Overview
- Description
- Includes collection of 50 color slides highlighting the Nazi rise to power in the years leading up to World War II. Also includes leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides. The collection also includes a stereoscopic camera, slide holders, a film holder, a user manual for a Zeiss camera, and several different lenses, filters, and other camera accessories.
- Date
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bulk:
1933-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fern M. Schad
- Collection Creator
- Hugo Jaeger
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Fern M. Schad donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
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- 2024-04-01 11:41:30
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Also in Hugo Jaeger collection
The collection consists of camera equipment, glass slides, and documents relating to the experiences of Hugo Jaeger, who was a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Date: approximately 1933-1945
Heidoscop stereoscopic camera and case used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Camera and case used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Film holder used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Film holder and case used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Box for holding slides; used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Box for holding slides; used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Box for holding slides; used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Light bulb used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Light bulb used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Metal and wood attachment used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Fragment (possibly part of the slide viewer); used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Slide viewer used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Slide viewer used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Camera filter and lens used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Camera filter and detachable Zeiss lens used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The filter and lens are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.
Camera filters used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Detachable, green and yellow camera filters, used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The filter and lens are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.
Camera filter and lens used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Detachable lens and green camera filter used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The filter and lens are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.
Camera lenses used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Detachable lenses used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The lenses are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.
Lens cap used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Camera lens cap used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
Box used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Box, lid, and included documents used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII. This box may have contained lenses and lens cap (2011.432.9-13).
Slide box used by Hitler's personal photographer
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Box and lid used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers during WWII.
