Camera lenses used by Hitler's personal photographer
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
Creator(s)
- Hugo Jaeger (Subject)
- Zeiss Ikon AG ()
- Hugo Jaeger (Photographer)
Archival History
The lenses 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 lenses used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The lenses 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, convex, clear glass lens mounted in a silver-colored, metal ring with a beveled, black-painted inner face and narrow rim. A narrow, raised, ridged band wraps around the midpoint of the exterior sides, with three evenly-spaced, prongs beneath. Fitted to the top of the silver ring is a circular, convex, clear glass lens mounted in a brown-painted, metal ring with a beveled inner face and a narrow, ridged rim. The base has flat sides and three evenly-spaced. Use has worn the paint away on portions of the exterior. Manufacturing information is engraved around the beveled face of both rings.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Germany--History--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Photographers--Germany--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Audiovisual and Photographic Materials