Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst collection

Identifier
irn501672
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0180
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501672

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst

Scope and Content

Contains essay by the donor who is on the staff of the Institut fuer Afrikanistik,Universitaet zu Koeln, entitled "'Der schwarze Stern' Vom Schicksal deutscher Afrikaner im Nationalsozialismus;" an editorial concerning blacks in Nazi Germany excerpted from a book by Paulette Reed-Anderson entitled "Eine Geschichte von mehr als 100 Jahren: Die Anfaenge der Afrikanischen Diaspora in Berlin;" and copies from the Bundesarchiv of Wehrmacht, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Eingeborenen kunde, and NSDAP correspondence and reports which include name lists, dated 1938-1941, relating to individuals of African ancestry.

Genre

  • Document
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