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Refutes the allegations of Japanese revisionist historians that Japan was hospitable to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Japanese attitudes to Jews were ambivalent: on the one hand, there was an exaggerated perception of the Jews' financial power and political influence; on the other, there was antisemitism, promoted by "experts" who had absorbed it partly from White Russian émigrés in Manchuria. ...

The collection documents the wartime experiences of Blanche Goldszpiner, an American living and working in Warsaw during the Holocaust. Included is a photographic postcard of a seated woman; a letter written by Blanche Goldszpiner in 1940 in Warsaw, Poland, to her cousin in the United States prior her internment in the Warsaw ghetto; and an envelope addressed to "Readers Digest" from Jack Balinsky ...

Sixteen films by Carl Lutz of Palestine: Nr. 303 Bethlehem, Jerusalem (Film Nr. 26) [ca. 1936] (09:15) Nr. 305 Palästina 3 (Film Nr. 10) [1935] (11:56) Nr. 306 Palästina (Film Nr. 22) [1935-1936] (12:56) Nr. 307 Palestine, the land of the bible (Film Nr. 21) [1937] (12:41) Nr. 308 Tel Aviv, Hafen (Film Nr. 18) [1936-1937] (11:47) Nr. 309 Palästina 1951 (Film Nr. 13) [1951] (13:16) Nr. 310 Palästina ...

Between 1933-39 Turkey sheltered many Jewish emigres from Germany and Austria; in these and subsequent years, it suppressed the antisemitic and pro-Nazi organizations in the country. The Turkish embassy in Paris and consulates in France managed to save thousands of Jews who were Turkish nationals residing in that country. Turkish authorities assisted in the rescue efforts of the Jewish Agency in Istanbul, ...

The Soviet Information Bureau was a Soviet news agency, operating from 1941 to 196. It was established on 24 June 1941 by a directive of Sovnarkom and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Sovinformburo directed the activity of the war correspondents, communicaion with embassies and consulates, international broadcasting companies, magazines, and newspapers. During World ...

Twelve films by Carl Lutz documenting life in Switzerland and Hungary: Nr. 295 A Swiss Travel Film by Charles R. Lutz (Film Nr. 35) [ca. 1933] (10:52) Nr. 319 Trachtenfest 1939 (Film Nr. 32) [1939] (09:27) Nr. 320 In the Bernese Oberland (Film Nr. 17) [ca. 1935] (10:59) Nr. 321 A Swiss Travel Film - From Lauterbrunnen to Jungfraujoch I (Film Nr. 29) [ca. 1935] (16:22) Nr. 322 From Lauterbrunnen to ...

Carl Lutz with his wife Gertrud and parents, possibly in Cincinnati, unknown date. They sit on the steps of a fountain and talk. Carl pulls out a camera, which Gertrud looks at. Gertrud sits by a pond looking at and touching flowers. Carl's mother stands with her arm around Gertrud, next to Carl's father. They all look at and touch the different flowers. Carl joins them. The parents and wife walk in ...

Inez Steinberger Lewin was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on August 20, 1916, to Regina Wolf and Salomon Steinberger, a cantor. she had four siblings: Ruth, b. 1911, Judith, b. 1913; Walther b. 1915, and Brigitte, b. 1919. The family kept an orthodox Jewish home and the children received a strict Jewish education. Both Salomon and Regina were born in Hungary and moved to Frankfurt around 1914. ...

This collection contains one photograph and three photocopied documents : picture of Fanny Biber and her husband Abraham Max Lipschutz wearing the yellow badge ; a "Schutzbrief" from the Swiss embassy in Berlin certifying Fanny Biber's British nationality ; a displaced person card ; a declaration from the staff at the Vittel camp proving that Fanny Biber received the certificate from the Suisse em ...

MTT 672 N October 20, 1938: Entering Rio de Janeiro harbor in SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). Rain. City. 02:13:00 Crowds and reception committee on dock waiting, including Ambassador Caffrey and brass band. 02:14:10 Unloading cargo. Sign on crane, "Deutsche Maschinenfabrik ...

The collection contains applications for obtaining passports enabling travel abroad for business, medical treatment, or pleasure. Applications were submitted for review and approval to the Stanisławów County Executive Office (Stanisławów powiatowe starostwo) during the years 1918 to 1938. A typical file contains correspondence with foreign embassies and consulates, original passports, correspondence ...

Edith Rothschild (born 1925) and her sister Trude (born 1924) grew up in Frankfurt am Main. They were the children of Gustav Rothschild (1879-1957), a merchant of musical instruments, and his wife Martha (née Lindheimer, 1898-c1942). Gustav was arrested in 1939 and released from concentration camp provided that he emigrated within 10 days. The family tried in vain to obtain visas to emigrate to the ...