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Henryk Chęciński photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 2016.397.1

The collection contains 45 photographs taken by amateur photographer Henryk Chęciński in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, circa 1939-1940. Subjects include bombed buildings, makeshift graves, German soldiers, Polish soldiers, German soldiers marching groups of Jewish men in the street, three hanging men in front of a crowd, and people in the street.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1939-1940
Language
Polish
English
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
2 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Andrzej Chęciński In Memory of his Uncle Henryk Chęciński

About This Document

Document Creator
Henryk Chęciński
Biography
Henryk Chęciński (1915-1944) was an amateur photographer from Warsaw, Poland. He was arrested during a random round up around 1941-1942. He was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and later transferred to the Gusen subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp where he was killed.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as two folders.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Henryk Chęciński photograph collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Andrzej Chęciński in 2016. Andrzej is the nephew of Henryk Chęciński.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-02-24 14:26:07
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