C.H. Booth Library collection

Identifier
irn47527
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.388.1
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47527

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, Newtown, CT

The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008. This collection was donated anonymously to them for a public sale in 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of postcards produced in Nazi Germany, depicting the 1936 Olympics; photographs of Nazi officials (including Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels); mining operations in the Erz mountains; and of miscellaneous individuals and German pastoral scenes. Also includes clippings related to Nazi Germany from Reader's Digest magazine (dated 1938-1939), a stationery set featuring German propaganda portraits of prominent Nazi figures, and a November 12, 1933 issue of "Unser Reich."

Genre

  • Document
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