Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker collection

Identifier

irn34666

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2008.56.1

Level of Description

Item

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34666

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Harstrick

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Joan Harstrick donated the Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of an “Ahnenbuch” (ancestry book) with insert used by Waffen-SS member Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker to document his family’s racial purity. A pamphlet advertising the Lebensborn program is also included. Becker fathered a child who was part of the Lebensborn program.

System of Arrangement

The Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker collection is arranged in a single series.

People

Becker, Gerhard Hans Herbet.

Subjects

Germany.
Lebensborn e.V. (Germany).
Women.
Families.
Race.

Genre

Pamphlet.
Document

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.