Interview with Mike Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor from Konin, Poland. Jacobs discusses his family background and growing up in Konin's Jewish community, the growth of antisemitism, attending an integrated school, the German invasion and occupation, moving to the ghetto and life inside, collaborators and Jewish police, hostages, moving to a smaller ghetto, losing his family to Treblinka, working with Polish partisans, escaping the ghetto and working from Ostrowiec concentration camp, engaging in sabotage, life in the camp, transfer to Birkenau, the gas chambers, the attempted Auschwitz-Birkenau uprising, survival there, being evacuated to Vienna, labor in an aircraft factory, liberation, and life afterwards.

Scan of the flight diary kept by Donald Fleming, a B-24 navigator in WWII from Kansas, documenting the missions he flew in the European Theater from February to August, 1944.

Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.

Interview with Eugene Cronin, a US Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Kansas City, Missouri. Cronin discusses his time as a B-24 crewmember stationed at Cerignola, Italy, the kinds of missions flown, his being shot down over Hungary and captured by the German Army, and his experiences in captivity at Vienna, Frankfurt, and Stalag Luft #1 near Barth in Western Pommerania.

Letter to Cecile from her father about work and remaining issues in Syria, Lebanon, Persia, Egypt, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

Letter to Cecile from her father about his dental health and the war.

Interview with Boyd H. Mitchell, a veteran of World War II serving in the 36th Infantry Division. Mitchell answers questions about his time in the Army, such as his training, living conditions, supplies, etc. Mitchell also shares about his experience during the invasion of Italy through Salerno and the Army's advance up through France, Germany, and Austria; the end of the interview includes questions about life once he got home.

Photograph of a road tunnel running through a mountainside. This is somewhere in Austria.

Photograph of the Inn River near Innsbruck, Austria. The river is nestled between large mountains.

Photograph of three soldiers standing together next to a lake in Gemsea, Austria.

Photograph of snowy alps in Austria, taken from a field below.

Photograph of a soldier taking a picture with three civilian young girls in Austria.

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing among ruins somewhere in Austria.

Photograph of homes in a neighborhood in Austria, with snowy alps in the distance in the background.

Photograph of two soldiers standing next to a sign saying "You Are Now Entering Italy." This picture was taken across the border in Austria.

Scrapbook page with a photo of soldiers removing their hats and smiling outdoors, and a photo of a sign that says "You are now entering Austria thru the courtesy of the VI U.S. Corps."

Photograph of Innsbruck, Austria as seen from a mountain overlooking the city. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Alpine Tour 45, view of Innsbruck and Inn River, also cable towers for car."

Photograph of a town in Austria with a church visible above the other buildings and mountains in the distance. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from cable car as we are about 2/3 of the way down."

Photograph of mountains surrounding a valley with a river in Austria. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from atop mtn overlooking valley and lake with its summer resorts and swimming facilities. June 26, 1945, Kitzbuhel, Austria."

Photograph of a cable car suspended above a mountain covered with trees. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from inside cable car as we were going up. Note the rainbow painted on the car that is coming down. Note size of trees below."

Photograph of mountains across Achen Lake in Austria, with a small city at the base of the mountains. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Alpine Tour 45, Achensee."

Photograph of the Blue Danube, taken from a bridge over the river.

Photograph of mountains seen from across a valley in Austria. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Taken from atop the mtn overlooking valley and the Kaiser mtns in the background."

Photograph of a road running through a valley toward distant mountains in Austria. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Picture of valley and road through it, surrounded by white capped mtns."