Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cigarette album acquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
- Title
- Die Gruben der Weltgeschichte
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ilse Zimmerman
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Albums (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Book - Die Gruber der Weltgeschichte - cigarette album with color photographs pasted to pages. White cover with gold lettering; portrait of man wearing gold helmet on front.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.290 inches (23.597 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The cigarette album was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Ilse Zimmerman, the wife of Kurt Zimmerman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:43
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The collection consists of a documents, books, cigarette albums, newspapers, magazines and clippings relating to the experiences of Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of Ludwigsburg intermnent camp for German prisoners of war.
Date: approximately 1946
Album
Object
Cigarette album acquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Album
Object
Cigarette album acquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Album
Object
Cigarette album acquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Das Erwachende Berlin [Book]
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Das Jahr II : Ereignisse und Tatbestände des zweiten Jahres nationalsozialistischer Staatsführung [Book]
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Book
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Book
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Book
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Book
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
Book
Object
Book aquired by Kurt Zimmerman while he was serving with the US Army in Germany with the Counter Intelligence Corps, following World War II. Kurt Zimmerman was one of the Ritchie Boys and was in charge of the Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.Ludwigsburg internment camp for German prisoners of war.
