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1. St. Louis, refugees
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Film | Accession Number: 2000.621.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2662 | Film ID: 2299
Film Title:
Bound for Nowhere: The St. Louis Episode
Date:
Event: 1939
Production: 1939
Duration:
00:10:14
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
2. Jacob Kriegel papers
2017.110.1 Box 1 Folder 40 Image 29
Document | Accession Number: 2017.110.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1914-1970
bulk: 1939-1958
3. Gertrude and William Nagel papers
2017.527.1 Box 1 Folder 13 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2017.527.1
Date:
inclusive: 1914-circa 2000
bulk: 1938-1946
4. Black robe used by a Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi for everyday services
1990.245.15 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.15 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952
5. US proclaims neutrality; ships with Americans; children evacuated in London
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Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3031 | Film ID: 2392
Film Title:
US Proclaims Neutrality
Date:
Event: 1939 September 06
Duration:
00:05:43
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
6. Breth family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2018.481.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-2017
7. Henckels dinner knife brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2012.493.5 left
Object | Accession Number: 2012.493.5
Date:
emigration: 1939
8. Berkowicz family papers
2006.513.1 Box 1 Folder 14 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2006.513.1
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1948
9. Freud family papers
2010.401.1 BookEnclosure 1 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2010.401.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1901-2004
bulk: 1919-1954
undated: 
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
10. Antisemitic poster featuring supposed warnings about Jews from Benjamin Franklin
1990.333.48 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.333.48
Date:
publication/distribution: 1939 February 09-1939 February 15
Title:
Vor 150 Jahren: “Ich warne Sie, meine Herren ...!” Hat der große Franklin Amerika vergeblich gewarnt?
Series Title:
Parole der Woche
Alternate Title:
150 years ago, I warn you gentlemen ... Has the great Franklin warned America in vain?
Word of the Week
11. Skirt made by a German Jewish woman to demonstrate her sewing capabilities
Object | Accession Number: 2017.298.2
Date:
creation: after 1936-before 1941
12. Brown leather billfold brought with a German Jewish prewar refugee
2008.204.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.3
Date:
emigration: 1939
received: approximately 1930
13. Allies declare war
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Film | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3030 | Film ID: 2392
Film Title:
Allies Declare War on Nazis
Date:
Event: 1939 September 04
Duration:
00:08:16
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
14. Malz, Finkelstein, Rosenthal, Schwarz, and Rimalower family papers
1993.A.0005 Box 1 Folder 22 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1993.A.0005 | RG Number: RG-10.079
Date:
inclusive: 1900-1947
bulk: 1938-1947
15. Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
Document | Accession Number: 2002.293 | RG Number: RG-19.061
Date:
inclusive: 1922-1960
bulk: 1933-1948
16. Nazi propaganda poster denouncing the United States for criticizing Germany's Jewish policies
1990.333.47 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.333.47
Date:
publication/distribution: 1939 January 19-1939 January 25
Title:
Ein merkwürdiger katholischer Bischof...
Series Title:
Parole der Woche
Alternate Title:
Strange Catholic Bishop
Word of the Week
17. British dignitaries visit DC; FDR and Churchill join the Morgenthaus at their farm to relax; Henry Morgenthau films a spot on war bonds
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Film | Accession Number: 2015.255 | RG Number: RG-60.1568 | Film ID: 4121
Date:
Event: 1937-1942
Duration:
00:12:12
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
18. Eva and Jack Lewin family papers
2000.550.5 Box 1 Folder 2 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2000.550.5
Date:
inclusive: 1934-1999
19. Monogrammed dinner knife brought with German Jewish prewar refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2008.204.5
Date:
emigration: 1939
20. Anti-Nazi parade in New York City
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Film | Accession Number: 1991.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0016 | Film ID: 3
Film Title:
20,000 in Anti-Nazi Parade
Date:
Event: 1939 March 25
Duration:
00:00:39
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive