Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Racial classification set used to classify iris markings. Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer.
- Date
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use:
1930-1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irmgard Nippert
- Contributor
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Artisan:
Michael Hesch
- Biography
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Dr. Michael Hesch worked in the field of heredity.
Steffan, Paul. Handbuch der Blutgruppenkunde, Dr. H Bèurkle-de la Camp...Dr. M. Hesch...Dr. O. Thomsen.... Mèunchen, J.F. Lehmann, 1932; "Das gesamte Schrifttum der Blutgruppenkunde...1901-1931, von Dr. Michael Hesch [539]-646.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Information artifacts
- Object Type
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Charts, diagrams, etc. (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Folding cardboard chart with images to classify iris markings; front panel of chart credits Michael Hesch of Leipzig.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.990 inches (7.595 cm) | Width: 6.570 inches (16.688 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The chart was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Irmgard Nippert.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-29 15:16:26
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