Phillip Drell collection
Extent and Medium
oversize box
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Philip Drell
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Philip Drell.
Scope and Content
Publications and correspondence illustrating the experiences of Philip Drell [donor], sergeant attached to the Special Motion Picture Coverage Unit, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force from June 6, 1944 to May 8, 1945. Collection includes a series of publications and newspapers circa 1930s and 1940s [list below]; letter written by donor from Paris, dated May 15, 1945, addressed to his “Folks” describing in brief detail seeing the newly liberated concentration camp Dachau in Germany; hand-inscribed note asking Parisian photography to develop and process donor’s film for news media in France and the United Kingdom, signed “Tubby Abraham” and dated circa 1944-1945; and a photograph of Adolf Hitler in uniform standing at a podium, poster-sized, taken by Heinrich Hoffman. Publications and newspapers: 1. Die Pflichten Des Partei Genossen; Germany, NSDAP 2. Sieg der Massen-Sieg des Kindes, Germany 3. Hier ausgeber: der Reichsfuhrer SS-SS Hauptamt Schulungsamt, Germany 4. Paris Deliveré par son Peuple 5. Liberation de Paris, August 26, 1944 6. Sigfried Kracauer , Propaganda and the Nazi War Film, The Museum of Modern Art Film Library, 1942 7. “They Shoot the War” This Week Magazine, Chicago Daily News, April 14, 1945, pages 4-5 8. Constantin, Philippe, “Les Sammies, chausseurs d’images donnent le frisson aux fiancées d’Amerique,” Combat: Le Grand Quotidien Republicain du Sud-Est, dated November 7, 1944.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document