Consists of documents related to Josef and Bela Grojsmitz Klajnburd from the displaced persons camps of Regensburg, Lager Lechfeld, Giebelstadt, and Vilseck, which they collected in preparation for immigration. The documents date between 1947 and 1950.

The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the "Washington Evening Star" of August 30, 1945, titled "D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews." Dedication in photograph album reads: "Reichsschatzmeister, SS ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Reichsarbeitsführer Lebenslauf 24. Febr. 1875 Geboren in Passberg Besuch von Humanistischen Gymnasien in Burghausen und Regensburg 1893 Fahnenjunker des 11. Infanterie-Regiments „von der Tann" 1895 Beförderung zum Leutnant 1899 - 1902 Besuch der Kriegsakademie 1903 Zentralstelle des Generalstabs 1907 Großer Generalstab, Berlin 1909 - 1911 17. Infanterie-Regiment „Orff" ...

Consists of one bound memoir, untitled, by Bill Fraser, a soldier in the British Army who was captured at Anzio in February 1944. In June 1944, he and a group of British POWs, were deported to Auschwitz, where they worked in the IG Farben complex. He describes life in Auschwitz and the group's attempts to sabotage the German war effort, memories of air raids, the comraderie among the soldiers, and ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Vizeadmiral Wolfgang Wegener geb. 5.8.1875 in Stettin, gest. 29.10.1956 in Berlin 1894 Eintritt in die Kaiserliche Marine, 1897-1899, zuletzt als Leutnant, Offizier auf dem Großen Kreuzer SMS Großdeutschland (u.a. Reise nach Ostasien), 1909-1910 1. Artillerieoffizier auf dem Großen Kreuzer SMS Blücher, 1912-1917, zuletzt als Fregattenkapitän, 1. Admiralstabsoffizier ...

Copyright Holder: Mr. Stefan Frank

The Norman Winiker papers primarily contain letters from Norman Winiker of the 65th Infantry Division of the United States Army to his parents and two sisters in Brooklyn, New York. The letters were written from different locations in Germany and Austria, and span March 25-August 9, 1945. Topics include fighting at Saarlautern, Germany (now Saarlouis), attitudes of Germans, rounding up German soldiers ...

Ford "Eifel" is a car manufactured by Ford Germany between 1935 and 1940. NSKK men conduct cars during off-road driving, Hitler salute from moving cars, subtitles: "The third day started with rain", car collection point, Wehrmacht soldiers, salute from car at the destination, celebration at Kynsburg, award of the winners (Werner Huth, Breslau), " Exit from Silesia ”, detailed list of the winners. Ford ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Heeresstruktur 1 (1956 - 1958) Durch den Aufstellungsbefehl Nr. 19 (Heer) vom 16. Juni 1956 beauftragte das Verteidigungsministerium den Aufstellungsstab Süd mit der Einrichtung des Heeresstabes II in Ulm zum 2. Juli. Dem II. Korps unterstanden zunächst: - 2. Grenadierdivision (Aufstellung 1. Juli 1956 in Kassel) - 4. Grenadierdivision (Aufstellung 1. Juli 1956 in München, ...

17:57 The witness, Mr. Stourdze, describes the evacuation of Auschwitz in January 1945 on foot to Gleiwitz, and then by coal train to Mauthausen and Oranienburg; the witness was then sent to Flossenburg, where there were inmates of several concentration camps; they were forced under scalding water for 20 minutes, and then made to stand outside naked in the bitter cold for three hours; the witness stayed ...

