Overview
- Description
- Consists of one scrapbook, bound with fabric and a red wooden spine, containing mounted aerial military photographs of areas of France, circa 1940, likely taken during the May 1940 invasion of France by a member of the German military. Also includes photographs of the aftermath of ground warfare; many of the images are captioned and some of the aerial photographs are marked.
- Date
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creation:
circa 1940
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edwina Shaw
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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1 scrapbook.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--France.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Edwina Shaw donated this photograph album to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013. Her father-in-law was a member of the United States military during World War II and brought the scrapbook home with him after the war.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:41:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn63287
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