Marie Hess Brandes collection

Identifier
irn501499
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0425
Dates
1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501499

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marie Brandes Hammerling

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marie Hess Brandes, daughter of Albert G. Hess.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs taken by Albert Günther Hess during World War II, including photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and of Hermann Göring after his arrest. Also includes identity and immigration papers of Gisela Oppens Hess, issued in 1943 by the Ministry of Interior of Portugal. Accretion found in Photo Archives binders: Photograph of Dachau at liberation, photograph of Hermann Goering following his surrender to troops of the U.S. Seventh Army near Mauterndorf.

People

  • Hess, Alfred Guenther.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.

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