Rabbi Eugene Lipman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 13, 1919. He graduated from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then was sent overseas as an army chaplain in April 1945. Afterthe war enfded on May, he worked helping Jewish survivors at Buchenwald and Dachau concnetration camps before being sent to Plzen, Czechoslovakia. He joined the Haganah, a group that cared for Jewish ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die organisationsgeschichtlichen Angaben und Unterstellungsübersichten sind aus dem Werk von Georg Tessin, "Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939 - 1945", 14 Bände, (Bd. 3, Seite 165-167), Frankfurt/Main und Osnabrück, 1966 ff. übernommen. 10. Infanterie-Division (WK XIII, E 20 Regensburg) Okt. 1934 in Regensburg unter der ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Truppenkommandanturen hatten in den Standorten des Heeres die Verantwortung für die militärische Ordnung und Disziplin sowie den allgemeinen militärischen Dienstbetrieb eines Ortes. Sie führten Bezeichnungen wie Standort-Kommandanten, Standortälteste, Orts- und Platz-Kommandanten, Stadt-Kommandanten und Bereichs-Kommandanten. Im Gegensatz zu den Kommandanturen der ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Generalleutnant Karl Wilhelm Thilo Karl Wilhelm Thilo wurde am 23. Februar 1911 in Lahr /Schwarzwald als Sohn eines Offiziers geboren und trat nach dem Abitur des humanistischen Gymnasiums 1930 in das 19. Infanterieregiment, München ein. Als Hauptmann und Regimentsadjutant i. R. 40, Augsburg zog er 1939 ins Feld. Nach Besuch der Kriegsakademie tat er zunächst bis Dezember ...

Can 79. 100 feet. VS, brewery (Pilsner). Men working on casks in brewery yard, train passing in BG. CU, men drawing Pilsen beer. 01:09:50 Reel 63. 100 feet. Poster in window at Zlin announcing in English the Tenth Sokol Congress, crowd passing reflected in window. VS, Bata's workmen leaving the factories at Zlin, showing modern/contemporary buildings. Reel 64. 100 feet. Bata workmen leaving factory ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Admiral Werner Fuchs geb. 18. Jan. 1891 in Insterburg (Ostpreußen) gest. 30. Jun. 1976 in Kitzeberg bei Kiel militärischer Werdegang: -Seekadett (Apr. 1909-Mai 1909) -Fähnrich zur See (12. Apr. 1910) schweren Kreuzer 'Hansa' (Mai 1909-März 1910) -Leutnant zur See (19. Sept. 1912) -Oberleutnant zur See (2. Mai 1915) leichter Kreuzer 'Regensburg' (März 1915-Jan. 1920) ...

Vladimir (William) Buckhantz (the father of the donor) was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on September 24, 1902. William Buckhantz immigrated to South Africa in 1939 and then came to the United States. He was conscripted into the American Army and sent overseas during the occupation to serve as an UNRRA officer in the Regensburg and Deggendorf displaced persons camps. While working for UNRRA, he reunited ...

Examines Romanian interactions with the Germans in the planning, development, and implementation of the Final Solution in Romania under the Antonescu regime between 1940-44. Differentiates three stages: 1. "Kongruenz" 1940-41: deprivation of rights, expropriation, and deportations of Jews from Bukovina and Bessarabia to Transnistria. Antonescu's policies were carried out under the practical advice ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Mit Organisationsbefehl Nr. 1279 / 94 (Heer) vom 28. Februar 1994 wurde das Wehrbereichskommando VI mit der 1. Gebirgsdivision zum 1. April zum Wehrbe-reichskommando VI / 1. Gebirgsdivision (WBK VI / 1. GebDiv) zusammengelegt. Der Großverband stand unter dem Kommando des II. Korps in Ulm. Standort war München. Die fast ausschließlich in Bayern stationierten unterstellten ...

George Vasley (born Vasilevsky 1902-1977) was a civil engineer born in the Ukraine. He served in the Ukrainian National Army as a cavalry officer. He fled to Czechoslovakia in 1923 after the Russian Revolution. He married Elizabeth Buazdil (b. 1909) in 1933 in Slovakia. They had three children: Emma (b. 1934), George (b. 1936), and Helen (b. 1943). George was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Poland ...

George Vasley (born Vasilevsky 1902-1977) was a civil engineer born in the Ukraine. He served in the Ukrainian National Army as a cavalry officer. He fled to Czechoslovakia in 1923 after the Russian Revolution. He married Elizabeth Buazdil (b. 1909) in 1933 in Slovakia. They had three children: Emma (b. 1934), George (b. 1936), and Helen (b. 1943). George was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Poland ...