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1951. Passengers on the deck of the refugee ship MS St.
after the annexation of Austria, Helen and Bianka left Vienna for the United States aboard the SS Hansa ... Moritz planned to follow them a short time later and booked passage on the MS St. Louis. At the ... Vichy government and leave the country. From Marseilles he made his way to Lisbon, where he sailed for ... France and the Netherlands died at the hands of the Nazis, but the majority survived the war.
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1952. Passengers on the deck of the refugee ship MS St.
after the annexation of Austria, Helen and Bianka left Vienna for the United States aboard the SS Hansa ... Moritz planned to follow them a short time later and booked passage on the MS St. Louis. At the ... Vichy government and leave the country. From Marseilles he made his way to Lisbon, where he sailed for ... France and the Netherlands died at the hands of the Nazis, but the majority survived the war.
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1953. Passengers swim in the pool of the MS St. Louis.
after the annexation of Austria, Helen and Bianka left Vienna for the United States aboard the SS Hansa ... Moritz planned to follow them a short time later and booked passage on the MS St. Louis. At the ... Vichy government and leave the country. From Marseilles he made his way to Lisbon, where he sailed for ... France and the Netherlands died at the hands of the Nazis, but the majority survived the war.
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1954. Portrait of Gyuri Legmann (the son of Boezi Legmann), one of the seven Kaufering babies born to the women of the Schwanger [pregnancy] Kommando in the Kaufering concentration camp in the winter of 1945.
Miriam Rosenthal (born Miriam Schwarcz) is the daughter of Jeno and Laura Schwarcz of Komarno ... Czech Miriam Rosenthal (born Miriam Schwarcz) is the daughter of Jeno and Laura Schwarcz of Komarno ... gentleman farmer. The family spent their summers on the farm and lived in town the rest of the year ... Though they were orthodox Jews, the Schwarcz' spoke only Hungarian and German. Following the Hungarian
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1955. View of the city of Danzig. In the foreground passengers disembark from a tour boat.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Danzig ... Hilde (Anker) Fogelson (the mother of George Fogelson), was the daughter of Georg and Gertrud ... (Gotts Hilde (Anker) Fogelson (the mother of George Fogelson), was the daughter of Georg and Gertrud ... Danzig and the head of a household of twelve children. He was a prominent member of the local Jewish
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1956. German civilians dig graves for the victims of the Schwarzenfeld atrocity under supervision of the U.S.
these "death marches," numerous prisoners were killed by the SS for lagging behind and stumbling. When ... planes. Both SS men and prisoners jumped off the train to seek cover in the nearby woods. In the ... advantage of their brief moment of freedom to steal food and supplies from SS baggage left on the train. At ... the end of the air raid, the SS ordered all of the prisoners back onto the train, and shot all those
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1957. Members of the prosecution team at the Einsatzgruppen Trial.
mobile security and killing units of the SS, the Einsatzgruppen. On July 29, 1947 the defendants were ... Ferencz immigrated to the US with his parents and sister when he was 10 months old. The family settled on ... Brooklyn. After finishing public school, Ferencz attended the City College of New York and then Harvard ... disenchanted with the army and suffered from antisemitism within its ranks. While stationed in Luxembourg in
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1958. View of the road leading to the Westerbork transit camp.
where his job was to paint information on the on the railway boxcars. Work days were long and the SS ... /1872 in Odenkirchen, Germany) and Emma Kussel Rosendahl (also from Odenkirchen). The couple married ... 1917, Helmut was born and, two weeks later, Emma died from complications of childbirth and the ... grade school and recalls experiencing antisemitism there, particularly during the season of Passover and
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1959. Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici addresses the internees in the Ferramonti camp.
Emanuele's mother and grandmother, Linda Abenaim. Vanda managed to throw a letter out from the SS truck ... Emanuele Pacifici is the son of Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici and Vanda Abenaim Pacifici. His father was ... Emanuele Pacifici is the son of Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici and Vanda Abenaim Pacifici. His father was born ... moved again after Riccardo Pacifici was appointed Chief Rabbi of Genoa and director of the yeshiva there
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1960. Members of the Slomnicki family pose together on the grass.
smaller camps into larger ones, and Parschnitz became part of the Gross Rosen camp system, under SS ... Sally Birnholz (born Sala Slomnicki) is the daughter of Herzka Slomnicki and Ita (Szwarcberg). She ... Sally Birnholz (born Sala Slomnicki) is the daughter of Herzka Slomnicki and Ita (Szwarcberg). She was ... same time, Sala and her siblings were prohibited from attending school. Although the Jewish community
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1961. Floor plan of the court room of the Nuremberg Tribunal.
