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Camera filters used by Hitler's personal photographer

Object | Accession Number: 2011.432.10

Detachable, green and yellow camera filters, used by Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler's personal photographers before and during World War II (1939-1945). The filter and lens are part of a collection that highlights the Nazi rise to power leading up to and during the war. The materials include photographic equipment and accessories, 50 color slides, and a leaflet written by Frank R. Eisner entitled "Shadows of the Past", which describes the slides.

Language
German
Classification
Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
Category
Cameras
Object Type
Light filters (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fern M. Schad

About This Object

Physical Description
Circular, yellow, flat, glass filter mounted in a silver-colored metal ring with a beveled inner face and a flat rim with ridged sides. The base has flat sides and three tension prongs. The interior is also flat, with a ledge to support the piece of glass and hold it in place. The yellow filter is fitted to the top of a detachable, circular, green, flat, glass filter mounted in a black-painted metal ring with a beveled inner face and a flat rim with smooth sides. The base has flat sides and three evenly-spaced, tension prongs. The interior is also flat, with a narrow ledge near the top, which supports the piece of glass. Manufacturing information is engraved around the beveled face of the ring. Use has worn the paint away on portions of the exterior.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Diameter: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
Materials
overall : glass, metal, paint
Markings
green filter, beveled face, engraved : LIFA omnicolor 1/28,5
Contributor
Photographer: Hugo Jaeger
Subject: Hugo Jaeger
Manufacturer: LIFA-Lichtfilterfabrik

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The camera filters were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Fern M. Schad.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2023-08-31 10:43:59
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The collection consists of camera equipment, glass slides, and documents relating to the experiences of Hugo Jaeger, who was a personal photographer for Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Date: approximately 1933-1945

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Document

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