Dorothea Minskoff photographs
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Overview
- Description
- Three photographic prints documenting the prosecutors and witnesses during the I.G. Farben trial in Nuremberg: 1) image of prosecution team member Dorothea Grater Minskoff standing at the podium, 2) members of the prosecution team, including Josiah E. Dubois, Jr. (Chief Prosecutor and Deputy Chief of Counsel) and Ruth Benedicta Kempner (third from the left), standing in the courtroom in front of a map of the I.G. Farben factories at Auschwitz, and 3) image of a group of British POWs who testified as witnesses for the prosecution at the trial standing in front of the same map.
- Date
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inclusive:
1947-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jean Robins Likens
- Collection Creator
- Dorothea G. Minskoff
- Biography
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Dorothea Grater Minskoff (1910-1986) was born in Pennsylvania, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s law school in 1934, and married fellow graduate Emanuel Minskoff. There were very few women in law school at the time, and when she was unable to find a job as an attorney, she worked as a secretary for the American Bankers Association. Through her classmate Josiah Dubois, she and Emanuel were recruited to be a part of the Nuremburg prosecution. She served as part of the prosecution team for the Ministries trial in the late 1940s, and then worked at the Justice Department until the late 1960s.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The photographs are arranged as 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
- I.G. Farben Trial, Nuremberg, Germany, 1947-1948.
- Geographic Name
- Nuremberg (Germany).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Jean Robins Likens donated the Dorothea Minskoff photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012. Likens was Mrs. Minskoff's caregiver later in life.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 07:34:36
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46320
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