Photograph album of German-occupied Poland
Extent and Medium
box
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander Asch
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Dr. Alexander Asch in 2017.
Scope and Content
Consists of a photograph album depicting German-occupied Poland, primarily Warsaw. The album was likely compiled and captioned by Jakob Lechner, an Austrian SS Hauptsturmführer who served as a Kriminal-Kommissar in Warsaw. While many photographs are attributed to propaganda photographer Mieczysław Bil-Bilażewski, personal snapshots are included. The album features events celebrating German occupiers, the reception of the Japanese delegation at Malkinia, and propaganda photography of the Warsaw ghetto. Among the figures depicted are Governor-General Hans Frank, Governor of Krakow Otto Wächter, and Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger. The collection also contains loose photographs of the exterior and interior of the West End Synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Frank, Hans, 1900-1946.
- Krüger, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1945.
- Wächter, Otto, 1901-
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Warsaw Ghetto (Warsaw, Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories.
- Parades & processions--1930-1940.
- Warsaw (Poland)
Genre
- Photograph albums.
- Document
- Photographs.