Erwin Schwager collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.575.1

Overview

Description: Original negatives taken by Erwin Schwager (donor's father). Collection consists of 2,297 Leica photographic 35 millimeter and larger negatives primarily taken from 1932-1938, prior to Erwin's immigration to the United States. Some rolls document life around Munich, Czechoslovakia and Italy. Other rolls were shot while traveling throughout other countries in Europe and the Middle East. In October 1938, Erwin immigrated to the United States. His parents Leopold and Sabine were deported from Munich to either Riga or the 9th Fort.
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dianne S. Schwager

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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 2017 by Dianne S. Schwager, daughter of Erwin Schwager.