Camera filters used by Hitler's personal photographer
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
Creator(s)
- LIFA-Lichtfilterfabrik (Manufacturer)
- Hugo Jaeger (Photographer)
- Hugo Jaeger (Subject)
Archival History
The camera filters were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Fern M. Schad.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fern M. Schad
Scope and Content
Detachable, green and yellow camera filters, used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The filter and lens are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Circular, yellow, flat, glass filter mounted in a silver-colored metal ring with a beveled inner face and a flat rim with ridged sides. The base has flat sides and three tension prongs. The interior is also flat, with a ledge to support the piece of glass and hold it in place. The yellow filter is fitted to the top of a detachable, circular, green, flat, glass filter mounted in a black-painted metal ring with a beveled inner face and a flat rim with smooth sides. The base has flat sides and three evenly-spaced, tension prongs. The interior is also flat, with a narrow ledge near the top, which supports the piece of glass. Manufacturing information is engraved around the beveled face of the ring. Use has worn the paint away on portions of the exterior.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Photographers--Germany--Biography.
- Germany--History--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Object