Selected records from the collection of the Magnus Hirschfeld Society, Berlin
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Magnus Hirschfeld
Archival History
Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Forschungsstelle zur Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Magnus Hirschfeld Society in Berlin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in September 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains photocopies of 50 documents about Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), a German physician, sex researcher, and early homosexual rights advocate. It includes documents concerning allegations of homosexual behavior, and information about organizations connected with Dr. Hirschfeld, including the Institute for Sexual Knowledge, Berlin; the Magnus Hirschfeld Stiftung; and the Scientific Humanitarian Committee (Wissenschaftliche-humanitäres Komitee). There are also a few documents concerning Ernst Röhm.
People
- Hirschfeld, Magnus, 1868-1935.
- Röhm, Ernst, 1887-1934.
Subjects
- Berlin (Germany)
- Homosexuality--Germany.
- Research institute
- Gays--Germany--Berlin.
- Germany
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Forschungsstelle zur Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft