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Max Shattner photograph collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.245.1

Overview

Description: The Max Shattner photograph collection consists of photographs related to the wartime experiences of Max Shattner, who survived the war in a Swiss internment camp. The photographs depict Shattner with other refugees living in the camp, and the collection also includes copyprints of his post-war life and family. Also includes a 1972 recording of Mr. Shattner singing German and Hebrew songs, including opera arias, liturgical songs, a Bialik poem, and "Die Uhr."
Date: inclusive: 1940-1972
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard Shattner

Physical Details

Language: German Hebrew
Genre/Form: Photographs. Music.
Extent: 1 cassette.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Max Shattner photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

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: Holocaust survivors.
Geographic Name: Switzerland--Emigration and immigration. Switzerland.
Personal Name: Shattner, Max. Shattner, Howard. Zita-Shattner, Anastasia. Shattner, Sylvia.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Howard Shattner donated the Max Shattner photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011. Howard Shattner is the son of Max Shattner.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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