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World War, 1939-1945

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: European War, 1939-1945 ; Second World War, 1939-1945 ; World War 2, 1939-1945 ; World War II, 1939-1945 ; World War Two, 1939-1945 ; WW II (World War, 1939-1945) ; WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 268 Collections and/or Records:

Rabbi Earl Stone , 1981-1991

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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0015
Abstract Rabbi Earl Stone was born in 1914 in Pennsylvania and attended Syracuse University and was ordained before moving to Chicago to serve as the assistant rabbi at Temple Isaiah Israel. He served with General Patton's staff in World War II and was decorated with the Presidential Unit Citation, six battle stars, three bronze arrows, and the bronze star. He married Judith Wilensky in 1942 and following the war moved to Jacksonville and then Denver in his capacity as rabbi or assistant rabbi. He...
Dates: 1981-1991

Rabbi Earl Stone, between 1940-1946

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Identifier: B063.08.0061.00111
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Rabbi Earl Stone posed in his army uniform.

Dates: between 1940-1946

Rabbi Herbert Friedman, 1946

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Identifier: B111.03.0003.0023
Abstract In 1946, Rabbi Herbert Friedman worked with the Allied Jewish Council and the United Jewish Appeal in a campaign to father relief funds for displaced Jews in central and eastern Europe. Friedman traveled to the region in July 1946, and found a mass exodus of Jews headed towards the U.S.-controlled portion of Germany to escape the horrible conditions in Poland. He used the stories of distress from his time in Poland in the Allied Jewish Council's campaign for relief funds. (See Lavender Hill...
Dates: 1946

Red Cross Letter, 1940 April 26

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Identifier: B333.04.0001.0004.00007
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One typed letter on International Committee of the Red Cross Letterhead to Frau Marie Lowenstein (Henry's mother) providing an update on Henry. The letterhead is in French and type is in German. Letter states that Henry is doing well and that they were able to pass along the message that his grandmother had passed away.

Dates: 1940 April 26

Red Cross Tent with a Man Reading a Life Magazine, c. 1940s

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0044
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A pen and ink rendering of a soldier sitting while smoking and reading a Life Magazine.

Dates: c. 1940s

Red Cross Ward, Two Men in Conversation, 1945

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Identifier: M456.02.0004.0040
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A detailed composition depicting two men standing in front of a row of tents in a mountainous landscape.

Dates: 1945

Report to Berlin Police, 1934 April 5

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Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00017
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Report to the Berlin police on April 5, 1934 upon moving into a new apartment. The form is in German and lists the family members names, birth dates, religeon. Has five stamps from the police department.

Dates: 1934 April 5

Rieke Love Oral History Transcript, 2004

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Identifier: D009.03.0002.0004.00001
Abstract Rieke Love recounts her childhood training in Koblenz, Germany. She was accepted into the Stadt Theatre to study ballet at age seven and remained there until 1940. She talks about her formal, intellectual, education and how important literature, the arts and research were in her dance training. She compares dance training in America to Europe stating how ''poorly educated'' American dancers are. Love states that her education and her dance were ''a total environment of artistic saturation.''...
Dates: 2004

"Rocky Mountain Memorial Dedicated" Newspaper clipping, 1963

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Identifier: M458.01.0013.0002.00003
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A newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper detailing the dedication ceremony of the Nisei War Memorial for Japenese American soldiers who lost their lives in World War II.

Dates: 1963

Rocky Mountain Nisei War Dead Memorial Monument Dedication Ceremony Program, 1963 May 30

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Identifier: M458.01.0013.0002.00001
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Program from the Dedication Ceremony of the Rocky Mountain Nisei War Dead Memorial Monument, which honored American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who lost their lives in World War II. The monument was designed by Floyd Tanaka.

Dates: 1963 May 30