Overview
- Description
- The Paul Tauchner document collection primarily documents restrictions on Rosa Block (1867‐1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of Karl Hermann Frank, a postcard to someone interned at Theresienstadt, picture postcards depicting Adolf Hitler, and a form documenting Johanna Meisinger’s Aryan descent.
Rosa Block materials include an identification card, a bulletin from the Jüdische Kultusvereinigung about restrictions on movable property of Jews, a solicitation for a mandatory contribution to the Jüdische Winterhilfe, a doctor’s bill, and correspondence documenting the Prussian State Bank’s efforts to expropriate bank shares from her and the requirement that her heirs after her death not be Jewish. - Date
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inclusive:
circa 1938-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Paul Tauchner
- Collection Creator
- Paul Tauchner
- Biography
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Paul Tauchner and his wife, Diana (née Horowicz), are children of parents who survived the Holocaust in Poland. He acquires Nazi-era collections at auction in order to keep such material publicly available. He lives in Munich and works as a patent and trademark attorney in chemistry and pharmacology.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Paul Tauchner document collection is arranged as a single series: I. Paul Tauchner document collection, approximately 1938-1946
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Germany--Berlin. Jewish property--Germany--Berlin. Antisemitism--Germany. Race--Research--Germany.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Frank, Karl Hermann, 1898-1946.
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Paul and Diana Tauchner donated the Paul Tauchner document collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 and 2001. The accession formerly cataloged as 2001.254 has been incorporated into this collection.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Primary Number
- 1996.7.11
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:12
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Also in Paul Tauchner collection
The Paul Tauchner collection includes a numbered badge from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform, a Buchenwald concentration camp badge, a Russian army propaganda leaflet, documents regarding restrictions on Rosa Block (1867-1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of Karl Hermann Frank, a postcard to someone interned at Theresienstadt, picture postcards depicting Adolf Hitler, and a form documenting Johanna Meisinger’s Aryan descent.
Numbered badge from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform
Object
Numbered badge from a concentration camp prisoner's uniform.
Buchenwald concentration camp badge
Object
Badge worn by a prisoner at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Russian army propaganda leaflet
Object
Russian army propagada leaflet intended to encourage German soldiers to surrender.
