Documentation from the Archive of the Landrat of the Ludwigslust district (Mecklenburg Province, Germany)
 
 In the18th century the rulers of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Herzogtum (Duchies) established their residential palace in Ludwigslust. In the 19th century barracks were also established in the city, which housed the Duchies' army units. The district, with the city of Ludwigslust at its ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Am 29.8.1914 wurde der Befehlshaber der Marineluftfahrabteilungen eingesetzt, der 1916 zum Befehlshaber der Marinefliegerabteilungen, später zum Marineflugchef wurde und dem die Kommandeure der Flieger unterstanden. Der Marineflugchef hatte für die Bereitstellung des gesamten Flugpersonals zu sorgen und die militärischen Forderungen für Seeflugzeuge und Bodenorganisation ...

Intertitles read, “Lavabildungen im äusseren Krater des Vesuvs,” “ Palermo: 8000 Leichen in den unterirdischen Gängen des Kapuziner-Klosters bieten -unbestattet-einen schaurigen Anblick,” “Oktober Zirkus Krone hält seinen Einzug in Leipzig.” Another intertitle: “W.L. Film 63.” The words “Kriegsjahre auf der Festung Königstein” over a photo of Walter Lenger in Königstein. Intertitle: “2. Teil.” Walter, ...

Castle Films was started in 1924 by Eugene W. Castle, the former Pacific Coast film editor at Fox Movietone News. Castle became a successful producer of industrial and advertising short subjects. Castle began compiling shorts, travelogues and newsreels for use in schools. The lure of the home movie market proved lucrative for Castle. In 1936, they became one of the first home movie companies to actually ...

This short educational film depicts two men's journey by horseback to a geyser on the island of Iceland. One of the men is identified by name, Dr. Erich Dautert. In several EXT shots a man is seen exiting his home with a grass thatched roof, and gathering together horses as well as supplies. He saddles some of the stout, long-haired horses with supplies, and he and another man ride two of the other ...

Colonel Alexander Zabin, MD was an American soldier from Malverne, Long Island, New York. As part of General Patton's 3rd Army, he served with the 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group. He landed on Normandy Beach on D-Day plus 1 and worked in the first US Army field hospital set up in France. He was with the 3rd Army through the campaigns in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Dr. Zabin ...

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Hans Otto Kessler (later Dr. John Otto Kessler) was born in Vienna in 1928 to Alice Blanca Neuhut and Jakob Kessler. The family relocated to Baden, approximately thirty-five miles from Vienna when Hans (Hansi) was four-years old. His maternal grandfather retired from his role as the sales director of a light bulb company, and bought a hotel. Kessler lived in this hotel as a child where his mother cooked, ...

Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume "Senshi Sosho" (War History Series). These volumes give a detailed account of the operations of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. Volume 3 of the series, ...

Celebration on 6th anniversary of the NSDAP coming to power [Machtergreifung]. Nighttime footage of parade. Candles in windows of building. Nighttime motorcade. Pass through Brandenburg Gate. Banners. Motorcade. INT, Hitler arrives at Reichstag with Goering. Walks down aisle lined with devoted soldiers. Hitler sounds very tough in his speech, crowd is responsive. LS from balcony, but mostly MS and ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners 1. Behördengeschichte Vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg war das Marineflugwesen in der "Marineluftschiffabteilung (M.L.A.) in Johannisthal und der "Marinefliegerabteilung" (M.F.A.) mit Sitz in Putzig bei Danzig zusammengefasst, die außer der Flugversuchsstation Putzig, die im Winter 1911/12 gegründet wurde, die Seeflugstationen Kiel, Helgoland und Wilhelmshaven einschloss. Aufgestellt ...

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Professor Krymski Agafangel, 1871-1942. An outstanding scholar. He knew tens of languages; was one of the most reputable scholars in Oriental literature and history. He also was one of the founders of the Ukrainian Academy of Science. NKVD arrested him in 1941 accusing him of exhibiting "counter-revolutionary views." He died six months later in exile.

