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Estelle Bechoefer collection

Document | Accession Number: 1992.77

The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the "Washington Evening Star" of August 30, 1945, titled "D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews." Dedication in photograph album reads: "Reichsschatzmeister, SS Obergruppenführer / Franz X. Schwarz / userem treuesten Freund / von der SS zu Weinachten 1935 / H. Himmler."

Date: 1935-1945
Language: English
Genre/Form: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Estelle Bechhoefer

Topical Term: Jewish property--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
Political parades & rallies--Germany--1930-1940.
Military training--Germany--1930-1940.
Military personnel--Germany--1930-1940.
Personal Name: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Schwarz, Franz Xaver, 1875-
Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
Scharfeld, Arthur William, 1903-
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Estelle Bechoefer in 1992.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-06-10 15:21:13
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