Drawing
Extent and Medium
overall:
Creator(s)
- Stefan Horn (Artist)
Biographical History
Dr. Stefan Horn graduated from the School for Interpreters in Geneva, Switzerland, and held a Doctorate in rerum politicarum from the University of Vienna, in Austria. He was trained in Geneva as a consecutive interpreter. Dr. Horn applied to Nuremberg for a position as an interpreter and was approved via testing conducted by the United States Army. He worked in Nuremberg, Germany, as a court interpreter, translating English into German, during part of the first War Crimes trial and during the Justice Case. He eventually became Chief Interpreter. After the trials closed in 1949, Dr. Horn joined Léon Dostert at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Dr. Horn became head of the Division of Interpretation and Translation of the Institute of Languages and Linguistics that Dostert had founded. He later became an American citizen.
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Lise Horn McCartney, the daughter of Stefan Horn.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lise Horn McCartney
Scope and Content
Drawing created by interpreter during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Four graphite pencil images on one page; upper left image of profile of man captioned "Walter Funk", upper right image of profile of man wearing suit jacket captioned "Karl Doenitz", lower left image of profile of man wearing glasses captioned "Erich Raeder" lower right image of profile of man captioned "Baldur von Schirach."
Subjects
- Translators--Germany--Nuremberg--Biography.
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Object
- Art