Eli Wallach collection

Identifier
irn524148
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.118.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524148

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Eli Wallach

Biographical History

Eli Wallach was born on December 7, 1915 to Abraham and Bertha Schor Wallach in Brooklyn, NY. During World War II, he served in the United States Army, spending five years in the medical corps and was ultimately promoted to the rank of captain. After he was discharged, he became a prominent actor on stage, film, and television. He passed away on June 24, 2014.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eli Wallach

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Eli Wallach. Wallach served as a Captain and a Medical Administrative Officer in the U.S. Army. While visiting Berlin, he was taken to the Ministry of Propaganda by a female Russian officer who was assigned to show him around. It was during this tour that he acquired these photographs.

Scope and Content

Collection of 31 Nazi propaganda photographs found on the floor of the Propaganda Ministry in Berlin, Germany, August 1945.

Subjects

  • Propaganda--Nazi Germany--1933-1945.

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.