Pnina Blum photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Pnina Blum
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Pnina Blum.
Scope and Content
Consists of a photographic print; monochromatic black and white image of Jewish man being forced to cut the beard of another Jewish man to publicly humiliate them; men with beards, all wearing long coats, standing on left and center, man on far left getting his beard cut, two German soldiers, one wearing armband reading "Deutsche/...ehrmacht" standing on right; verso: brown ink stamp in center "FOTO ZEISE/C817/REICHENBACH." Also includes a photographic print; monochromatic black and white image of close up of corpses, some wearing striped prisoner uniforms, others unclothed, "JUGO..UTO" at bottom of image; verso: handwritten inscription in Hebrew characters in blue ink; dated April-May 1945; Dachau, Germany
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document