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  1. Selected records of the Reichspropagandaleitung (NS 18)

    Contains records created by the Reichspropagandaleitung, including propaganda leaflets, brochures, publication of war reports, political discussion of the situation in the USA, Winston Churchill, the war with Italy, propaganda in the East, advertisements for pro-Nazi companies, the role of the churches, measures in regard to foreigners, typhus, race defilement, swing dancers, Jews in the film industry, and prisoners of war.

  2. Selected records from collections of the Buzău branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions.The records were generated by the police of Buzău, the mayor of the town of Buzău, the legion of genarmerie of Buzău, the district prefecture of Râmnicu Sărat, the legion of gendarmerie of Râmnicu Sărat, and the mayor of Râmnicu Sărat. Includes also selected records from the Buzău regional office of the Centrala Evreilor in Romania the Central Office of Jews in Romania and the records of the Jewish community of Buzău.

  3. Report on Norwegian Resistance

    Consists of one report, 43 pages, presumably written in early 1945 by a German officer, regarding the history of the Norwegian resistance to the Nazis between 1940-1945. The report details the methods of resistance and gives specific examples of resistance activity.

  4. James Worley collection

    Consists of a description, written by James Worley, of the liberation of Dachau. Mr. Worley was a member of the 977th F.A. Brigade of the American Army. Also includes twelve poems, written by Mr. Worley, regarding the Holocaust; these poems were influenced by his experiences as a liberator.

  5. Romanian Jewish Council census list for men born in Bucharest

    Consists of one CD-ROM, containing a PDF file of census lists of men born in Bucharest, Romania between 1892-1921, compiled by the Romanian Jewish Council. The CD-ROM is labelled "Tabelee Barlilateor 1893(sic)-1921" and the file is labeled "Leeson Book."

  6. Sara Zyskind manuscript

    One unpublished manuscript titled "Sara Zyskind." The first few chapters of the third book by Sara Plager Zyskind, survivor of Łódź ghetto. Sara Zyskind was unable to finish her book about the lives of the young survivors in Łódź and their desires and efforts to reach Eretz Israel. The original was written in Hebrew and later translated into Polish.

  7. Ephraim Menaker photograph collection

    Collection of five photographic images depicting Ephraim Menaker and his family in Lvov, Poland before World War II. Ephraim Menaker was mobilized with the Russian Army in 1941 and remained in service until 1945. Most of his family was sent to the Lvov ghetto and from there to Belzec where they were killed

  8. Strzemieszyce Wielkie photographs

    Consists of four pre-war photographs taken in Strzemieszyce Wielkie, Poland. Includes a photograph of the Hashomer Hadati Zionist youth group.

  9. Vermögensanmeldungen und Arisierungsakten Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Linz

    Contains records pertaining to the registration and expropriation of Jewish property and assets in Upper Austria. Often, official documents are supplemented with personal letters and affidavits of those who were affected.

  10. Kliger family collection

    Consists of one photograph album containing pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the extended Kliger family, originally of Germany and Austria. Includes correspondence and documentation regarding Evelyn Kliger, who was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1939, while her parents, Josef and Katherina Kliger, escaped from Vienna to Switzerland. Includes letters from Evelyn in England to her parents as well as correspondence to relief agencies after the war, as her parents sought to reunite with their daughter. Also includes documentation related to Josef Kliger's post-war conversi...

  11. Oral history interview with Henryk Mandelbaum

  12. Rabbi Moshe Nossen Schick pre-war photograph

    Consists of one pre-war photograph of five rabbis. The second from the right is Rabbi Moshe Nossen Schick from Budapest.

  13. US Foreign Service; Cordell Hull; US diplomats

    March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 4 Title on screen: "The Foreign Service" Footage of cities around the world where the US Foreign Service might be found. Shots of the American flag, the shield of the consulate general, and American embassies. The narrator notes that the most important task of the foreign service officer is to make friends for his country. Washington DC: the Capitol and the Old Executive Office building. Secretary of State Cordell Hull at work in his office. The narrator describes Hull as a man of peace who nonetheless insists that his country must be ready to defend itself. Stage...

  14. 1942 color street map of Litzmannstadt (Łódź), Poland

    1942 map of Litzmannstadt (Łódź), Poland with an alphabetical street directory. The city had been occupied and annexed by Nazi Germany one week after the September 1, 1939, invasion. The Germans renamed the city Litzmannstadt, after the General Karl Litzmann, who had conquered the city during World War I. Łódź had the second largest Jewish population in Poland and, in February 1940, they were relocated to a small, closed ghetto. By September 1942, 70,000 Jews, neary half the population, had been deported to the Chelmno killing center. The ghetto was emptied by mass deportations and destroye...

  15. Letter regarding the liberation of Flossenbürg

    Consists of one carbon copy of a letter (with draft) written by Richard Goldstein, a member of the American Armed Forces, to his family on April 30, 1945, after the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Mr. Goldstein explains in great detail the condition of the camp and the prisoners and how much the experience had undoubtedly changed his life.

  16. District Committee, District Administrative Tribunal of Berlin Bezirksausschuss, Bezirksverwaltungsgericht Berlin (Pr. Br. Rep. 031-01, -02)

    Contains records relating to Jewish matters: the ban on performing one's profession; defilement of the race (Rassenschande); appreciation taxes for Jewish people; proof of Aryan ancestry; Jewish students, doctors and pharmacists; cancellation of driving licenses for Jewish people; and annulment of citizenship. Includes also information about Roma camps, organization of Gestapo, and small commercial matters like shops.

  17. Association of Jewish landlords in Wilno and Wilno district (Fond 342)

    The collection contains correspondence files with the Ministry of Public Work, Ministry of Finances, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wilno Magistrate, Wilno Treasury and other local and central government offices of the Polish government as well as Jewish community. Includes also minutes of the meetings of board of the organization, membership lists, list of Jewish owners of the real estate properties in Wilno, personal files of the Jewish real estate agents, card catalogue of members of the association.

  18. Zina Jakuschewa deToll collection

    Consists of one set of working papers for Zina (Sina) Jakuschewa (now deToll), originally of Podolsk, Russia. Includes one work card and one work book (each with a photograph) identifying Zina Jakuschewa as a non-Jewish forced laborer assigned to Ravensburg, Germany, in 1943 and 1944.

  19. Pocket watch with chain traded for food by a concentration camp inmate and recovered postwar

    Gold pocket watch with chain and engraved floral design traded by Ana Waldner for more food in the munitions factory where she was a forced laborer from 1942-1945. It had belonged to her husband, Chaim, and Ana hid it in the lining of her coat before he was deported from Krakow, Poland. After the war, Hannah tracked down the factory manager to ask for the return of the watch. She believes that he returned it due to fear of being found out and tried as a collaborator by the Russians. Ana and her family were imprisoned in the Krakow ghetto following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, then...

  20. Sightseeing in France: Paris & Versailles

    Title: "Streets of Paris. Cafes on the Champs-Elysees. Arc de Triomphe. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Place de la Concorde." Sightseeing in Paris, including street scenes, cafe with red tables and chairs, Arc de Triomphe, Eternal Flame for Unknown Soldier (WWI) with wreath and flowers, French police, Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, statues, cars on Champs d'Elysee, and aerial views from the Eiffel Tower including the Seine. 01:09:36 Title: "Malmaisson. Home of Josephine." LS, palace and grounds with tourists. 01:09:56 Title: "Versailles. Its Beautiful Gardens and Fountains." Tourists vis...