Herman Kutun collection

Identifier
irn96064
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.205.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn96064

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Herman Kutun

Biographical History

Herman Kutun was born July 26, 1926 in the Bronx, NY. He was a member of the United States Army Air Corps during the war. After the war, he was selected to attend the CIC school in Oberammergau, Germany. At the time, he befriended displaced persons in camps near Garmisch.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the estate of Herman and Estelle Kutun

The Estate of Herman and Estelle Kutun donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of loose photographs and photograph album pages from the collection of Herman Kutun, a member of the Counter-Intelligence Corps and Army Air Corps. The photographs depict Kutun, his fellow soldiers, displaced persons, and local people in Oberammergau, Kitzingen, and Bad Kissingen. Many of the photographs were taken at a displaced persons camp in Garmisch.

People

  • Kutun, Herman.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Counter Intelligence Corps

Subjects

  • Oberammergau (Germany)
  • Kitzingen (Germany)
  • Berchtesgaden (Germany)
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
  • Bad Kissingen (Germany)

Genre

  • Document
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