Selected records from the collection of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society, Berlin

Identifier
irn37986
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.209
  • RG-14.097
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37986

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Magnus Hirschfeld

Archival History

Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Forschungsstelle zur Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Magnus Hirschfeld Society in Berlin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in September 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains photocopies of 50 documents about Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), a German physician, sex researcher, and early homosexual rights advocate. It includes documents concerning allegations of homosexual behavior, and information about organizations connected with Dr. Hirschfeld, including the Institute for Sexual Knowledge, Berlin; the Magnus Hirschfeld Stiftung; and the Scientific Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftliche-humanitäres Komitee). There are also a few documents concerning Ernst Röhm.

People

  • Röhm, Ernst, 1887-1934.
  • Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935.

Subjects

  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Research institute
  • Homosexuality--Germany.
  • Germany
  • Gays--Germany--Berlin.

Genre

  • 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.

Copies

  • Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Forschungsstelle zur Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft