Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0180

Overview

Description: Contains essay by the donor who is on the staff of the Institut fuer Afrikanistik,Universitaet zu Koeln, entitled "'Der schwarze Stern' Vom Schicksal deutscher Afrikaner im Nationalsozialismus;" an editorial concerning blacks in Nazi Germany excerpted from a book by Paulette Reed-Anderson entitled "Eine Geschichte von mehr als 100 Jahren: Die Anfaenge der Afrikanischen Diaspora in Berlin;" and copies from the Bundesarchiv of Wehrmacht, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Eingeborenen kunde, and NSDAP correspondence and reports which include name lists, dated 1938-1941, relating to individuals of African ancestry.

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Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst