Immigrant Einstein
In 1936, German-born physicist Albert Einstein filed this Declaration of Intention to become an American citizen. Worried about growing Nazi aggression, Einstein...
Last bridge standing
On March 7, 1945, the American 9th Armored Division seized the Ludendorff railroad bridge, the last remaining bridge across the Rhine at Remagen, Germany. Sgt. Eugene...
Left behind
On September 19, 1918, Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Garrett, Chief Signal Officer, 42nd Infantry Division, tested a telephone left behind by the Germans in their hasty...
Monster of the deep
This painting, made on one continuous piece of paper 21 feet 9 inches long, depicts the 1922-23 restoration of the ship that was advertised as “the largest ship in...
Name? Age? Number of wives?
This manifest contains the names of immigrants who arrived on the S.S. Brasilia from Hamburg, Germany, on January 31, 1899. In addition to standard information...
New York in flames?
Not really. The German air and submarine attack depicted by Joseph Pennell in this 1918 poster never actually took place. By evoking this potential threat, however,...
Nurses across the Rhine
These women, members of the 51st U.S. Army Field Hospital, were the first U.S. Army nurses to cross the Rhine River in Germany on March 14, 1945.