Stuart and Martha Bindeman photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Nathan Koenig
Biographical History
Nathan Koenig was a journalist with an agricultural expertise. During World War II he wrote a column for the "Washington Jewish Review;" the column was largely concerned with Jews in Europe. In 1945 he was appointed the Executive Assistant to the United States Secretary of agriculture. In that capacity he accompanied a delegation to Poland where he took photographs of concentration camps, the city of Warsaw, Poland, in ruins, and agricultural areas.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stuart and Martha Bindeman
The film negatives were created by Nathan Koenig, Martha Bindeman's father. This collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Stuart and Martha Bindeman in 1991.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of nine film negatives of bombed and ruined buildings in Warsaw, Poland, and two film negatives of Majdanek concentration camp.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Warsaw.
- War damage--Poland--Warsaw--1940-1950.
- Ruins--Poland--Warsaw--1940-1950.
Genre
- Film negatives.
- Document