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1. Green velvet Torah mantle with 10 Commandments found by a US soldier
1989.291.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.291.1
Date:
creation: 1905
found: approximately 1944 November-approximately 1945 January
…Green velvet Torah mantle with 10 Commandments found by a US soldier…
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2. Komenda Wojewódzka Policji Państwowej w Kielcach (Sygn. 111)
Document | Accession Number: 2016.23.1 | RG Number: RG-15.427
Date:
inclusive: 1923-1939
inclusive: 1919-1924
Alternate Title:
Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce…
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 …. 1 KOMENDA WOJEWÓDZKA POLICJI PAŃSTWOWEJ W KIELCACH (SYGN. 111) Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce 2016.23.1, RG‐15…
3. Lorenz Schmuhl papers
1995.A.1119 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.1119 | RG Number: RG-10.137
Date:
inclusive: 1918-1985
bulk: 1939-1945
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… May 1944 and arrived at Buchenwald on April 15, 1945 where he served as the first American commander of Buchenwald after liberation. He worked to…
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 … the first American commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation and his work at a DP camp in Wiesbaden, Germany. The collection also…
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4. A German commander in Eisiskes during World War I goes for a Sunday sleigh ride with his local Jewish girl friend, Gittl Rochowski.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 40496
Date:
1914 - 1917
…A German commander in Eisiskes during World War I goes for a Sunday sleigh ride with his local Jewish girl friend, Gittl Rochowski.…
5. Herman Neudorf papers
1994.83.2 Box 1 Folder 26 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1994.83.2
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1949
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 … confession given by Heinrich Müller, commandant of Kaiserwald. The identification and passes series http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm…
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6. Rosenzweig and Ringelheim families papers
2000.226.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 4
Document | Accession Number: 2000.226.1
Date:
inclusive: 1903-1995
… seeking information about photographic material relating to the 311 Bomber Command of the Czech Army. Rosenzweig family restitution files include…
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 … by a 1947 letter seeking information about photographic material relating to the 311 Bomber Command of the Czech Army. Rosenzweig family restitution…
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7. Militär-und Militärbaueinrichtungen Deutschlands (Fond 1303)
Document | Accession Number: 2004.756.1 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.72
Date:
inclusive: 1897-1945
bulk: 1940-1944
Alternate Title:
Military and military construction institutions of Germany
… materials (1910-19440 [Opis 1]; Various records of German War and Defense Ministries, the High Command of the Navy, military offices on occupied territories…
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 … records of German War and Defense Ministries, the High Command of the Navy, military offices on occupied territories (1897-1945) (Opis 2); Records on the…
8. Heilpern family papers
2015.528.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 41
Document | Accession Number: 2015.528.1
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1940
… an original document issued by the commandant of Buchenwald regarding Hans' internment in the camp.…
9. Otto and Monna Weinmann papers
2013.374.1 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 80
Document | Accession Number: 2013.374.1
Date:
inclusive: 1912-1949
bulk: 1943-1945
… worsened, Weinmann left Prague in 1938 and moved to Paris. In 1939, he joined the Czechslovak army under French command. When Germany invaded France in 1940…
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 … Czech forces under English command, and Monna, who was living in London, between 1943-1945. Also includes wartime correspondence from family members in…
10. Beauftragter für den Vierjahresplan (Herman Göring) (Fond 700)
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0085.1.10 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.09
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1945
bulk: 1924-1945
Alternate Title:
Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan, Herman Göring
… responsibility for economic crimes; information about Göring's conferences with military commanders and the Agriculture Ministry regarding increasing food…
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 … responsibility for economic crimes; information about Göring's conferences with military commanders and the Agriculture Ministry regarding increasing food…
11. Deutsche Polizeieinrichtungen in den okkupierten Gebieten (Fond 1323)
