Walter Genewein slide collection

Identifier
irn522966
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.720
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522966

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

3

138 slides,

Creator(s)

  • Walter Genewein

Biographical History

Walter Genewein was an amateur photographer who was the chief Nazi accountant in the Łódź ghetto.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Abrams

The photographs were taken by Walter Genewein in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, during World War II. The collection was acquired from Robert Abrams by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 138 slides of scenes of daily life from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Walter Genewein was an amateur photographer who was the chief Nazi accountant in the Łódź ghetto

People

  • Walter Genewein
  • Biebow, Hans, 1902-1947.
  • Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
  • Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim.

Subjects

  • Laborers--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.
  • Ethnic neighborhoods--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.
  • Cemeteries--Poland--Łódź.
  • Police--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.
  • City & town life--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.
  • Jews--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Courtrooms--Poland--Łódź--1940-1950.

Genre

  • Document
  • Slides.
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.

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