Overview
- Description
- Consists of five scrapbooks assembled while Bjorn Siebern, former Danish policeman and member of the resistance, and his wife, sometime between 1964 and 1973. They contain a combination of wartime photographs, documents, and three-dimensional objects documenting all aspects of the German occupation of Denmark. Some documents relate directly to Mr. Siebern's work, including ID cards, false IDs and forgery stamps. He assumed multiple identities during the war. There are also leaflets dropped over Denmark, Nazi propaganda and anti-Nazi cartoons. The photos include photos of German officials, Danish collaborators and demonstrations. Every page is fully annotated in English.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of S. Dell Scott and family
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks. Photographs.
- Extent
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5 scrapbooks.
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
- Anti-Nazi movement--Denmark.
- Geographic Name
- Denmark.
- Personal Name
- Siebern, Bjorn.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scrapbooks were assembled by Borge and Tove Siebern between 1964 and 1973. When Tove Siebern died, she left the scrapbooks in the posession of Dell and Ruth Scott in order for them to find an appropriate home for the scrapbooks. Ruth Scott sent the scrapbooks to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March, 2011.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:37:35
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