SS Bunker, Dachau SS Compound, Prison for Defendants, Dachau, Germany, May 14, 1946. Pan of bunker which houses defendants. LS, German civilian laborers entering main entrance of SS camp. Scenes of prisoners taking walk in yard. MS, Maria Mandl and Elisabeth Ruppert. LS, MP guard trying doors in cell block. MS, Therese Gebhart, Maria Rotman, Barbara Matina seated in cell. CU, Sepp Dietrich seen through ...

(Paris 369) Execution of War Criminals, Landsberg, Germany, November 19, 1945. LS, prison buildings. MS, two civilian executioners stand beneath scaffold looking at man who was just hung. LS, civilian executioners set up rope on scaffold. Roped-off area "official witnesses." Man lead up by priest, soldiers, military, police. LS, criminal drops thru trap door of scaffold. MS, rope is adjusted around ...

(LIB 6181) A soldier holds up a slate that reads: "30 April 45, Hitler's Room Landsberg Prison." The cameraman's name is Olin. Far view of the prison. A street sign reads "Hindenburg-Ring." Various exterior shots of the prison. Men hang flags (surrender?) out of two prison windows. Two guard watchtowers and downed fencing, presumably part of the prison complex. 01:39:09 Two uniformed American soldiers ...

Reveals the help extended by German authorities and by the Catholic Church to war criminals who were involved in the murder of Jews or in the euthanasia program. The Vatican and the International Red Cross provided these criminals with false passports for their escape to foreign countries. The Evangelical Church competed with the Catholics in providing assistance to Nazi war criminals. Relates, from ...

The papers consist of 44 photographs and six documents relating to Dorit Mandelbaum's parents, Jakub and Anka Mandelbaum, before and during World War II in Kozienice, Poland, and their stay in the displaced persons camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, after the war.

The collection primarily consists of postwar photographs taken between 1945 and 1947 by Lt. Col. George R. Snyder documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, Landsberg prison, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Subjects include the Camp New Orleans, German and Polish POWs, refugees, landscapes, and destroyed buildings and towns. Also included is his passport and ...

"The never-before-told story of the scandalous courtroom drama that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. On the evening of November 8, 1923, the 34-year-old Adolf Hitler stormed into a beer hall in Munich, fired his pistol in the air, and proclaimed a revolution. Seventeen hours later, all that remained of his bold move was a trail of destruction. Hitler was on the run from ...

Consists of 8x10 black and white Signal Corps photographs taken during and immediately after World War II. Includes photographs of Allied conferences (including Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam, and Quebec), journalists visiting the concentration camps in April 1945, the capitulations of both Japan and Germany, the Nuremberg trials, Landsberg prison, members of the Signal Corps, USO shows, atrocities in the ...

Josef (Sepp) Dietrich and Michael Lippert: Copy trial verdict 

The deposition of Rudolf Hess, taken 30 August 1947, relating to the activities of war cimes. The interview was conducted by Robert Donihi.

Uniform patch issued to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus when he served in the 2nd Polish Corps from 1941-1945. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and seventeen days later, the Soviet Army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Polish POWs were released ...

Dog tag with his name, birth date and place, and blood type issued to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus, a medical officer in the 2nd Polish Corps, a unit of the British Armed Forces during World War II. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and seventeen days later, the Soviet Army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where ...

Leather trifold wallet with three pockets used by Dr. Edmund Lusthaus to store documents and photographs while serving as a medical officer in the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war ...

Uniform patch with a Polish eagle on a red castle issued to Dr. Edmund Lusthaus when he served in the 2nd Polish Corps from 1941-1945. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and seventeen days later, the Soviet Army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he served as a physician. When Germany invaded the Soviet ...

Decorative brown leather wallet purchased by Dr. Edmund Lusthaus in Egypt circa 1943 where he was stationed with the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, as a medical officer. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Lusthaus was drafted into the Polish Army. Seventeen days later, the Soviet army invaded from the east. Lusthaus was captured and taken to a camp for Polish prisoners of war in Novosibirsk, ...

Schenja alias Jenny Birnbaum or Birenbaum was born on 19 April 1929 in Cologne, Germany. She was the eldest child of Simon Birnbaum (born on 13 August 1897 in Checiny, Poland) and Salka Flescher (born on 23 February 1900 in Stanislawow, Poland). Jenny had three younger siblings: Esther who was called Erna (born on 8 November 1931), Joseph (born on 26 December 1932) and Herschel (born on 4 November ...

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 ...

M.52.DALO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Lwow Region
 
 History of the Archives:
 
 The State Archives of the Lwow Region was established in December 1939 on the basis of the State Archives of Lwow. The archive was called the Regional Historical Archives in Lwow until 1941. It was called the State Archive of the Lwow Region during 1941-1958, and was called the Regional ...