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1. Militaergeschichtliche Sammlungen
Document | Accession Number: 2007.3 | RG Number: RG-14.089M
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1959
Alternate Title:
Military Historical collections
…Military Historical collections…
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 … = Military Historical Collections (1917-1959) Extent: 6 microfilm reels Provenance: Files mostly from collection Msgl; also includes one from collection Msg…
2. Shadur family papers
1997.A.0316.1 Box 4 Folder 2 Image 62
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0316.1
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1997
… officer for the Württemberg district, and later as the director of the Jewish displaced persons camp in Backnang.…
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 …. After the war, Michel joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He was sent to Germany and served as a supply officer for the…
3. Pistiner family papers
2016.187.1 Box 3 Folder 2 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2016.187.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-2000
bulk: 1908-1972
… British police officer briefly before apprenticing to become a diamond cutter. He married Nehama Bloom (b. 1920) in 1940. While apprenticing to be diamond…
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 …, Max moved to Palestine, and spent the remainder of his life in Israel. He was a soccer player and British police officer briefly before apprenticing to…
4. Shames family collection
2018.649.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 23
Document | Accession Number: 2018.649.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1920-circa 1948
… Lejb was taken to a work camp in Siberia where he felled trees. In his spare time, he worked as a barber for military officers to earn extra ration…
5. Generalbauinspektor für die Reichshauptstadt Berlin (Fond 1409)
Document | Accession Number: 2004.756.6 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.77
Date:
bulk: 1934-1942
inclusive: 1920-1944
Alternate Title:
Chief building inspector for the Reich capital, Berlin
… to Speer; inquiries from private builders from Berlin and surroundings; correspondence with the press office; exemption requests from military service…
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 … builders from Berlin and surroundings; correspondence with the press office; exemption requests from military service; construction projects and housing…
6. Carl and Mina Weiler papers
2004.485.1 Box 1 Folder 30 Image 10
Document | Accession Number: 2004.485.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1988
…, giving Hitler dictatorial powers. Hitler issued a decree prohibiting non-Aryans from public offices and Karl was dismissed from his judgeship. In March, he…
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 … States. The collection also includes a World War I photo album and scrapbook documenting the military service of Mina’s uncle, Julius Oppenheimer, in…
7. Sobibor perpetrator collection
Document | Accession Number: 2020.8.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1870-1970
… approximately 600 remaining prisoners killed eleven members of the SS and several auxiliaries. As the highest-ranking SS officer on duty that day, Niemann was the…
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 … of the SS and several auxiliaries. As the highest-ranking SS officer on duty that day, Niemann was the first to be targeted. Survivor witnesses report…
8. Ruth Miller papers
2006.473.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 109
Document | Accession Number: 2006.473.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1893-2003
… War II began after Germany invaded Poland. On September 19, 1941, 14 year old Ruth reported to the office of the Jewish Organization to pick up Star of…
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 … materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; school records; military papers; medical records; identification papers; ration coupons…
9. Klaus Zwilsky papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.200.1
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1946
… (today Ostroda, Poland) and at age 18, in 1914 he fought in WWI in the German Army. Upon his release from the military service he attended Königsberg…
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 …. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: reference@ushmm.org Klaus Zwilsky Papers Inventory 1. Photograph of Ehrich Zwilsky during his military service in the German Army…
10. Political cartoon depicting terrorism in Europe created by an American journalist
2018.298.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.298.2
Date:
creation: 1930-1943
Artwork Title:
At Large
… revisionist policy approach, Germany provided military assistance to dictator Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), formed a coalition with…
11. Unser Kind
Document | Accession Number: 2010.200.3
Date:
inclusive: 1932-1946
… (today Ostroda, Poland) and at age 18, in 1914 he fought in WWI in the German Army. Upon his release from the military service he attended Königsberg…
12. Jüdische Gemeinden und Organisationen (Fond 1325)
Document | Accession Number: 2004.756.2 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.73
Date:
inclusive: 1764-1944
bulk: 1933-1941
Alternate Title:
Jewish unions and organizations
…Reproduction and publication only with written permission of the Russian State Military Archives…
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 … State Military Archives Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance. Acquisition…
13. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 non-combatant veteran service buttonhole ribbon bar awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.4
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Military Insignia…
14. Watercolor painting of a domestic scene by Jacob J. Barosin
2010.502.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.502.4
Date:
depiction: 1933 June-1947 October
Artwork Title:
Villiers-sur-Morin
… Poland on September 1, 1939, Jacob voluntarily enlisted in the French military. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded France. Eight days later, French police…
15. World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant’s medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.2_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.2 a-b
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1948
issue: after 1914 August 05
…Military Insignia…
16. James Georg Lau papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.290.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1922-2013
bulk: 1939-1953
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
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 …, as well as a reduction of their compulsory military service to three months, academic education became more attractive. When Alexander II was…
17. World War I Honor & Iron Crosses buttonhole ribbon bar with Combatant’s swords awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.1
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: after 1934 July 13-1944
…Military Insignia…
18. Persecution of Jews; isolating, labeling, deporting, murdering Jews
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Film | Accession Number: 2002.546.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3716 | Film ID: 2576
Film Title:
Der gelbe Stern [The Yellow Star]
Date:
Event: 1933 - 1945
Production: 1980
Duration:
01:24:15
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
…SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)…
19. Thomas Rey papers
2018.24.1 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2018.24.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1936-1956
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 … military authorities. I also enclose such a clipping for you, asking you to consult intensively with your Vati in order to determine whether in view of the…
20. Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918 combatant veteran service medal awarded to a German Jewish soldier
1988.156.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1988.156.1.3
Date:
commemoration: 1914-1918
issue: 1934 July 13-1944
…Military Insignia…