Allan Leon Dreyfuss (1919-2011) was born in Brookline, MA to Alice Schwab and Charles Dreyfuss. He attended Brookline High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago. Allan enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the beginning of WWII and began a career in journalism as a reporter for Stars and Stripes, the armed forces newspaper. In 1945 he was assigned to cover the trials in Nuremberg, ...

New Guinea Skies is the personal story of a World War II fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific. Built around the framework of the author's 1943-44 war diary, this book chronicles his life from boyhood on an Indiana farm through pilot training and into wartime action as a member of the Thirty-ninth Fighter Squadron - the first squadron equipped with the P-38 Lightning aircraft that could challenge ...

Two German boys and an old man push a cart laden with belongings past the camera. A family with cart pulled by a cow moves down a road. German soldiers, one of whom is barefoot, walk down the road. American soldiers resting. Red flags hang from windows in the town of Carlsbad. According to the NARA story card, the flags indicated the town's surrender to the Russians, who had not yet arrived. Low aerial ...

Scenes of the Belsen Concentration Camp, and the Belsen Displaced Persons Camp. LS, barracks at far side of road, woods in BG. Displaced persons are fed and treated. MSs, dining hall, with tablecloths, survivors eating soup. INT, hospital barracks, beds filled, woman in lower bunk receiving medical care. German POWs remove dead DPs. Soldiers carrying corpses wrapped in blanket to truck. MLS, truck ...

Philip D. Vock (b. Philippe David Vovk 1929-2006) was born in Paris, France to Marguerite Vovk (née Karyo, later Vock) and had a sister, Dora Esther Vovk (later Assael b. 1931) and a brother, Robert Vovk (later Vock b. 1933). In 1941 they traveled to Issoudun, France before moving to Bagnères-de-Luchon where they attempted to cross into Spain. When they were unsuccessfully, Marguerite and the children ...

The collection primarily documents the immigration experiences of the Deutscher family as they fled Vienna, Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, and death certificates; identification papers; and a small amount of restitution papers. The immigration papers include Efraim and Beile Deutscher’s documentation from Italy, and Erwin and Henia Deutscher’s ...

"Prelude to War" reviews events leading to the war and contrasts American democracy with fascism. This is the first film of Frank Capra’s "Why We Fight" propaganda film series, commissioned by the Office of War Information (OWI) and George C. Marshall. "Prelude to War" was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. The film was based on the idea ...

Men moving off in twilight silhouetted against sunset. Group of men kneeling in twilight. Officer in combat gear reading orders. American flag on left shoulder, men in this unit appear to be paratroopers. Planes have names such as "Windy City," "Bobbie Ellen 3," "Dinky," "Philadelphia Express." This is a portable metal runway. VS of men under wings of plane. LS, pan of plane landing. Jeep towing small ...

The papers consist of five photographs of Miroslav (Fred) Schiller, his friends, and fellow members of a jazz band; identification cards; visas; applications; and a bill passed by the United States House of Representatives for the relief of Fred Schiller.

“Filmováno komorou Ciné Kodak OSM Na Panchro-Filmu Ciné Kodak OSM” A group of men on horseback entering a riding rink. 5 men sitting on a balcony, two of them are wearing Czechoslovak military uniforms, and while the person to the left of them seems to be a major politician (possibly president Benes?). Another group of horseback riders enter the rink, with two white horses leading. Two white horses ...

This collection contains materials related to the research and investigation of perpetrators of war crimes such as: witness testimonies after the invasion of Germany in September 1939, reports of crimes committed against Poles on Polish territory and in Germany, lists of local German officials, Gestapo chief officers, guards of concentration camps, data related to concentration camps, German police ...

Wilbur John Carr, Former Assistant Secretary of State, was the Minister to Czechoslovakia (US Department of State) when German forces occupied Prague on March 15, 1939. Carr closed the Legation in Prague on March 21, 1939 and left his post on April 6, 1939. He died in 1942. Robert Bittrick served with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He enlisted on February 3, 1941 in Baltimor ...

CU, "Muenchen Dachau" sign. MS, statue with sparse trees and a train car behind it. Soldiers look into the death train discovered by American troops on April 29, 1945. The train consisted of 30 rail cars with nearly 5,000 prisoners who had been evacuated from Buchenwald in the last days of the war. Soldiers guard the length of the train, a group smokes cigarettes. Open car reveals a pile of corpses ...