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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1962. Nazi flags wave above the stadium for the Nuremberg rally.
Ruth Budd (born Ruth Rahn) is the daughter of Alfred H. Rahn and Lilli Bechmann Rahn. She was born ... Ruth Budd (born Ruth Rahn) is the daughter of Alfred H. Rahn and Lilli Bechmann Rahn. She was born on ... 1934 from the University of Erlangen in history and philosophy. She was the last Jew to receive a ... doctorate from the University. In 1935 Alfred and his mother traveled to the United States to determine
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1963. Marcel Drimer visits the lumber yard where his father works as the accountant.
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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1964. Rywka Gruber holds her young nephew Marcel Drimer next to the train tracks of the lumberyard.
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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1965. A large chart documenting the operation of the Nazi propaganda machine is posted in the courtroom at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in 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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1966. Interior page of a program for the Nuremberg War Crimes trials, showing the floor plan of the court room.
dealing with the hundreds of thousands of members of the SS and other Nazi organizations implicated in ... 1, 1946. While the leadership corps of the Nazi Party, the Gestapo, SD and the SS were all found ... The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg indicted several Nazi groups and organizations ... whic The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg indicted several Nazi groups and organizations
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1967. Members of the Ordedienst, the Jewish Police in Westerbork, direct an arriving transport of Dutch Jews into the camp.
heath and marshland on the outskirts of the village of Westerbork in the province of Drenthe. Initially ... chief of the service branches, Dr. Fritz Spanier, chief medical officer, and Arthur Pisk, head of the ... from other camps were moved into Westerbork, and by 1941 the camp had a population of 1,100. During ... the first two years of Nazi occupation the refugees were not yet treated as prisoners, and they could
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1968. The deportation of Jews from Westerbork. Members of the Ordedienst (Jewish police) are visible in the foreground.
heath and marshland on the outskirts of the village of Westerbork in the province of Drenthe. Initially ... chief of the service branches, Dr. Fritz Spanier, chief medical officer, and Arthur Pisk, head of the ... from other camps were moved into Westerbork, and by 1941 the camp had a population of 1,100. During ... the first two years of Nazi occupation the refugees were not yet treated as prisoners, and they could
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1969. Silver pin from the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp, with the Hebrew inscription "Speak Hebrew."
worked as the personal maid of an SS overseer, while Hania cleaned offices and Rozalia worked in the ... an embankment. One of the women dressed up in the SS cape Regina was carrying for her overseer and ... The Laks sisters, Hania (later Anna Wilson), Rozalia (Krysia, later Chris Lerman) and Regina (Renia ... The Laks sisters, Hania (later Anna Wilson), Rozalia (Krysia, later Chris Lerman) and Regina (Renia
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1970. Two Jewish displaced persons look out the windows of the Betar headquarters in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp.
Israel Joe Sachs (born Israel Zew Zaks) is the son of Hela Gelbart (b. 1905) and Jakob (b. 1897 ... Zak Israel Joe Sachs (born Israel Zew Zaks) is the son of Hela Gelbart (b. 1905) and Jakob (b. 1897 ... their extended family. Following the Nazi invasion, Israel and his family lived in the Jewish quarter ... young men and placed in a holding cell before being taken to a camp in Germany to set up the Krupp
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1971. Members of the extended Berland family gathered around the table in their home in Chelm.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town ... and Abraham Berland, who ran a bakery in Chelm, Poland. Felicja attended a public gymnasium in the ... left for Bolivia, hoping to gain entry into the United States. He did so in 1941. Felicja and her ... Judenrat distributing bread rations. Her mother bought and sold clothing on the black market. On the eve
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1972. Members of the extended Hochberg family gather around a table during the celebration of the bar mitzvah of Sigmund Hochberg.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town ... mitzvah of Sigmund Hochberg. Pictured at the head of the table are Bernard and Dina Hochberg with their ... children Sigmund and Eugenia. Rachel Katz is seated at the far right. Only Eugenia and her cousin Rachel ... survived the war. The donor, Eugenia Hochberg (b. November 27, 1928), is the daughter of Bernard and
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1973. Group portrait of members of the extended Himmler family.
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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1974. Members of the Berland family on the unfinished balcony of their home in Chelm.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town ... and Abraham Berland, who ran a bakery in Chelm, Poland. Felicja attended a public gymnasium in the ... left for Bolivia, hoping to gain entry into the United States. He did so in 1941. Felicja and her ... Judenrat distributing bread rations. Her mother bought and sold clothing on the black market. On the eve
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1975. Athletes enter the Olympic stadium carrying their national flags.
volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for ... Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf ... Hitler Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf ... his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941