Gary Heymann photograph collection

Identifier
irn631811
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.544.1
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1938, 1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1979
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn631811

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Gary Heymann

Biographical History

Gary Heymann (born Gerhard Heymann, 1923-2016) was born in Germany to Hartwig (1896-1993, son of Solms and Adele Heymann) and Helene (née Rosner, 1896-1981) Heymann. In 1934 Hartwig and Helene sent their son to Cleveland, Ohio via Hamburg. His parents fled Germany in 1938 to Amsterdam. Helene was able to get to England where she worked as a domestic. Hartwig survived the war in Trinidad. Gary served in the United States Army as one of the “Ritchie Boys,” German-speaking soldiers trained at Camp Ritchie in Maryland. He was reunited with his parents in the United States in 1946. After the war, Gary became a child psychologist. Both of Hartwig’s parents perished at Theresienstadt during the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Judy Heymann Kazan and Steven Kazan

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Judy Heymann Kazan and Steven Kazan, on behalf of the estate of Gary Heymann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs primarily depicting Nuremberg, Germany in 1936-1938 including Nazi rallies and party officials and the aftermath of Kristallnacht. Depictions of Nazi party members include Julius Streicher, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Rudolph Hess, and Joseph Goebbels. Post-Kristallnacht photographs include depictions of crowds, the destruction of a synagogue, SA men, and a Jewish boy being taken away. The collection also includes an itemized list by Gary Heymann sent to the Holocaust Library and Research Center Associates of San Francisco. The photographs were obtained by Gary Heymann, who served with the United States Army during World War II. Many of the photographs include annotation on the verso, presumably by Heymann.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single folder.

People

  • Heymann, Gary, 1923-2016.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army
  • Nazi Party

Subjects

  • Kristallnacht, 1938--Germany.
  • Nuremberg (Germany).
  • Synagogues--Destruction and pillage--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.