"Mit dem Führer" photograph album

Identifier
irn520905
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.515.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520905

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack Greenspan

The collection was donated tothe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Jack Greenspan.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photograph album with an embossed leather cover "Mit dem/Führer/unterwegs" containing 230 black and white images of Hitler, including his entries into Austria, Italy and Poland. The photographer is purportedly Heinrich Hoffman, and there are hand-lettered captions in German; dated circa 1936-1944. The album was recovered by paratrooper Carl J. Walkup in Berchtesgaden, Germany and was purchased by the donor at auction in 1977.

Genre

  • Photograph albums.
  • 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.