Robert Mendler photographs

Identifier
irn514768
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.368
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514768

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Robert Mendler (Romek Reibeisen) donated his collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jul. 16, 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of 26 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs from the collection of Romek Reibeisen (now Robert Mendler), originally of Nowy Targ, Poland; includes pre-war family photographs and post-war photographs taken at a commemoration at the site of the Pocking concentration camp. Notable is a photograph of an elderly Jew holding an infant on which the caption reads "Like the old one, so the young"; this photograph was in the possession of a member of the SS.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.