Hermann Horst collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Hermann Horst
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Stanley Weithorn donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 16, 2006. He found this collection on the body of a deceased German soldier in the fall of 1944.
Scope and Content
Consists of more than 100 photographs and documents found by Stanley S. Weithhorn on a deceased German soldier, presumably named Hermann Horst, in 1944. Mr. Weithorn was a member of the 84th Infantry Division of the United States Army. The collection includes photos of Mr. Horst and his friends, family, and girl friend; military installations; Hitler; architecture; and of a 1941 hanging; as well as Mr. Horst's identification paperwork and Hitler Youth membership paperwork.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Identification card.
- Document
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.