Max Shattner photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
1 cassette,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard Shattner
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Howard Shattner donated the Max Shattner photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011. Howard Shattner is the son of Max Shattner.
Scope and Content
The Max Shattner photograph collection consists of photographs related to the wartime experiences of Max Shattner, who survived the war in a Swiss internment camp. The photographs depict Shattner with other refugees living in the camp, and the collection also includes copyprints of his post-war life and family. Also includes a 1972 recording of Mr. Shattner singing German and Hebrew songs, including opera arias, liturgical songs, a Bialik poem, and "Die Uhr."
System of Arrangement
The Max Shattner photograph collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Shattner, Sylvia.
- Shattner, Howard.
- Zita-Shattner, Anastasia.
- Shattner, Max.
Subjects
- Switzerland.
- Switzerland--Emigration and immigration.
- Holocaust survivors.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Music.