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
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: 1917
Event Date: 1930-1931
Event Date: 1930-1931
Event Date: August 1-16, 1936
Event Date: 1930-1931
Event Date: 1945 May
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: February 6-16, 1936
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: 1945
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: 1944-1945
Event Date: 1944-1945
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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 (see attached list in registration file for detailed descriptions).

Yellow Star of David badge

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Army airbase identification pin

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

carrying case for slides

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

carrying case for slides

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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

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Collection of newsletters, newspaper clippings, black and white negatives and photographs, documents, glass slides, magazine, postcards, calling card and 16 mm film reels.

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