Charles W. Alexander photograph collection

Identifier
irn107103
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.208.1
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

folders

2

4

7 photographic negatives,

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Charles W. Alexander was born on 2 June 1915 in Paola, Kansas. Prior to World War II, he worked in advertising in Chicago. He was drafted in 1943 and served as the photographer for the commander of the 5th Army. He was discharged in 1945 in order to take a position as a photographer at the Nuremberg trials. He later published two books of photographs of the trials including Justice at Nuremberg, which featured text by Anne Keeshan (1911-1960), whom Charles would later marry.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Channette Alexander

Channette Alexander donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of photographs documenting the Nuremberg trials taken by Charles W. Alexander. The photographs depict the participants in the Nuremberg trials both in the courtroom and behind the scenes, smaller war crimes trials, and scenes of Germany. The collection also includes two books of similar photographs and captions of the personal experiences of Charles and his wife Anne Alexander in Germany in 1945-1946.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as one series.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.