Overview
- Description
- Photograph album belonging to an unidentified German soldier chronicling his movements from 1938-circa 1941. The album depicts the soldier’s experiences in Germany first with the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service; RAD) in Alsbach, Germany and the Wehrmacht 35th Infantry Division in 1938, and then with the Krankentransport-Abteilung 552 (medical transport personnel) from 1940-circa 1941. The album is annotated in German, and includes wartime depictions of people and events in Prague, Mulhouse, France, and the Polish cities and towns of Kamińsk, Warsaw, Kraków, Łódź (referred to as Litzmannstadt), and Zakopane. Includes some descriptions of Polish Jews in Warsaw and Łódź.
The album contains 158 photographs and 1 postcard. - Date
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inclusive:
1938-circa 1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Photograph albums.
- Extent
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1 oversize box
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single item.
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.
- Copyright Holder
- Unknown
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Soldiers--German.
- Geographic Name
- Alsbach-Hähnlein (Germany) Prague (Czech Republic) Mulhouse (France) Kamińsk (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Kraków (Poland) Łódź (Poland) Zakopane (Poland)
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Wehrmacht
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The album was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-25 10:01:23
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn739908
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