Estelle Bechoefer collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Franz X. Schwarz
Biographical History
Franz X. Schwarz (1847-1947) was an early member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) (1922) and served as "Erster Schatzmeister" (First Treasurer) for the Party from 1923. Schwarz was known within the NSDAP as "Reichsschatzmeister." Eventually, Schwarz came to oversee the finances of all Party organizations and its affiliates. Schwarz died in the Regensburg internment camp in 1947.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Estelle Bechhoefer
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Estelle Bechoefer in 1992.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the "Washington Evening Star" of August 30, 1945, titled "D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews." Dedication in photograph album reads: "Reichsschatzmeister, SS Obergruppenführer / Franz X. Schwarz / userem treuesten Freund / von der SS zu Weinachten 1935 / H. Himmler."
People
- Scharfeld, Arthur William, 1903-
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
- Schwarz, Franz Xaver, 1875-
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
- Jewish property--Germany.
- Political parades & rallies--Germany--1930-1940.
- Military training--Germany--1930-1940.
- Military personnel--Germany--1930-1940.
Genre
- Photograph albums.
- Document
- Photographs.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)