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  1. Janina Birenstam papers

    The papers consist of photographs of Janina Birenstam as a teacher at a boarding school for Polish and Polish-Jewish children in Ili, Kazakhstan, during World War II, certificates from her days as a student at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, before the war, and letters of recommendation from the director of the Polish school in Kazakhstan, Edward Kofler.

  2. My life

    Contains a 103-page memoir about David Arie Landau's life in Galicia, Poland, prior to the Holocaust, an attempted escape to Romania, his imprisonment in Stanislawow and Biala Cerkow concentration camps, service in the Russian Army, work in the Repatriation Office in the city of Szcziecin, Poland, and later emigration to Israel.

  3. Postwar devastation; poverty; hunger; opening of Nuremberg Trial

    Reel 1: "Europe 1945" Panorama of war devastation: buildings and cities laid to waste, rubble, mother climbing out of trap door shelter with naked baby in arms, people in hunger and despair emerge from shelters, children running down steps, clambering for food, poverty, homeless people, begging for food, weeping woman. 05:03:01 "Nuremberg 21 November 1945" EXT and INT Nuremberg Palace of Justice. CU, document announcing trial and listing the accused. Seating of International Military Tribunal. 05:04:26 Chief US prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson presents the opening statement and Count 1 of the ...

  4. Tenth Party Congress; Sudetenland; Munich Pact

    Title: "Tenth Party Congress 5-12 September 1938" Hitler addresses Congress. Title: "Hitler Declares Policy With Respect to Sudetenland 26 September 1938" Title: "Munich Pact 29 September 1938" The Munich Pact is signed. Title: "Occupation of the Sudetenland 1 October 1938" Citizens of Sudetenland greet German soldiers.

  5. Chana Bravo papers

    Contains six photographs, mostly of a memorial site in former Soviet Union where 8,000 Jews were murdered by Nazis in August 1941.

  6. Ralph Daniszewski collection

    Contains three passports issued to Rafael Daniszewski; a 1956 document written in Polish; and a document written in Hebrew.

  7. French collaborators-women with shaved heads

    [Scene d'epuration (femmes tondues)] LS, women in coats with shaved heads standing on the back of a truck. Men staring from street, windows above storefront, sign: "Bou...Xavier." CUs, women. Boys standing behind women holding sign (illegible). More shots of the women, walking away.

  8. Moser family papers

    Contains letters and documents related to the Moser family's move from Berlin to Shanghai and lists of material items taken with them to Shanghai.

  9. Suitcase carried by a Jewish girl on a Kindertransport to the United Kingdom

  10. George Lakenbacher papers

    Contains statistics relating to the work of American Relief Organizations in Spain.

  11. My First Dress

    Contains a memoir describing the help Marie Pinhas-Lipstadt received from a GI after the Holocaust.

  12. Triumph of the Will: Hitler addresses crowds at a rally

    Excerpt from "Triumph of the Will" {No Titles} Hitler addresses a night rally and a day rally and reviews a large military parade.

  13. Edward and Shara Kelley papers

    The papers consist of 15 photographs taken by Ernest Henry (donor's father) of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp and of American military life in Europe during World War II and a seven-page letter written by an American soldier in the 257th Engineer Combat Battalion describing his experiences from November 1944 to June 1945, including his time spent at Dachau concentration camp after its liberation.

  14. Postcards from Theresienstadt

    Contains nine thank-you cards for packages from family members in Theresienstadt.

  15. Selected Records from Fonds Diamant (CMXXVIII-CMXLII)

    Contains documents collected and assembled by David Erlich (a.k.a. David Diamant), a French-Jewish Resistance fighter, concerning the French-Jewish Resistance.

  16. Manual

  17. Ruth L. Love family collection

    Collection contains 32 original letters written by Ruth L. Love's great-grandmother, Flora Kleinmann, and other letters relating to her family.

  18. Belgian refugees; Air attack on Brussels; ruins

    [Colonne refugies belges / populations francaise et belge en fuite (1940)] Belgian refugees along road, very middle class. Sign: "Douanes Francaises" Fleeing, walking along country roads, with bundles. Officer checking identification papers of automobile driver. CUs, car damage. Nun providing water to refugees on truck. CU, children. Sleeping in tents. Sign: "Douane Belge - Belgisch Tol" Traveling with horse and cart, some walking along road. Loading belongings into trunk of car. Children in baby carriages. Riding bicycles. Nuns. Waiting at border with belongings. Various CUs refugees. Fire...

  19. Poster