Waffen-SS photograph album

Identifier
irn515958
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.227
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

folder

1

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Album was removed from a home in which the donor stayed while in Germany. Album donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photograph album of a former Waffen-SS youth and contains photographs depicting German military life on campaigns throughout Europe during World War II. Some of the photographs have fallen out of the album and are stored separately. The collection also contains handwritten notes listing English translations of German words and phrases.

System of Arrangement

The Waffen-SS photograph album is a single item.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.