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Roman Karmen was born in 1906 in Odessa. He enrolled in the Gerasimov Institute for of Cinematography in Moscow in 1929. Throughout the 1930s, Karmen worked at the Central Studio of Documentary Film and as a correspondent for Soviet newspapers. He covered the Civil War in Spain in 1936-39. During World War II, Karmen was present on the front lines, documenting the Leningrad blockade, the surrender ...

Israel Zaffern was born in Lazansky, Czechoslovakia, on 14 June 1905. He became a warehouse clerk and emigrated to Belgium in 1929, where he settled in Antwerp. On 25 April 1937, Israel Zaffner, then a butcher’s apprentice, married Gitla Noskowicz, born in Lask, Poland, on 1st October 1907. She had emigrated to Belgium in March 1937 to marry Israel. The couple relocated to Brussels, where they opened ...

Izaak Schachter was born in Kolomyia, Poland, now Ukraine, on 25 May 1891, as the son of David and Frida Schachter. Izaak became a successful fur dealer and emigrated to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He obtained Dutch nationality in 1929 and travelled back and forth between Amsterdam and Brussels, Belgium, for his fur business during the pre-war years. On 22 April 1930, he married Anna Catherine Deneu ...

US GIs swimming in fountain in Paris on VE day, civilians watching in FG. Crowds in cars, on streets of Paris. Place de la Concorde - traffic, crowds. Arc de Triomphe, flying British, French, Russian, and US flags. 01:13:09 From airplane: flying over countryside, wrecked German towns, bombed bridges, river barges. Flying over Moosburg prison camp in Germany, showing barracks, other camp buildings. ...

This collection contains : a pre-war portrait of the deported Hena Jama and a pre-war portrait of her deported son Jules Pilzer (also Pilcer).

This collection contains: the IDs of siblings Jakob Lewkowicz and Perla Lewkowicz; six photos of the Lewkowicz family including photos of the Lewkowicz family at the time of their migration to Belgium, photos of youngest daughter Rosine Regine Lewkowicz and photos of the Lewkowicz children with friends.

Abraham Herschel Schonberg was born in Oświęcim, Poland, on 21 July 1881 as the son of Salomon Schonberg and Rachel Florenz. As a young man, he moved to Krakow where he became a diamond broker. On 17 December 1905 Abraham Schonberg married Victoria Ubersfeld, born in Cracow, Poland, in 1880, as the daughter of Salomon Ubersfeld and Ester Indler. Abraham and Victoria’s first child, a son named Alexander, ...

Appeal for Czech Jewish refugees who have arrived in Britain following the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Germany. The appeal was broadcast by Earl(?) Baldwin. Footage shows Baldwin at his desk, refugees at a tent camp, INTs mess hall, girls cleaning barracks, and young men writing letters.

Excerpts of "Oswiecem" film showing Auschwitz after liberation filmed by the Soviet military. Film clips including: Men and women behind barbed wire, winter, snow, view from the air of concentration camp barracks, electrified fence, interior of the women's area, corpses in front of buildings with a woman and child walking near them, children's concentration camp, children behind barbed wires showing ...