Estelle Bechoefer collection

Identifier
irn515633
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.77
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Franz X. Schwarz (1847-1947) was an early member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) (1922) and served as "Erster Schatzmeister" (First Treasurer) for the Party from 1923. Schwarz was known within the NSDAP as "Reichsschatzmeister." Eventually, Schwarz came to oversee the finances of all Party organizations and its affiliates. Schwarz died in the Regensburg internment camp in 1947.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Estelle Bechhoefer

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Estelle Bechoefer in 1992.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the "Washington Evening Star" of August 30, 1945, titled "D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews." Dedication in photograph album reads: "Reichsschatzmeister, SS Obergruppenführer / Franz X. Schwarz / userem treuesten Freund / von der SS zu Weinachten 1935 / H. Himmler."

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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.