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  • Collection: World War II - Fall 2023

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Elie Wiesel is pictured in the second row of bunks, seventh from the left, next to the vertical beam.

The man in the bottom left hand corner has been identified as Michael Nikolas Gruner, originally from Hungary, Gershon Blonder Kleinman or Yosef…

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Those pictured include Jolan Wollstein of Szombathely, her children Erwin, Judith, Dori and Naomi, her non-Jewish governess Edith, Henchu Mueller Falkovics, Kreindel Vogel and her sister Sase Vogel and Rita Gruenglass.

Luis W. Alvarez.pdf
This item is an unsigned, three-page typewritten letter to Alvarez' son Walter, headed "August 6th, 10 minutes off the Jap coast at 26,000 feet," that describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Executive Order 8807—Establishing the Office of Scientific Research and Development.pdf
Establishing the Office of Scientific Research and Development

Shows footage of the battle of Okinawa with narration.

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Black and white photographic print depicting an aerial view of Willow Run, facing east. In the background is the airport. In the foreground is worker housing and a house along the water.
Caption reads: Ford's Willow Run bomber factory, shown here as…

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One sepia-toned reproduction photograph of Henry Ford touring the Willow Run Bomber Plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan, on July 24, 1943. The four persons at the center include (left to right): Major James Kendrick, escort to Henry Ford; Henry Ford; Mead L.…

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Black and white photographic print depicting Consolidated B-24 Liberators being constructed at Willow Run.

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
- Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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