Overview
- Description
- Contains information about 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. (See NOTES field below for comments on questions concerning the correct spelling of Reiss's given name.).
- Collection Creator
- Ignac Riess
- Biography
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Ignatc Riess, born in 1902 in Przemysl, Poland. He was sent to a concentration camp in 1941 at Plagzuw. He was deported to Gurlitz work camp. Finally sent to Gross Rosen and liberated in 1945. (letter from Daniel Segal to Museum 6-23-92)
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors. Atrocities. Animal attacks. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Przemyśl. Jews--Poland. War crimes. War criminals. War crime trials.
- Geographic Name
- Przemyśl (Przemyśl, Poland)
- Personal Name
- Reisner. Schwammberger, Josef. Bennewitz, Rudolf. Riess, Ignaz.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Gestapo
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Originals records (mostly carbon flimsies) were created by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York and Der Leitende Oberstaatsanwalt bei dem Landgericht Hamburg. These records were collected by Ignaz (or Ignatz) Riess and apparently passed on to Daniel Segal, his grandson. Photocopies of some of the originals were apparently made by Mr. Riess or Mr. Segal, and these photocopies are included in the donation together with the originals. Mr. Segal sent the documents and document copies to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections and Acquistions Department Jun. 1992, together with some artifacts. That department retained the artifacts and transferred the documentary material to USHRIA the following month.
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- 2023-08-25 08:12:48
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Also in Ignac Reiss collection
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.
Identification pin attached to piece of concentration camp uniform
Object
Issued to Ignac Reiss, Görlitz concentration camp.
Identification pin attached to piece of concentration camp uniform
Object
Identification pin attached to piece of concentration camp uniform Issued to Ignac Reiss (donor's grandfather), Görlitz concentration camp.
