Herman Lewinter photograph collection

Identifier
irn515114
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.135
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515114

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Acquisition

The collages were assembled by Herman Lewinter. Herman Lewinter donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 15 photographs depicting life and death at the Janowska concentration camp that were presented at the Nuremberg Trials as well as 26 photographs of collages assembled at request of the Soviets by Herman Lewinter from his own photographs.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Hangings--Ukraine--Lʹviv--1940-1950.
  • Military personnel--German--Ukraine--Lʹviv--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners--Ukraine--Lʹviv--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Ukraine--Lʹviv.
  • Mass burials--Ukraine--Lʹviv--1940-1950.

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.