Ignac Reiss collection

Identifier
irn95197
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Daniel Segal, the grandson of Ignac Reiss.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents containing information about the testimony provided to West German authorities by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess concerning life in the Przemysl ghetto and alleged crimes committed there by Josef Schwammberger and Rudulf Bennewitz. The collection also includes an identification pin attached to a piece of concentration camp uniform. The pin was issued to Ignac Reiss at the Görlitz concentration camp.

Genre

  • Collection
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