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An expanded version of two expert reports submitted by Longerich for the defense in the Irving v. Lipstadt trial. States that Hitler obviously did not leave a written order authorizing the mass murder of the Jews in Europe, and this fact gives revisionist historians a pretext to deny the Holocaust. Other historians also deny Hitler's responsibility for the Holocaust. Argues that the Final Solution ...

Bertha Vera Corets (1897-1973) was a wife, mother, businesswoman, and store-owner who became an energetic and effective advocate for social justice. Her papers contain correspondence concerning her social justice activities, particularly in opposition to the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, together with publications and brochures of and pertaining to the many organizations and causes that she supported ...

Slates throughout give the dates of the footage (April-May 1945). Several American Air Force pilots walk into the Nuremberg stadium. They look around and one throws a rock at a swastika adorning a wall of the stadium. A slate indicates the date is May 9, 1945. Shots of P-51 airplanes overhead, then back to the soldiers in the stadium. They walk around the grounds of the stadium. One holds a camera. ...

The fonds contains files pertaining the persecution of Jews in Feledince (Feled, today Jesenské) which belonged to Hungary in 1938-1945, Rimavská Seč (Rimaszécs) and Bátka. Several files contain the information on persecution of Jews living in Feledince (Feled), two files pertain the forced labor of Jews and the specific company 107/9 at the territory of Ukraine. One file pertains the arrest of six ...

The Weiss family papers include biographical material, correspondence, immigration material, and school and professional material relating to Zygfryd, Stefania, and Ruth Weiss’ life in Poland before fleeing to the Soviet Union in 1939, imprisonment in Yakutsk, and immigration to the United Stated in 1947. The collection also includes a diary kept by Ruth from 1944-1945 while in Uzbekistan. Biographical ...

This dissertation examines the dynamics of memory of violence in present-day society, by zooming in to memory of the anti-communist violence in Indonesia in 1965. The problem starts with the contrasting narrative about this particular event. On the one hand, the national narrative by the state commemorates the death of six generals and one low rank army officer during the September 30th Movement or ...

This collection consists of: digitised copies of 9 letters sent by Mendel Fishel, Emily Black and their youngest son Leon Fishel in Antwerp to their oldest sons Maurice Bernard and Leonard Fishel in a civil internment camp, including one dated on the day Mendel and Emily reported at the Dossin barracks ; a family portrait of Mendel Fishel and Emily Black, with youngest son Leon ; portraits of Mendel ...

Karl Loewenstein (1887-1976) was born to Jewish parents in Siegen, Germany, and in 1917 he married Margot Hamburger, who also came from a Jewish family. In 1919, however, he converted to Christianity as a Lutheran. After having served as a naval officer during World War I, he worked as a director of a bank in Berlin, named Busse and Co. He was active in a Lutheran parish in Berlin-Weissensee, and in ...

Almost forgotten in the haze of events following Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the summer of 1945 witnessed an intense public debate over how best to end the war against Japan. Weary of fighting, the American people were determined to defeat the imperial power that had so viciously attacked them in December 1941, but they were uncertain of the best means to accomplish this goal. Certain of victory - the ...

Zavodianyi Volodymyr Dmytrovych started collecting historical materials on his own initiative in the late 70s of the 20th century. He continues to this day, but much less intensively. He provided original documents for graduates of the Kalynivske school to write student papers, who often did not return them, so he decided to transfer his own materials to the established Kalynivske Museum. The museum ...

The District Office in Veľká Bytča was a state administration body. It was established during the period of 1st Czechoslovak Republic (1918 – 1938) and it existed also during the period of the Slovak state/ Slovak Republic (1939 – 1945). This office was originally enforced by the Law No.126/1920 Coll., which entered into effect on 1 January 1923. The District Office in Veľká Bytča, was subordinated ...