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0085.1.15 | RG Number: RG-11.001M.15
Date:
inclusive: 1806-1945
bulk: 1936-1944
Alternate Title:
Records of German Police Agencies in the Occupied Territories
…German Police and Administrative offices in the occupied territories. All police entities in Germany were under the command of the Reichsfurer-SS and…
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 … institutions in the occupied USSR with Feldpost numbers, 1942-1943; reports about the military commander in Warsaw and the Warsaw ghetto, 1940- 1941; 1942…
12. Karl Koch diary
Document | Accession Number: 2014.561.1
Date:
inclusive: 1917-1918
… joined the Nazi Party and the SS. He served with the SS-Standarten until 1935, when he became the commander of the Columbia concentration camp in Berlin…
13. Selected records of the Slovak Armed Forces during World War II
Document | Accession Number: 2003.265 | RG Number: RG-57.002M
Date:
inclusive: 1914-1971
bulk: 1939-1945
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… Defense of the Slovak Republic (MNO SR)/ Presidium, Central Military Command (HVV), and Land Forces Command (VPV) - Bratislava Arrangement is thematic…
14. Sobibor perpetrator collection
Document | Accession Number: 2020.8.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1870-1970
… next helped establish the Belzec killing center, where he essentially commanded Camp II, the extermination side of the camp. He then helped establish the…
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 …, his family, and his SS career, culminating in his role as deputy commander of the Sobibor death camp. Niemann was killed by prisoners during the October…
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  • Series 1: Photographic materials Approximate 1870-Approximate 1944, 1934-1944 Bulk
    • File 2: Belzec (4 photos) Approximate 1941-Approximate 1942
      • Pages: 4
    • File 6: Funeral and gravesite in Chełm (14 photos) 1943-1944
    • File 9: Sobibor (62 photos) (2 folders) 1942-1943
    • File 12: Album 1, "2. SS-T.V. [Totenkopfverband] Brandenburg," [as is] Approximate 1934-Approximate 1941
    • File 14: Album 1, "2. SS-T.V. [Totenkopfverband] Brandenburg," [original order] Approximate 1934-Approximate 1941
15. A. Fokker films: von Richthofen's "Flying Circus", WWI aces
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Film | Accession Number: 2003.122 | RG Number: RG-60.3351 | Film ID: 2546
Film Title:
Richthofen Film Part 2
Date:
Event: 1916-1918
Production: 1918
Duration:
00:14:14
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… Baron's "Flying Circus"), comprising Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 4, 6, 10, 11, which was commanded by Manfred von Richthofen (MvR) until his death April 21, 1918…
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 … 1 (probably Bernes/Montigny Ferme in late August 1918) Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1), originally formed under the command of Rittmeister Manfred von…
16. Gerd Pleiss photograph album
2013.455.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 13
Document | Accession Number: 2013.455.1
Date:
bulk: 1936-1937
inclusive: 1910-1942
… commander, 1st Company LSSAH, for the campaign in the Balkans. In April 1941, during the Battle of Vevi in northern Greece, Pleiss's unit captured Klidi Pass…
17. Selected records from the National Archives in Prague
Document | Accession Number: 2008.150 | RG Number: RG-48.016M
Date:
inclusive: 1920-1945
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… (PÚ-ČM); General Command of the Uniformed Police in the Protectorate records (GKUP); General Police Director records (GVČ); General Command of the Plain…
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 … (PÚ- ČM); General Command of the Uniformed Police in the Protectorate records (GKUP); General Police Director records (GVČ); General Command of the…
18. Roman Kawalek collection
Document | Accession Number: 2005.145 | RG Number: RG-10.477
Date:
1913-1998
… 1945, Dr. Kawalek was the commanding medical officer with the unit that liberated Buchenwald.…
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 … Normandy. That September, with her son less than 500 miles away, Dr. Kawalek’s mother died in Auschwitz. In 1945, Dr. Kawalek was the commanding medical…
19. Weimar Germany, 50000 mark note, from the album of a Waffen-SS officer acquired by an American soldier
2013.455.5 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.455.5
Date:
issue: approximately 1919 June 24
… commander, 1st Company LSSAH, for the campaign in the Balkans. In April 1941, during the Battle of Vevi in northern Greece, Pleiss's unit captured Klidi Pass…
20. Imperial Germany, 50 mark note, series 1, from the album of a Waffen-SS officer acquired by an American soldier
2013.455.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2013.455.4
Date:
issue: approximately 1919 June 24
… commander, 1st Company LSSAH, for the campaign in the Balkans. In April 1941, during the Battle of Vevi in northern Greece, Pleiss's unit captured Klidi Pass…