Overview
- Title
- Schwäbischer Merkur Nr. 266
- Geography
-
publication:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joachim Hahn
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Newspapers
- Object Type
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American newspapers (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Newspapers.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Newspapers--Germany.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The newspaper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Joachim Hahn.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:44:44
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2567
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