Hans Fritzsche's Nuremberg war crimes trial headphones
Extent and Medium
overall: | Width: 6.460 inches (16.408 cm)
Creator(s)
- Hans Fritzsche (Subject)
- International Business Machines Corporation (Manufacturer)
Biographical History
Hans Fritzsche (1900-1953) was head of the radio division of the German propaganda ministry. A relatively minor propaganda ministry official who had not held a policy-making position, Fritzsche was included in the dock at Nuremberg in the absence of the deceased Joseph Goebbels and to mollify Soviet authorities, who held him in their custody. Although he was acquitted by the International Military Tribunal, he was then arrested again and brought before West German denazification courts. Fritzsche was sentenced to nine years imprisonment yet was released early in September 1950. Fritzsche, 53, died in September 1953.
Archival History
The headphones were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the IBM Corporation.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the IBM Corporation
Scope and Content
Headset used by Hans Fritzsche during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Black earpieces connected by headband; paper tag attached w/metal wire.
People
- Fritzsche, Hans, 1900-1953--Trials, litigation, etc.
Subjects
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.
- War crime trials--Germany--Nuremberg.
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.
- War criminals--Germany--Nuremberg.
Genre
- Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Object