Martin Tillmanns photograph collection

Identifier
irn515565
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.204
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

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

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.