Martin Tillmanns photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Helene Gotthold
Biographical History
Helene Gotthold was a Jehovah's Witness who was arrested many times for her anti-Nazi views. She was convicted, condemned to death, and beheaded on December 8, 1944 in the Plotzensee in Berlin. Her Children Gerd and Gisela survived.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Martin Tillmanns in 1991.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a photograph of Helene Gotthold, a Jehovah's Witness, in 1918 and a photograph of Gotthold and her two children, Gerd and Gisela, on June 25, 1936.
People
- Gotthold, Helene.
- Gotthold, Gerd.
- Gotthold, Gisela.
Subjects
- Jehovah's Witnesses--Germany.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.