Propagandaamt Lettland photograph collection

Identifier
irn709059
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.467.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Lithuanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn709059

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Anthony and Sandi Adams

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Sandi Adams, the daughter of Eldred Erdman.

Scope and Content

Consists of approximately 45 photographs of atrocities at Nemmersdorf, Katyn, Fellin (Viljandi), Birzai, and elsewhere. Original German and Latvian inscriptions are included on the versos of select images. One of the images includes two stamps, "Propagandaamt Lettland, Bildstellle, Riga, Palaststr. 10" and "Foto Ernst Weber, Riga." The photographs where acquired by Eldred Erdman while serving as a medic in the European theater.

System of Arrangement

Arranged as a single series.

Subjects

  • Atrocities--Europe--1940-1950.

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.