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  1. Sala Tajchner letter

    Consists of a letter in Polish from Sala Tajchner, Aron Tajchner's (donor) sister, in October 1944 stating she was in Bedzin and that their parents perished during the Holocaust. Aron was in a Soviet labor camp during the war.

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hitler at christening; Munich Pact; Autobahn

    667 SS: (with music) Adolf Hitler at Goering's child's christening. Hitler and Mrs. Goering and child. 03:48:47 Hitler playing with baby, holding hand. Goering sitting next to Mrs. Goering. Brief shots of religious ceremony with muffled voices. 667 TT: (silent) 03:49:20 Munich Pact. Generals entering Reichstag from automobiles, saluting. INT, Hitler, Goering, Mussolini, Chamberlain, etc. 03:49:50 Looking at documents, signing, talking. CUs, document. Shaking hands. 667 VV: (silent) Opening of Autobahn in Bavarian mountains. 03:50:28 Sign: "SA baut Alpenstrasse." View of countryside with boa...

  3. March of Time -- outtakes -- South America, 1938

    On board the SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). Conference of Admirals Hutchinson I. Cone, Emory S. Land, and H.A. Wiley. 01:34:21 INT, Mrs. Woodward, wife of Thomas Woodward of the Maritime Commission, in bedroom, at desk. Man cleaning room. 01:34:59 Harbor, view of Buenos Aires, ship. 01:35:40 Flags, other ships go by and are moored. 01:36:57 People on shore, disembarking. 01:37:53 Breckinridge Long, George Messersmith, and other diplomats talking. 01:39:02...

  4. March of Time -- outtakes -- Lisbon harbor

    At Lisbon harbor, people getting off boats. Ships - US Coast Guard cutter, cargo ship from England. 04:54:13 Swiss boats in port. 04:55:03 Portuguese steamer "Serpa Pinto." Port with sailboats, Portuguese fishermen in FG. Sails on the Paille Sea (in front of Lisbon). Shots of River Tage (which Lisbon faces). Transport barge. 04:56:20 Pier with Portuguese fishing boat. Various shots of seaplane arriving, US flag on side of plane. 04:59:40 Customs officers boarding small boat. Willkie and others arriving, getting off planes into dinghies, coming ashore, late in the afternoon. Men carrying dip...

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine, 1938

    Views of Tel Aviv harbor. Boats (lighters) used to load/unload ships are docked. Workers repair boats. Bags of flour imported from America piled in customs sheds. 01:42:51 Loading and unloading goods at Jaffa harbor, a few miles from Tel Aviv (This harbor was used for imports and exports of Tel Aviv until the beginning of the Arab strike on April 19, 1936 when a new port was built in Tel Aviv.) CUs, loading and unloading citrus. Workers, cranes, donkeys. CU, an Arab supervises workers. Orange juice seller. View of Jaffa harbor from crane, man on crane. Shot of harbor with Tel Aviv in BG. Re...

  6. Oral history interview with Joseph Kershenblatt

  7. Eugene Miller collection

    The Eugene Miller collection comprises subject files documenting Miller's interest in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka; the Łódź ghetto (including images of Chaim Rumkowski and Hans Biebow); other ghettos and camps; war crimes procedures against John Demjanjuk and Adolf Eichmann; investigations into the identity and fate of Josef Mengele; Heinrich Himmler; Martin Borman; and SS personnel and organization. Most of these records are reproductions of original materials. The collection also includes original photographs of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who studied med...

  8. Franz Werner Krebs papers

    The Franz Werner Krebs papers consist of photocopies and photographs of biographical materials and subject files documenting the Krebs family, their flight from Breslau to England in 1938 and 1939, their return to Germany after the war, and Franz Werner Krebs’ immigration to America in 1956. Biographical materials primarily include photocopies and photographs of identification papers, school records, a birth certificate, and a marriage certificate documenting Franz Werner Krebs, his registration in England, his architectural education in Germany, and his first marriage. Additional documents...

  9. Hans Behr letters and postal cards

    Contains seven letters and postal cards written by Hans Behr during February and March 1943 while on various transports between concentration camps in France. The letters and postal cards contain information about the conditions for prisoners on transports between camps in France and Hans Behr's experiences in Gurs, Drancy, and Nexon concentration camps. Each letter and postal card is accompanied by an English translation.

  10. Michael Zilbering memoir

    Consists of Michael Zilbering's typewritten memoir, 12 pages, in Russian.

  11. Some of my experiences during the Holocaust 1939-1945

    Contains George Freshman's typewritten memoir, four pages, describing life in Grojec, Poland before and after the German invasion; conditions in the Grojec, Warsaw and Bialobzegi ghettos; his deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp and subsequent transfers to Radom concentration camp, to Weihingen, Unterrichsingen Unterriexingen and Kochendorf labor camps, and to Dachau concentration camp where he was liberated by American troops on May 8, 1945; his postwar return to Poland; and his emigration to the United States in 1949.

  12. Print

    Lithograph of Oranienburg

  13. Rosemarie Koczy papers

    The Rosemarie Koczy papers consists of a biographical sketch of artist Rosemarie Koczy, a transcript of an oral history interview of Koczy, and an advertisement for an art exhibition at her house in New York. The oral history transcript relates Koczy's experiences as a child during and after the Holocaust.

  14. Fendrich family collection

    Contains passenger list of a ship that sailed from Liverpool via Belfast and Greenock to Boston and New York 1938 September 16, includes the name of Louis Fendrich father, Louis; 3 tickets belonging to Theodore Fendrich and his sisters for 3rd class passage on the Conte Di Savoy in January 1940.

  15. Crematorium tag found by a US soldier in Dachau concentration camp after liberation

    Crematorium tag from Dachau concentration camp in Germany. The tag was picked up by an American soldier on a tour of the camp in the spring of 1945, after the camp’s liberation. A numbered tag was placed with each corpse to be able to identify the ashes after cremation. The numbers on the tags did not correspond to prisoner numbers. Produced in large quantities, not all the tags were used. Dachau was the first concentration camp established by the Nazi government in 1933, originally for political prisoners. Over time, other groups were interned at Dachau, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma, ...

  16. Records relating to the killing of Jews in Lithuania during World War II

    Contains name lists, documents of statistics and a photograph of a memorial relating to Jews killed in Lithuania during World War II.

  17. Sally Woelkers collection

    Collection contains correspondence regarding the dismissal of Jonas Ekstein in 1938, and his letter inquiring for employment in the United States.

  18. Masha Bruskinska collection

    Contains clippings, articles, letters, and testimonies (some originals and some photocopies) relating to Masha Bruskinska.

  19. Liberation newspaper

    Collection contains an entire newspaper regarding the end of the war and the arrival of the Allied armies in Berlin.

  20. Fragebogen zur erstmaligen Meldung der Heilberufe

    Collection of 134 registration forms for Jewish health professionals in the Galicia region in Eastern Europe.