Dr. Josef Kiefer scrapbooks

Identifier
irn551414
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.432.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551414

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

2

Creator(s)

  • Josef Kiefer

Biographical History

Dr. Josef Kiefer was born in 1907 in Saarbrucken, Germany and was drafted into the German Wehrmacht in August 1939. He served as a medical officer during World War II.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arturo Ortiz.

Arturo Ortiz donated the Dr. J. Kiefer scrapbooks to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016.

Scope and Content

The Dr. Josef Kiefer scrapbooks consist of two albums created by a Wehrmacht medical officer documenting his World War II medical service between August 1939 and May 1940 in the areas of Saarbrucken, Oberstein, and Bad Homburg in Germany and the Moselle region in France. The scrapbooks include photographs of Kiefer, medical examinations, and military life, equipment, and installations, as well as clippings, maps, and Kiefer’s labels and commentary.

System of Arrangement

The Dr. Josef Kiefer scrapbooks are arranged in two boxes: Scrapbook 1, Scrapbook 2..

People

  • Kiefer, Dr. Josef, 1907-?

Subjects

  • Medicine, Military--Germany.
  • France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Germany.
  • Germany.

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.