Title: "Soviet newsreel / 59 / 1941 / M. Fidelevoy"/ "Radio address of the USSR's Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, V.M. Molotov / June 22, 1941" MS of Molotov. Voiceover of Molotov speech: "Today at 4 a.m. ... without declaring war, Germany attacked our country ... the attack was perpetrated despite a pact of non-aggression between the USSR ...

In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria commissioned the construction of the barracks to accommodate Austrian soldiers. Between 1781 and 1940, the barracks played a pure military role, which was met in various ways. Until 1914, the building served as depot for the regiments of Grenadiers, Riflemen and Third Rifles Guards. Later it became a weapon depot and from 1918, an auxiliary depot of the 7th ...

Marvin Dorf (1923-2006) was born in the Bronx, New York City, to Adolf (1894-1982) and Rose (nee Goldman, 1899-?) Dorf. Rose had emigrated from Russia in 1906, and Adolf emigrated from Austria in 1914, and found work as a tinsmith. Marvin had two older sisters, Sylvia (later Katz, 1920-2008) and Mildred (later Borgerson, 1921-?), as well as a younger sister, Estelle (later Rosenberg, 1928-2006). While ...

Mouwband afkomstig uit de nalatenschap van Henricus Franciscus ('Harry') de Haan. Oorlogsgetuige. -Mouwband van Luchtbeschermingsdienst. Betreft een witte mouwband met blauwe opdruk: ‘Luchtbeschermingsdienst’ met het stadswapen van Amsterdam en stempel van de luchtbeschermingsdienst, alsook een Rode ‘X’ (verwijzend naar vak X), en het nummer: 10832 . Aan binenzijde van de mouwband handgeschreven de ...

Leon Komar was born on January 30, 1915 in Warsaw. His parents, Moses and Sara Komar, temporarily relocated the family to Moscow when he was six months old. Komar's father died of typhus in Russia; his mother had a small factory, and imported and resold loofas and other items. Komar's aunt helped to care for Leon and his younger brother, Iza. Komar returned to Warsaw at the end of 1935. An uncle helped ...

"Jubilaeums-Woche / Bad Saarow / 1931" Ascher family and friends in Bad Saarow. Boat, lake, horses, town at lakeside, spectators on bank, bridges. PAROLO motorboat with Hans Ascher at wheel speeds by (boat is labeled with the name of the pension that the Aschers visited in Bad Saarow). Diving [film is backwards]. Parade with floats, people in costume, Boy scouts marching, waving flags. Sporting events, ...

The Alexander Primavesi papers contain German reports written by Alexander Primavesi relating to activities of the Gestapo in Dortmund, Germany between 1933 and 1945. The papers include records relating to the development of the Westphalian state police office in Dortmund, Arnsberg, forced labor, persecution of Jews, religious communities and other minorities in the district of Arnsberg. The Alexander ...

Castle Films was started in 1924 by Eugene W. Castle, the former Pacific Coast film editor at Fox Movietone News. Castle became a successful producer of industrial and advertising short subjects. Castle began compiling shorts, travelogues and newsreels for use in schools. The lure of the home movie market proved lucrative for Castle. In 1936, they became one of the first home movie companies to actually ...

Hans Ascher (1902-1973) was employed by his father-in-law Paul Lande (1869-1936) and his uncle Carl Jaroczynksi (1874-1955) in the knitting factory "Felix Lande - Strumpf Strickerei, Tricotagen und Strickgarn Fabrik." Carl encouraged Hans to pursue his partner's daughter Ilse (1908-1982) after he was brought into the business. Ilse married Hans in Berlin on October 27, 1928. Before immigrating to Palestine ...

George Kadish, born Zvi (Hirsh) Kadushin (1910- 1997), was a Lithuanian Jewish photographer who documented life in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust. Prior to World War II he was a mathematics, science and electronics teacher at a Hebrew High School in Kovno, Lithuania. As a hobby, Kadish was a photographer. He was skilled at making home-made cameras. During the period of Nazi control of Lithuania ...

Title on screen: Battle of Vitebsk. Map showing Vitebsk (50 miles due west of Moscow), narrator explains the strategic importance of the city and the military situation as it was by June 1944. Soviet army begins assault. German soldiers advance toward city, come across camp of Soviet civilians. LS Russian T34 tanks move to front silhouetted by sunrise, MLS of column of men marching, SU100s, tanks, ...