The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.
… married his wife, Rita, and together they had three daughters. Tony spent two years in the U.S. ArmySignalCorps during the Korean War (1950-1953). The…
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… workshops, his service on the MS Batory after the war, his immigration to the United States, and his service in the USArmySignalCorps in the 1950…
Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1123 | Film ID: 933
Film Title:
Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
Date:
Event: 1939 September Production: 1940
Duration:
00:09:09
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
….
Produced in Germany
Acquired by USArmySignalCorps…
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… 6 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:16,430 of the Polish central army. 7 00:00:16,430 --> 00:00:20,630 Its divisions held together while persistent German…
… his store at a loss, and immigrated to the United States with his wife shortly after. Sichel joined the United States Army in 1943 and attended courses…
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…, approximately 1924 5 15 Ski Holiday, 1932 5 16-17 S.S. Sheepshead Bay Victory, 1946 (2 folders) 5 18 St. Moritz Olympics, 1948 5 19 U.S. ArmySignalCorps…
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Film | Accession Number: 2000.621.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2589 | Film ID: 2309
Film Title:
Report on the Living
Date:
Production: 1946
Duration:
00:25:54
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… (Germany)
Joint Relief Committee (Hungary)
S.A.C.I. (Italy)
Film Polska (Poland)
UNRRA
USArmySignalCorps
JDC
The film is composed of footage photographed…
Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1113 | Film ID: 932
Film Title:
War Comes to America
Date:
Event: 1938-1939 Production: 1942
Duration:
00:10:17
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… reenlisted after Pearl Harbor and was offered a commission as a Major at the age of 44. Chief of Staff George Marshall bypassed the USArmySignalCorps and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.36 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0036
Date:
interview: 1985 May 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Polish Army and the use of foreign equipment; the arrival of Polish signals equipment; the system of conscription and the foreign officers in Polish Army…
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… Polish army in the '30s was a conscript army or a volunteer army? Conscript. Conscript. And how long would a young man have to serve? Signals, two years…
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