Robert Gessner collection

Identifier: irn720996
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Contains materials related to the work of Robert Gessner before and during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Robert Gessner passport
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn596945
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains a passport issued by the United States of America to Robert Gessner (donor's father) in 1932 and used by him through 1935 during his travels in Europe.
Robert Gessner papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn606770
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographs taken by American photographer Robert Gessner documenting Jewish communities in Europe and the rise of antisemitism in the 1930s. Includes photographs taken in the United States, Palestine, England, France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, and Russia. European photographs probably date to his 1934 visit. Collection also includes some commercial picture postcards.

Robert Gessner collection

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Robert Gessner passport

Robert Gessner papers