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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 ...

Tekstplakkaat, Frans- en Engelstalig. Franse driekleurige rand en twee gekruiste vlaggetjes. Hierin roept Generaal De Gaulle de Fransen op het verslagen Franse leger te ondersteunen bij hun terugkeer als deel van de geallieerde troepen. Het is uitgeworpen over Franse gebiedsdelen, in dit specifieke geval Sint Maarten. Ongedateerde uitgave.

LIB 6703 Camp Dora Nordhausen, Germany May 16, 1945 A car driving through a lot, airplane hangar in BG. VS, Congressman Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Commander John S Young step out of a car and board a small plane. They disembark and greet two US officers. The officers then bring them on a tour of prison camp Dora. They stand outside a building with a sign that reads, “HEADQUARTERS CAMP DORA.” The ...

The Ukrainian battalion Nachtigall was formed by Stepan Bandera (1909-1959), a very controversial figure in Ukrainian history. He was a Ukrainian nationalist who in June 1941 proclaimed independence for Ukraine. During 1941-44, he was presumably imprisoned at Sachsenhausen concentration camp for this declaration of independence, since it wasn't approved by the German command. Released in 1944 he continued ...

George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. During World War II, Stevens joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps and headed a film unit from 1943 to 1946 under General Eisenhower. His unit shot footage documenting D-Day — including the only Allied European Front color film of the war — the liberation of Paris and the meeting ...

The files of JDC’s Warsaw Office from 1939-1941 constitute the record of JDC’s activity in Poland, principally in the area of the General Government, from the Nazi invasion in September 1939 until the United States entered World War II in 1941. After the U.S. entered the war, JDC’s Warsaw Office could no longer operate. The documents testify to the increasingly desperate situation of Polish Jewish ...

USHMM as of 2014 (tbc).

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Geboren am 15. Januar 1941 in Berlin. Werdegang: 1960 Eintritt in die Bundeswehr als Offiziersanwärter bei der Gebirgsjägertruppe; Juli 1963 Zugführer im Gebirgsjägerbataillon 222; Oktober 1966 S3-Offizier im Gebirgsjägerbataillon 222; Oktober 1967 Studium der Geschichte und der Politischen Wissenschaften an der Universität Freiburg; 1972 Promotion zum Dr. phil. bei ...

667 J: At the "Comite Francais d'Assistance aux Refugees," branch of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Paris. The Committee provides legal and juridicial advice, to help the refugees stay in France and prepare their definitive settlement in some country. LS, relief (money) provided to Austrian refugee. CU, refugee signing receipt. LS, crowd refugees waiting in line. LS, refugees waiting ...

Jeep in front of what appears to be a garage building with a swastika over it, sign reads: "Quarantine Typhus, This concentration camp is off limits to all civilian and military personnel by order of General Patch, C.G. 7th Army." The jeep Toluca in front of a yellow sign that reads: "Dachau." A building is marked: "Burger Brau-Keller." Stevens on bridge, opening a pack of cigarettes.