Leavitt was born in New York City. He studied chemical engineering and worked with chemical companies until 1922, when he entered Jewish social service work. He became assistant secretary of the American Joint Distribution Committee in 1929, then was transferred in 1933 to the Palestine Economic Corporation, an organization closely allied to JDC, where he served as vice president and secretary. Succeeding ...

Primljeno na IV Skupu Odeljenja istorijskih nauka, 31. maja 1972 = Présenté à la IV Séance de la Classe des Sciences Historiques, le 31. mai 1972. IX, 583 p. ; 24 cm.

The fonds of the activities and writings of the famous Jewish writer Grigorijus Kanovičius, who, age twelve, was able to escape to the East in the first days of the Second World war and thereby survived the Holocaust. In 1945 he returned to Vilnius; he graduated from Vilnius University and in 1959 published his first novel. His novels and short stories depict life in the shtetls before the war and ...

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With German title cards. May Day celebrations in 1934/1935. Siemenswerke at Mannheim.

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Slovak Sound Weekly: Celebrations in Nitra, swearing in of the Hlinka Guard, speech made by the head of the Hlinka Guard Alexander Mach and President Jozef Tiso.

Booklet published for the 100th celebration of the synagogue in Wangen. Correspondence, reports regarding donor's father attempts to help other Jewish emigrate from Germany.

Joseph Stalin reviewing parade in Red Square. EXT, day, various scenes of mass demonstrations/parades in Red Square. Including: army soldiers; navy sailors; cavalry; workers; tanks; Joseph Stalin and others reviewing parades from atop "Lenin's Tomb"; air force planes. Celebrations in honor of the 17th Anniversay of the Revolution.

Contains records relating to Jewish community of Łódź dwellers before War World II. Includes records of Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and houses of prayer; appointments of rabbis, religious celebrations and ritual matters; social welfare matters such as day care for children, and care of orphans; a list of children under the custody of a community; applications for allowances, holiday rations of food ...

Consists of a program for a 1941 Passover seder celebration held at the Mooragh Internment camp on the Isle of Mann. In the program, the celebrants express their desire to be free next year. Also includes one program for a Passover 1945 service held at Agudath Israel be-Eretz Israel in Palestine in memoriam for the victims of the Holocaust.

News Film - The Week in Film: In the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, celebration of the establishment of the independent Jewish state in Palestine.

Arthur Mainzer (1923-) was a cameraman in the 4th Combat Camera Unit of the 9th Air Force. The Combat Camera Unit was tasked with creating Air Force training films at Hal Roach Studios. After completing training at the Air Force Photo Technical School in Denver, CO and the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver, City, CA, Mainzer was deployed to Europe. He was filming bomb damage by the Allied Air Forces ...

Scenes of massive VE day celebration. French civilians, American soldiers, and WACs parading in the streets, riding on military vehicles. Crowds of people, confetti. More scenes of wounded soldiers at the 48th General Hospital, upon hearing the news of victory, dancing with nurses. Marching band, parade. Ceremony in field.

Slovak Sound Weekly: Hlinka guard swearing-in ceremony. Inspection of the first Bratislava regiment upon the celebration of the anniversary of the Slovak state. Jozef Tiso, president of the Slovak state, at the inspection of the Hlinka Youth, awards ceremony, inspection.

Slovak Sound Weekly: Celebration with the new Slovak Lieutenant in the Military Academy in Bratislava. University Professor Dr. Subik speaks about his impressions of the discovery of mass graves in the Katyn forest in Poland.

Slovak Sound Weekly: On the eve of Hitler's birthday, Dr. Vojtech Tuka delivering a speech from the balcony of the National Theater. State Secretary for the German Minority Frank Karmasin and President Jozef Tiso. Celebration speech made by Hans Bernard, Ambassador of the German Reich, followed by Alexander Mach.

This short documentary depicts the town of Schonwald in Upper Silesia, and the various activities which occur in preparation for a wedding ceremony that takes place in the village. VS, villagers carrying farm implements, heading off to fields. MCU in the village (of Schonwald), two peasant women read an announcement posted on the side of a building. CUof the announcement (in German), stamped by the ...

Consists of one document, 6 pages, entitled "A Christmas Memoir," by Anne L. Knox, which describes her memories of life in a German concentration camp in Belgium (possibly Mecheln/Mechelen) in the winter of 1943. In the testimony, she describes the strange celebration of Christmas in the camp. Also includes eight photographs of Mechelen taken in 1990 on the site of the memorial at the Jewish Museum ...

Slovak Sound Weekly: Celebration of Hitler's birthday in Bratislava at the Slovak National Theater with the participation of President Jozef Tiso and members of the Slovakian government and diplomatic corps. Speech by Ambassador of the Reich Hanns Elard Ludin and General Catlos. Individuals named are shown and mentioned in narration, but there is no original sound on film of Hanns Ludin.