Brian Wolfson collection

Identifier
irn501225
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0014
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501225

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Brian Wolfson.

Scope and Content

Contains two bound volumes sent to the donor's family in 1950 by Judge Michael Musmanno of Pittsburgh, PA, who had served as a judge at the Einsatzgruppen Trial (part of the subsequent Nuremberg trials) in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1948. The first volume is his concurring opinion in the case of "United States vs. Oswald Pohl, et.al.," the second is "Opinion and Judgment of the Tribunal," Case No. 9, 8 April 1948, at which Musmanno was presiding judge. Also contains two letters from Musmanno to Emanuel Wolfson, which were enclosed with each volume when mailed in 1950.

People

  • Musmanno, Michael Angelo.

Subjects

  • War crime trials--Germany--Nuremberg.

Genre

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