Pnina Blum photograph collection

Identifier
irn13626
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.269.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn13626

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Pnina Blum

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Pnina Blum.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photographic print; monochromatic black and white image of Jewish man being forced to cut the beard of another Jewish man to publicly humiliate them; men with beards, all wearing long coats, standing on left and center, man on far left getting his beard cut, two German soldiers, one wearing armband reading "Deutsche/...ehrmacht" standing on right; verso: brown ink stamp in center "FOTO ZEISE/C817/REICHENBACH." Also includes a photographic print; monochromatic black and white image of close up of corpses, some wearing striped prisoner uniforms, others unclothed, "JUGO..UTO" at bottom of image; verso: handwritten inscription in Hebrew characters in blue ink; dated April-May 1945; Dachau, Germany

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.