Spandau prison negatives

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.484.1

Overview

Description: Consists of four strips of Minox negatives (consisting of approximately 33 images) which were taken clandestinely of Rudolf Hess while he was imprisoned at the Spandau prison in Germany in the 1960s. The photographs were supposedly taken by Col. Byrd, the warden of the prison at the time. The images depict Hess painting and in the prison's garden.
Date: creation: circa 1960-1970
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Larry Hostetler

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Larry Hostetler donated these negatives to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.