Contains fragments of addresses of Prime Minister Sikorski of November 14, 1940, the list of Jewish journalists and reporters abroad, letters from and to President of the New Zionist Organization in London, the report of the World Jewish Congress, and press clippings.

Anti-Jewish and anti-Allied forces Nazi propaganda leaflet acquired by Charles E. Pugh while he served as a United States paratrooper in France during World War II. These leaflets were dropped from planes over Paris in late 1943, as part of a German propaganda campaign to raise suspicions against the United States and its part in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy which threatened the safety of France ...

Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art
 
 Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, a body established in September 1940, following the occupation of France. Its function was to plunder works of art that were owned by Jews who had left France. Alfred Rosenberg, ...

14:55 Barbie's lawyer, Vergès, argues that the court has overridden France's judicial traditions in the trial so far, and that using force to make him appear in court would reduce the trial to a lynching 15:00 President Cerdini calls for a recess to deliberate 15:34 President Cerdini reads a decision noting the refusal of Klaus Barbie to appear in court and indicating that this will be ignored in the ...

As World War I dragged on into 1915, German armies along the Western Front settled into stalemate with entrenched British and French forces. But in the East the picture was quite different. The Kaiser's army routed the Russians, took possession of Polish territory, and attempted to create a Polish satellite state. Elusive Alliance delves into Germany's three-year occupation of Poland and explains why ...

Contains drafts and copies of addresses of Gen. Sikorski and other documents related to political activities of Retinger. Includes study, letters, notes, reports, correspondence, e.g. with S.Brodetzki, Stanisław Kot, Jan Karski, S. Gruszka, the Joint, New Zionist Organization and “The Jewish Chronicle”, Polish Embassy in Washington, etc. related to various issues, e.g. relives of Jews to the Army in ...

13:40 President Cerdini opens the hearing; asks for the accused to present himself; Barbie refuses to appear 13:41 Cerdini asks a bailiff to summon Barbie 13:41 Another bailiff reads the list of witnesses set to appear; identifies those who are absent 13:44 Cerdini suspends the hearing until the bailiff returns from summoning Barbie at the jail 14:05 Cerdini resumes the hearing; the clerk reads the ...

Otto Weinmann was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 12, 1903. When he was six years old, his family moved to Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, where he attended elementary and grammar schools. In 1916, the family returned to Vienna, where Otto completed his education. After graduation, he moved to Germany and worked as an administrative clerk at a banking and shipping firm in Hamburg, and later in Berlin, ...

The Dr. John D. Singer correspondence consists of letters sent from John D. Singer, M.D., during the period when he served in Europe with the United States Army, Third Army, 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, as a surgeon and commanding medical officer, 1944-1945. The letters, addressed to his wife Genise in Illinois, describe various experiences, including the first post-liberation Jewish new year's ...

A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1947 with English titles: "British royal family in Africa. 5,000 Zulu warriors stage unique demonstration." "A reigning British monarch visits Dark Continent for the first time in history." "Costumes in Korea! Natives stage fierce riots as political unrest spreads!" "Korea strives for independence after 40 years of Jap slavery." 01:01:30 "Terror grips ...

Oval sign depicting the Republic of Poland’s national emblem, the White Eagle, used between 1927 and 1939. A crowned eagle had been used as a Polish symbol for centuries, and first appeared on the official state coat of arms in 1295. Poland lost its independence in 1795, only regaining it in 1918, following World War I. In 1919, Poland’s government adopted the crowned white eagle as the official state ...

Arthur Mainzer (1923-) was a cameraman in the 4th Combat Camera Unit of the 9th Air Force. The Combat Camera Unit was tasked with creating Air Force training films at Hal Roach Studios. After completing training at the Air Force Photo Technical School in Denver, CO and the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver, City, CA, Mainzer was deployed to Europe. He was filming bomb damage by the Allied Air Forces ...

Contains selected records relating to Jewish matters in Romania, studies of the Jewish question in Poland, fragments of the study relating to Jewish organizations in Romania, and Jewish refugees from Poland in Romania, German minorities In Romania, the fragment of the study of the structure of power among Jews in the global context, including in Poland, and the copy of the letter of W. Pelc from the ...

Jean-Michel Grunebaum est né le 8 juillet 1914 à Paris (dixième arrondissement), fils de Jacques Grunebaum et de Sara Alice Rheims : par son père alsacien, il était le descendant de Rosa Grunebaum, interprète et amie de Mozart. Jean-Michel Grunebaum fit ses études aux lycées Condorcet et Louis-le-Grand : ses condisciples se nommaient Georges Pompidou ou Léopold Senghor. Docteur en droit, Grunebaum ...

O.70 - Josef Rosensaft Bergen-Berlsen DP Camp Archives
 
 Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British Army, 15 April 1945. There were approximately 58,000 survivors at the time of the liberation, of whom approximately 28,000 died from disease and starvation during the first weeks after the liberation. A Displaced Persons (DP) camp was established in Bergen-Belsen and the survivors immediately ...

17:15 Defense attorney Vergès asks the civil party to comment on the responsibility of Barbie of the destination of the transport; discussion regarding the fact that the train's original destination was Drancy 17:17 Prosecutor Klarsfeld comments that the eventual destination of prisoners sent to Drancy was Auschwitz anyway, so whether or not Barbie gave the order for the August 11 transport to continue ...

Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler. He was the voice of Movietone News.

CU, "Muenchen Dachau" sign. MS, statue with sparse trees and a train car behind it. Soldiers look into the death train discovered by American troops on April 29, 1945. The train consisted of 30 rail cars with nearly 5,000 prisoners who had been evacuated from Buchenwald in the last days of the war. Soldiers guard the length of the train, a group smokes cigarettes. Open car reveals a pile of corpses ...

Albert Rosenberg (1918-2014) was born in Göttingen, Germany. Brought up in a well-to-do Jewish family, he attended school and went on to study at the local university. In the late 1930s, Albert was attacked by a Nazi soldier. After he recovered, he fled Germany for the United States with assistance from his cousins, Edmond and Lenore Cahn. Albert arrived in New York City in November 1937. He later ...

Copyright Holder: Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie

Copyright Holder: Instytut Polski i Muzeum im. Gen. Sikorskiego w Londynie

(LIB 6520) Male survivor attempts to hold up a deceased man to the camera. 00:15 They move his body across the room. Other survivors lying down, looking. 00:41 Male survivors lying on the floor, filling the barrack, with blankets, looking at the camera. 00:54 CUs of five different men silently looking at the camera, not moving. 01:29 Cleaning process: Men stand in the BG in line for washing. Man with ...

Contains selected records from the Havana consulate of the Polish Government-in-Exile, including a list of Polish citizens (mostly of Jewish origin), 1935-1946; as well as other records relating to applications for entry visas to Cuba, primarily from Polish Jews, 1946-1947.

Anny Bloch-Raymond is a French sociologist, born 24 May 1944, in Vialas (Cevenne), France, the daughter of Yvonne and Andre Bloch. Her family had fled from their native Alsace during the German occupation of France in 1940, seeking refuge with family members in and around Nîmes. Following the German occupation of southern France in 1942, many Jewish families from Nîmes sought refuge in country homes ...