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‘Zo brak de bewuste 14e mei aan, toen ’s middags kwart over één de binnenstad van Rotterdam werd gebombardeerd,’ schrijft de gepensioneerde Rotterdammer W. de Bree (geboren 1911) ergens in de jaren tachtig in zijn verslag over de oorlogsjaren. ‘Het bombardement duurde slechts 10 minuten en toch werd de hele binnenstad verwoest, echter voornamelijk door brand die de ene na de andere straat in vlammen ...

Brick rubble from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto. The rubble was excavated from the site of what is now the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, located among the ruins of the former Crown Artillery Barracks. The Barracks housed the ghetto post office, and at one point was the seat of the Judenrat. The monument was commemorated on April 19, 1948, and was the second monument, following a modest memorial unveiled ...

703 J: April 20 and 21, 1939. German boats with Nazi flag on the River Maas at Rotterdam, railway bridge in BG. Other boats. 05:43:48 Canal between Dutch houses. Barges at River Maas and liner "Statendam" in BG. Church. 05:44:27 View of Colingselstraat in Rotterdam, the main shopping street. Handing out flyers. Barges in Lloyd harbor with factory and ship in BG (used for taking merchandise from Dutch ...

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

Part 2. Warsaw uprising of 1944, which began on August 1 and lasted for 63 days. Buildings in Warsaw on fire during the uprising. Fighting in the streets; Polish Home Army soldiers lay communications wire. Children watch a puppet show. More destruction; a nurse hands out buckets of water from big wooden casks. People on the move in the streets amid shooting and fires. 00:17:03 Priests remove sacred ...

Vladimir (William) Buckhantz (the father of the donor) was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on September 24, 1902. William Buckhantz immigrated to South Africa in 1939 and then came to the United States. He was conscripted into the American Army and sent overseas during the occupation to serve as an UNRRA officer in the Regensburg and Deggendorf displaced persons camps. While working for UNRRA, he reunited ...