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Nach etwa einjährigem Aufbau wurde das Deutsche Amt am 1.4.1949 durch Ausführungsverordnung vom 5.3.1949 (Amtsblatt der brit. Militärregierung S. 1103) zur Verordnung Nr. 156 vom 11.6.1948 (Amtsblatt der brit. Militärregierung S. 794) der britischen Militärregierung in Bad Salzuflen konstituiert. Das Amt bzw. die ihm nachgeordneten Landesstellen waren mit der verwaltungstechnischen ...

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 5, No. 144, Part 3. Release date, 05/10/1933. Jews in giant protest parade seen from above, marching in New York City. Organized units/groups and scattered people. Ticker tape. Well-dressed men march towards and past camera. From above LS, mostly men marching (fills screen), closer, standing still. Horse and rider from above. Full parade in wide street. Sidewalk jammed, marchers ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Im August 1914 wurde die Dienststelle des Befehlshabers der Marineluftfahrabteilungen in Cuxhaven gebildet, sie befand sich ab Mai 1916 in Berlin. Die Dienststelle wurde im Dezember 1916 nach Abtrennung der Luftschifftruppe umbenannt in Befehlshaber der Marinefliegerabteilungen, der im Juli 1917 umbenannt wurde in Marineflugchef. Diesem unterstanden die Marinefliegerabteilungen, ...

Familiar to anyone versed in the history of World War II or interested in the study of modern intelligence work, Bletchley Park was arguably the most successful intelligence operation in world history, the top secret workplace of the remarkable people who cracked Germany's vaunted Enigma Code. Almost to the end of the war, the Germans had firm faith in the Enigma ciphering machine, but in fact the ...

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The return of Allied forces to the Philippines in the fall of 1944 further throttled Japan's already tenuous pipe line to the rich resources of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, and with it the last vestige of her ability to meet the logistical requirements of a continuing war. The Battle for Leyte Gulf marked the end of Japan as a naval power, forcing her to adopt the desperation kamikaze tactic ...

Ruth Diamond was born Rywka Mam on 29 September 1926 in Białystok, Poland to Szolem and Keila (née Kalmanowicz) Mam. She had two sisters, Chaja (later Helen Weinrib, b. 1919) and Malka, and one brother, Moishe. Ruth and Helen were forced into the Białystok ghetto in August 1941. In September 1943 they were deported to Blizyn and Majdanek, Kraków-Płaszów in July 1944, Auschwitz in July 1944, Mühlhausen ...

George David Schwab was born on November 25, 1931 in Libau (Liepaja in the Latvian), Latvia. His father, Arkadi Jakob Aron Schwab, b. 1884, was a gastroenterologist and his mother, Klara Jakobson Schwab, b. 1903, was a trained musician. George had an older brother, Bernhard Boris Schwab, who was born in 1921. The family resided on Korn Strasse 27 (Graudu iela in the Latvian) and their phone number ...

Nelly Epstein (1921-2013) was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (currently Czech Republic) to Berthold Epstein (Berti or Bert, Vienna, Austria, 1883-1944) and Amelie Epstein (Elly, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1894-1943) and had one brother, Hans (Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1925-1945). Nelly married Emil (Aryeh) Katscher (b. 1920) around 1939 or 1940. Around 1940 Nelly, Emil, and a group of young Zionists attempted ...

Bestandsbeschreibung In den Aufbaujahren der Bundesmarine fehlte es ihr in erster Linie an geeigneten Schiffen / Fahrzeugen und Booten, die ihr nur langsam zuliefen. Den Anfang machten die Einheiten des Seegrenzschutzverbandes, dessen Potential vollständig übernommen wurde. Dabei handelte es sich vorzugsweise um kleinere Fahrzeuge ohne (bedeutenden) Kampfwert. Von den amerikanischen Streitkräften wurden ...

"The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars. Drawing from more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it develops a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003-2006). Grassroots rivalries over land, resources, ...