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1601. Defendants Wilhelm Keitel (left), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (middle), and Alfred Rosenberg (right), talk during a recess in the proceedings at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg.
criminals. On December 17, 1942, the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union ... issued the first joint declaration officially noting the mass murder of European Jewry and resolving to ... countries in which the crimes had been committed and adjudged according to the laws of the nation concerned ... Nuremberg on November 20, 1945, only six and a half months after Germany surrendered. Each of the four
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1602. A communiciation dated May 25, 1943 from Eggemann, chief of the Reich Youth office, eastern command in Berlin to Eggert, head of the Volkswagen factory in Braunschweig, requesting that the youth, Josef Perjell (Solly Perel), who has registered at the Hitler Youth District Office Estland in Reval for training, be assigned a residence and technical apprenticeship at the Volkswagen factory.
typical eastern Baltic, ethnic German. Solly became a model student, and the Waffen SS officer in charge ... Solly (now Solomon or Shlomo) Perel is the son of Azriel and Rebecca Perel. He was born April 21
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1603. Portrait of a Jewish family in Budapest. Pictured are Lorand and Ella Schichtanz with their daughter, Judit.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Hungary -- Family/Friends/Portraits ... Judit Schichtanz is the daughter of Lorand and Ella (Lichtig) Schichtanz. She was born April 14 ... 19 Judit Schichtanz is the daughter of Lorand and Ella (Lichtig) Schichtanz. She was born April 14 ... teacher. The Jewish family was quite assimilated and always had a Christmas tree at home. After one of
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1604. Defendants Alfred Jodl (left) and Wilhelm Keitel (right) eat in a makeshift dining room adjacent to the courtroom at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg.
Arrested after the war and tried by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Jodl was found guilty ... Forces Ministry on October 1, 1935. After the fall of Generals von Blomberg and von Fritsch, Hitler ... assumed command of the armed forces on February 4, 1938, and made Keitel the Chief of Staff of the High ... could not directly affect operations. Nevertheless, in 1939 he received the Golden Party Badge, and
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1605. The defendants sit in the dock at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war crimes trial in Berlin.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Central Archive of the Federal Security Service ... Anton Kaindl, the former commandant, and Paul Sakowski, a kapo who had served as an executioner. The ... Fifteen of the defendants were sentenced to life in prison with forced labor and one, to fifteen years in
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1606. With his coat and suitcase in hand, Yisrael Meir (Lulek) Lau, a member of the Buchenwald children's transport, prepares to leave the OSE children's home in Ecouis for Palestine.
Naphtali Lau-Lavie (born Naphtali Lau) is the son of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau and Chaya Lau. He was ... des Naphtali Lau-Lavie (born Naphtali Lau) is the son of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau and Chaya Lau. He was
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1607. Tom, Wolf and Michael Stein play with their maternal grandparents in their home in Amsterdam.
barn. In the summer of 1944, SS troops and Wehrmacht soldiers occupied the farm, forcing Tom to escape ... Heinz Thomas (Tom) Stein is the son of Siegfried (Fritz) and Ruth (Kantorowitz) Stein. He was born ... Heinz Thomas (Tom) Stein is the son of Siegfried (Fritz) and Ruth (Kantorowitz) Stein. He was born on ... for the family's Basaltstein mining company. He and his two brothers, Jack and Max Stein, jointly
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1608. German personnel near the ghetto wall on Okopowa Street during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
resolved to burn down the ghetto and smoke the Jews out of their concealed bunkers. The Jewish resistance ... the Poniatowa labor camp, and between 5,000 and 6,000 were sent to the Trawniki camp. The Warsaw Jews ... who were deported to Poniatowa and Trawniki were shot during the Erntefest action of November 3-4
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1609. A Jewish child and his Indonesian-Dutch rescuer sit outside holding chickens during a postwar visit.
hospital was raided by the SS and all of the staff and patients were taken away. Simcha and Gitel were ... and the Jewish children to the SS. The three were immediately arrested and sent to Westerbork. On ... Alfred Münzer is the son of Simcha (or Siegfried) and Gitel (or Gisele) Münzer. He was born ... Novembe Alfred Münzer is the son of Simcha (or Siegfried) and Gitel (or Gisele) Münzer. He was born
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1610. Hitler descends the stairs of the Olympic Stadium with several members of the International Olympic Committee, including Dr.
Committee, including Dr. Theo Lewald (R) and Henri de Baillet-Latour, the IOC president (L), to open the ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Rosemarie Stone ... OLYMPICS; OLYMPICS (COMMITTEES); OPENING EVENTS; SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS; SS (DEATHS HEAD
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1611. Group portrait German-Jewish mothers and their children in a refugee camp in Rotterdam.
those pictured are Herta and Michael Fink (right) who came to The Netherlands after being forced to ... Michael Barak (born Michael Fink) is the son of Manfred and Herta (Hurtig) Fink. He was born on ... Jun Michael Barak (born Michael Fink) is the son of Manfred and Herta (Hurtig) Fink. He was born on ... anticipation of obtaining permission to settle in the United States. In May 1939 Michael and his parents set
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1612. Pinchas Weissberg looks out a train window with his daughter, Natalia Schwarzwald, and her baby daughter, Elzbieta.
