Luigi Lucaccini collection

Overview

Collection Summary

"Mein Kampf"" and "Adolf Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers." The copy of "Mein Kampf" was published in 1941 and given to a young couple Eck-Gerritsma on the occassion of their wedding, and was signed by the mayor of the town of Beuderich in Westfalia, Germany; dated July 1, 1942. "Adolf Hitler": 1936 album from Germany containing propaganda photographs describing "life of the Fuehrer" and disseminated by a cigarette company with photographs pasted in by the buyers; The album was later found in Germany by an American GI and dated May 6, 1945.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Luigi Lucaccini.