Drawing
Extent and Medium
overall:
Creator(s)
- Stefan Horn (Artist)
Biographical History
Dr. Stefan Horn graduated from the School for Interpreters in Geneva, Switzerland, and held a Doctorate in rerum politicarum from the University of Vienna, in Austria. He was trained in Geneva as a consecutive interpreter. Dr. Horn applied to Nuremberg for a position as an interpreter and was approved via testing conducted by the United States Army. He worked in Nuremberg, Germany, as a court interpreter, translating English into German, during part of the first War Crimes trial and during the Justice Case. He eventually became Chief Interpreter. After the trials closed in 1949, Dr. Horn joined Léon Dostert at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Dr. Horn became head of the Division of Interpretation and Translation of the Institute of Languages and Linguistics that Dostert had founded. He later became an American citizen.
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Lise Horn McCartney, the daughter of Stefan Horn.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lise Horn McCartney
Scope and Content
Drawing created by interpreter during Trial 2, the Milch Trial, during the Nuremberg trials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Recto: graphite pencil image of man wearing glasses, and suit and tie.
recto, bottom left, handwritten in graphite: "Henry T. KING/Deputy Prosecuter/Case #II/Nurnberg/1947"
Subjects
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949--Personal narratives.
- Translators--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Art