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Selected records from the collection of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society, Berlin

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.209 | RG Number: RG-14.097

Overview

Description: Contains photocopies of 50 documents about Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), a German physician, sex researcher, and early homosexual rights advocate. It includes documents concerning allegations of homosexual behavior, and information about organizations connected with Dr. Hirschfeld, including the Institute for Sexual Knowledge, Berlin; the Magnus Hirschfeld Stiftung; and the Scientific Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftliche-humanitäres Komitee). There are also a few documents concerning Ernst Röhm.
Date: inclusive: 1919-1933
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Collection Creator: Magnus Hirschfeld

Physical Details

Language: German
Extent: 1 folder

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Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Homosexuality--Germany. Gays--Germany--Berlin. Research institute
Geographic Name: Berlin (Germany) Germany
Personal Name: Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935. Röhm, Ernst, 1887-1934.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Forschungsstelle zur Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Magnus Hirschfeld Society in Berlin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in September 2009.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-01-03 15:09:11
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