Col. Alexander Zabin, MD Collection

Film Collection | Accession Number: 2002.189.1

Collection Summary: Film footage in black and white and color created and collected by Alexander Zabin, a US Army surgeon who carried his own camera with him into the field, filming his company and mash unit, performing field surgery, and liberating death camps in the European theater of war. The donation also includes four hours of Nazi scientific/cultural/educational films as well as objects and documents.
Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Steven Zabin

B&W / Color: Black & White
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Source: Dr. Steven Zabin
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: 1917
Date: Event: 1930-1931
Date: Event: 1930-1931
Date: Event: August 1-16, 1936
Date: Event: 1930-1931
Date: Event: 1945 May
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: February 6-16, 1936
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: 1945
Production: 1945
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: 1944-1945
Date: Event: 1944-1945
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Also in Colonel Alexander Zabin, MD collection

Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, black and white negatives and photographs, documents, glass slides, magazine, Star of David patch, postcards, calling card and 16 mm film reels. Some of these materials may be unified into a single collection in the future.

Yellow Star of David badge

Object

Army airbase identification pin

Object

36th St. Army Airbase (Miami, Florida) identification pin with a photograph of A. Zabin.

carrying case for slides

Object

metal container with handle and slots for slides. Contains a handwritten list of the contents. The contents are stored separately.

carrying case for slides

Object

metal container with handle and slots for slides. Contains a handwritten list of the contents. The contents are stored separately.

Colonel Alexander Zabin, MD collection

Document

Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, black and white negatives and photographs, documents, glass slides, magazine, postcards, calling card and 16 mm film reels. Col. Alexander Zabin was a US Army surgeon and carried his own camera with him into the field, filming his company and mash unit, performing field surgery, and liberating death camps in the European theater of war. Also includes four hours of Nazi scientific/cultural/educational films.