camps. Eichmann talks about visits from the Head Office of Reich Security happening whenever there were issues that could affect the entire Reich. Ther...

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Session 110 -- Prosecution continues summing up

    Session 110. Begins midsentence as Hausner sums up his points of evidence, saying that Eichmann could not have done any of this without the Nazis, they created the situations from which the Jews fled. 00:02:06 Tape jumps, and Hausner is now finished, and gives copies of his summations to the Judges and the Defense. Hausner justifies the hearsay evidence mentioned in the previous session through the duty of an officer to accurately note the goings on and actions around him, and that the burden of proof is on the Prosecution to show that any testimony is a lie. He talks about the logistics of...

  13. Itchak Wolster papers

    The papers consist of an identification card ("Werksausweis") issued to Stefan Wolster by the Landwirtschaftliche Kartoffelverwertungsaktiengsellschaft / Werk Gmünd and a summons ("Aufforderung") issued to Ishak Wolster.

  14. Memories of my childhood in the Holocaust

    Collection contains information regarding Judith Jaegermann's Holocaust experiences in Karlsbad, Germany. Judith describes her experiences at Auschwitz, including the shaving of her head, receiving her tattoo, and the smells and scenes at Auschwitz. and her experiences living in Hamburg, Germany.

  15. Mickey and Magda Quittner photograph collection

    The collection consists of seven photographs of Mickey and Magda Quittner and other refugees at a Hanukkah party, Purim play, and Hungarian Federation meeting at the Pocking displaced persons camp in Germany. The collection also includes a photograph of Magda and George Quittner with friends at the Wasseralfingen DP camp.

  16. Brandl Bronstein photographs

    The collection consists of two photographs showing images of Avram Feivish Leibowitz [donor's father] and Pinchus Bronstein [donor's father-in-law] in Zhitomir, USSR.

  17. Documentary on the Holocaust for TV, with survivors

    Broadcast on TV on July 18, 1960 including fragments from "Night and Fog" (1956), this film opens with Dr. Gisela Perl, a survivor of the Holocaust. It shows an interview with Dr. Perl and other survivors, including Sonia Weissman (the donor's wife and a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto), Janus T (a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), and Mr. Friedman (a survivor of Treblinka). Dr. Perl speaks of being taken away by the Gestapo. Her story is intercut with the famous Lvov pogrom footage although it does not relate to the story (see raw footage in RG-60.0441 on Film ID 402). The film then g...

  18. Bracha Plotnik photograph collection

    The collection consists of pre-war photographs of Bracha Plotnik with family and friends in Bedzin, Poland, several wartime photographs, and postwar photographs from various displaced persons camps including the Weiden and Beyruth DP camps.

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

    Footage begins with the judges entering the courtroom. The camera cuts to show Eichmann standing and then sitting down as the judges are seated. Judge Landau opens the seventy-sixth session, reminding the accused that he is still under oath. Defense attorney Dr. Robert Servatius questions Eichmann about the functions and duties of the Head Office for Reich Security (00:01:29). Eichmann is asked if he worked with Department II, which concerned itself with organization and legal matters, then whether group IID worked on Jewish affairs. Eichmann states that his section did have contact with th...

  20. Eichmann Trial -- Session 98 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    The following footage is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2159 (from 01:01:07 to 01:05:13). The footage on Tape 2160 is more complete. Eichmann is asked if he was aware that the people on these transports died in the dozens. The accused states that his section was not responsible for the round-ups, the local authorities were responsible. Hausner notes that these people died during transport not before (00:01:48) and children were taken out of the cars dead and he, Eichmann, was responsible for the organization of these transports (00:02:17). Hausner presents a document regarding coopera...