Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker collection
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Overview
- Description
- Consists of an “Ahnenbuch” (ancestry book) with insert used by Waffen-SS member Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker to document his family’s racial purity. A pamphlet advertising the Lebensborn program is also included. Becker fathered a child who was part of the Lebensborn program.
- Date
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- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Harstrick
Physical Details
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Lebensborn e.V. (Germany). Women. Race. Families.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Personal Name
- Becker, Gerhard Hans Herbet.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Joan Harstrick donated the Gerhard Hans Herbert Becker collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:49:34
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34666
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