Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Headset used by Hans Fritzsche during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
- Date
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use:
1945 November 20-1946 October 01
- Geography
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use:
Palace of Justice;
Nuremberg (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the IBM Corporation
- Contributor
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Manufacturer:
International Business Machines Corporation
Subject: Hans Fritzsche
- Biography
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Hans Fritzsche (1900-1953) was head of the radio division of the German propaganda ministry. A relatively minor propaganda ministry official who had not held a policy-making position, Fritzsche was included in the dock at Nuremberg in the absence of the deceased Joseph Goebbels and to mollify Soviet authorities, who held him in their custody. Although he was acquitted by the International Military Tribunal, he was then arrested again and brought before West German denazification courts. Fritzsche was sentenced to nine years imprisonment yet was released early in September 1950. Fritzsche, 53, died in September 1953.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio equipment
- Object Type
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Headphones (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Black earpieces connected by headband; paper tag attached w/metal wire.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Width: 6.460 inches (16.408 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, plastic, leather
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The headphones were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the IBM Corporation.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:43:53
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11623
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