[1st ed.]. xiv, 464 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

The role of the War Department, Manhattan District, and other Army agencies and individuals from 1939 through World War II in developing and employing the atomic bomb. Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-626) and index. xx, 660 pages, 4 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Lecture by Professor Noam Chomsky. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

Contains written testimonies of St. Louis survivors compiled by Terry Healy's Woodrow Wilson elementary students in Manhattan, Kansas.

Copyright Holder: Mr. Martin Elkort

845 A (09:20:58): "Stop Hitler" Unity Rally, Manhattan Center, New York city. Various shots of Wendell Willkie speaking at the rally. Various shots of audience listening and applauding speech. EXT, night shot of canopy: Manhattan Center / Welcome / Stop Hitler Unity Rally / Wendell Willkie July 17th. 9:26:38 Interior view of hall, people in balconies, flag-draped, and sign: "Defend America / Fight ...

Color. "Transatlantique - Linea Frances" and title: "Le Havre - Southampton - New York - Depart du Mercredi 15 Fevrier." New York City. Camera pans up and down showing city streets and skyscrapers (shot from the top of a building). 01:08:36 Man, woman (Jeanne?), and young boy walk towards the camera - it appears the cameraman knows them although they are unidentified. More scenic shots of New York ...

Copyright Holder: Mrs. Inge Rosenbaum

The collection consists of photographs in the possession of Ernest Wallach, a Jewish German immigrant who served overseas during World War II as one of the “Ritchie Boys.” The photographs depict Buchenwald after liberation, German soldiers, Nazi flags, general war and militiary scenes, and Nazi personnel including Baldur von Schirach and Eva Braun.

"Longing for the Bomb traces the unusual story of the first atomic city and the emergence of American nuclear culture. Tucked into the folds of Appalachia and kept off all commercial maps, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created for the Manhattan Project by the U.S. government in the 1940s. Its workers labored at a breakneck pace, most aware only that their jobs were helping 'the war effort.' The city has ...

Martin Koenig donated the oral interview with Chana Königl to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on October 8, 2015. Martin Koenig conducted the interview in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY in 1991.

Bonnie Berggren donated a DVD copy (transferred from original VHS tape) of an oral history interview with Verlin Lundquist, recorded in a Junior high school history class in Manhattan, KS in ca. 1979, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2012.

Contains an autograph book (Poesie) that belonged to Martha Lieberman; correspondence from 1938 regarding efforts by Martin Kohn of Baltimore to assist the family of Leo Banemann from Burgkundstadt, Germany, in their imigration to the United States; a postcard written by Leo Banemann from jail, dated Novermber 30, 1938; exhibition pamphlet and display; a passenger list booklet from the SS Manhattan ...

The Henry H. Barschall papers consist of Henry Barschall's 1934-1936 Friedrich Wilhelm University grade book whose yellow stripe and notations indicate he was a Jewish student and not a member of the German student body. The papers also include correspondence regarding Hermann Barschall's status as a patent attorney, his continuation in his profession under the Nazi regime due to his veteran status, ...

The Bea Browdy letter consists of a copy of a letter written by Army nurse Bea Browdy and addressed to her friend Mildred Herman, dated May 11, 1945. The letter describes the wartime experiences of the American army nurse and includes descriptions of Dachau concentration camp and the conditions there shortly after liberation. Both women served as nurses in the United States Army.

Copyright Holder: Ms. Joan Fradkin

Rabbi from Nitra, Slovakia; best known for his efforts to save Slovakian Jews from deportation during World War II, as a key member of the underground "Working Group," which also sought to raise awareness about the scope and nature of Auschwitz outside Nazi-occupied Europe. Weissmandel narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz, and following the war, immigrated to the United States, where he founded ...

Agfa logo. EXT ES of Manhattan, panning right. Camera appears to be on a boat, possibly an ocean liner. EXT shot of the ship’s smokestacks, followed by a downward panning shot of an open hatch on the ship. EXT shot of the ship’s sun deck, followed by another EXT right panning shot of the city. The boat is docked on the west side of Manhattan (the Palisades and the Hudson can clearly be seen), as the ...

Ludwig Spangenthal (later Louis Spangenthal, 1916-2008) was born in Sontra, Germany to Robert (1886-1921) and Marianne (née Schönemann, 1883-1942) Spangenthal. He had one brother, Kurt (1918-1995). The family later moved to Kassel, Germany. Ludwig immigrated to the United States on board the SS Berengaria in 1936, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland with relatives. He worked at his relative’s business ...

Scenes shot on the latter part of the Weinlaubs' trip from Los Angeles to New York, including street scenes in Chicago (see highway sign at 01:01:44) and views of Washington, DC (01:04:13 to 01:05:15). The couple was travelling cross-country because Kurt's company had transferred him back to New York (see Biographical Notes field for more information). The Washington scenes include the Washington monument, ...

Atomic Tragedy offers a unique perspective on one of the most important events of the twentieth century. As secretary of war during World War II, Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) oversaw the American nuclear weapons program. In a book about how an experienced, principled man faltered when confronted by the tremendous challenge posed by the intersection of war, diplomacy, and technology, Sean L. Malloy ...