Stephen Fisher collection

Identifier
irn39417
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.99
  • RG-10.504
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39417

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • H. Hoffmann
  • Hugo Jaeger

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephen Fisher

Stephen Fisher donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 9, 2009. He purchased them in antiquarian bookstores in Central Europe.

Scope and Content

Consists of two stereographic prints depicting the persecution of the Jews during World War II. One image depicts Polish Jews being forced to labor with a large cart, while the other image shows the burning of Jewish beds in the town square in Myślenice, Poland. The photographer is listed as Heinrich Hoffmann, and the photographs were mass produced and published by Raumbild-Verlag-Otto Schönstein.

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Genre

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