Photograph of Gretel Bergmann
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Mel Hecker donated this photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 15, 2006. He is the research project publications officer for university programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Scope and Content
Consists of one photograph, taken in 1936, of Gretel Bergmann (now Margaret Lambert). Gretel was an extremely accomplished athlete and was ranked third in the world as a high jumper, yet was barred from the Berlin Olympics by the German government as she was Jewish. In the photograph, she is standing on an outdoor athletic field. In the background is Harry Bergmann (no relation).
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.