Munich, Germany. In July 1947, the children came to Palestine aboard the SS "Providence" and were placed ... LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Vacations/Outings ... that her mother died there of typhus. Eventually, Randolf, his sister Berta, and Ela escaped from the ... ghetto and sought refuge with a Polish family. Ela was the only one who was able to stay with the family
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1613. Laura Gruber and a friend walk arm-in-arm down a street in Austria while on vacation.
getting colder and colder. German SS and Ukrainian police entered the field and started looking for ... venereal disease. She was taken by the SS and disappeared until after the war. Jakub then went to the ... Irena and her husband, Manes Wysoki, who survived the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, as well as Mila ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Marcel and Ania Drimer
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1614. Bernhard and Sonja Schadur Goldstein pose with some of their employees in front of their fruit business in Berlin.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Germany (pre-1933) -- Economic Life/Daily Life ... the early 1930s. Sonja married a German-Jew, Bernhard Goldstein and had one daughter while living in ... family fled to Antwerp. In March 1940 they secured American visas and sailed to the U.S. ... Joseph Shadur (born Jospeh Schadur) is the son of Manja Hasenson and Michel Schadur. He was born
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1615. Portrait of Shmuel Rakowski that his mother kept hidden in her shoe during her imprisonment in labor and concentration camps.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Studio Portraits ... labor and concentration camps. A female guard discovered the photograph and promised to keep it for her ... until after the war. She kept her promise and returned the photograph after liberation. ... Samuel Ron (born Shmuel Rakowski) is the son of Jozef and Sophie (Banach) Rakowski. He was born
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1616. Students and friends are seated together in a boat on a high school graduation trip in Dubrovnik.
secured a passage on the SS "Siborney", arrived in Newark, N.J. and quickly settled in New York City ... LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Yugoslavia -- Family/Friends/Portraits ... Lucie Rosenberg (born Lucija Sternberg) is the daughter of Manfred (Fredo) Sternberg and Lilly ... Prist Lucie Rosenberg (born Lucija Sternberg) is the daughter of Manfred (Fredo) Sternberg and Lilly
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1617. Former female camp guards and German mayors from surrounding towns are forced to view mass graves in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
April 18 and April 28, the dead were buried. At first the SS guards were made to collect and bury the ... interned abroad. Conditions in the camp were good by concentration camp standards, and most prisoners were ... Army retreated in the face of the advancing Allies, the concentration camps were evacuated and their ... thousands of prisoners and all basic services -- food, water and sanitation -- collapsed, leading to the
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1618. Letter written to Viktor Stummer by the Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau for Emigrants in Shanghai informing him that they have been unable to trace the fate of his relatives, Bert and Gisela Stummer, who had remained in Vienna after the outbreak of the war.
Ralf Harpuder, the son of Hans and Gerda Lewin Harpuder, was born April 12, 1934, in Berlin. He ... had Ralf Harpuder, the son of Hans and Gerda Lewin Harpuder, was born April 12, 1934, in Berlin. He
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1619. Alicja Fajnsztejn and her cousin Ryszyard ride their bicycles in front of their summer home in Mlociny, outside of Warsaw.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Vacations/Outings ... Alicia Weinsberg (born Alicja Fajnsztejn) is the daughter of Izaak and Malka (Steinberg) Fajnsztejn ... Alicia Weinsberg (born Alicja Fajnsztejn) is the daughter of Izaak and Malka (Steinberg) Fajnsztejn. She ... 1936). The family was quite well-to-do and owned several properties in Warsaw. In October 1940, one
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1620. Dr. Hirsch (Tzvi) Elkes stands on a street corner in Germany and examines a package.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition ... Malbin. They had two children: Joel and Sarah. After serving as a physician in the Russian army, he ... private patients included the Lithuanian prime minister, the German ambassador, and other members of the ... diplomatic community. In August 1941 the SS ordered Kovno's leading Jewish citizens to select a leader to
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1621. Reich Minister Richard Walther Darre greets Hitler at the train station at the time of the harvest festival.
head of the Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) and received the rank of SS-Gruppenfuehrer. He ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Dr. Nancy and Richard Freimark ... breeding and genetics. In 1930, Darre joined the NSDAP and became Hitler's deputy for agricultural matters ... the first Nazi agricultural program and coined the term "Blut und Boden." In 1931, he was promoted to
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1622. Profile of a young Heinrich Himmler wearing a jacket and bow tie.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... In 1929 Himmler was appointed head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and the following year, was ... gave him the power base to expand the SS and secure its independence from Roehm's SA (Storm Troopers
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1623. Portrait of Heinrich and Margarete Himmler on their chicken farm in Waldtrudering near Munich.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... In 1929 Himmler was appointed head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and the following year, was ... gave him the power base to expand the SS and secure its independence from Roehm's SA (Storm Troopers
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1624. Heinrich and Margarete Himmler pose outside in a yard with their infant daughter Gudrun.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... In 1929 Himmler was appointed head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and the following year, was ... gave him the power base to expand the SS and secure its independence from Roehm's SA (Storm Troopers
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1625. Heinrich and Margarete Himmler pose outside in front of their car with their daughter Gudrun.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... In 1929 Himmler was appointed head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and the following year, was ... gave him the power base to expand the SS and secure its independence from Roehm's SA (Storm Troopers