Herman Kutun collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Herman Kutun
Biographical History
Herman Kutun was born July 26, 1926 in the Bronx, NY. He was a member of the United States Army Air Corps during the war. After the war, he was selected to attend the CIC school in Oberammergau, Germany. At the time, he befriended displaced persons in camps near Garmisch.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the estate of Herman and Estelle Kutun
The Estate of Herman and Estelle Kutun donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Scope and Content
Consists of loose photographs and photograph album pages from the collection of Herman Kutun, a member of the Counter-Intelligence Corps and Army Air Corps. The photographs depict Kutun, his fellow soldiers, displaced persons, and local people in Oberammergau, Kitzingen, and Bad Kissingen. Many of the photographs were taken at a displaced persons camp in Garmisch.
People
- Kutun, Herman.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Counter Intelligence Corps
Subjects
- Berchtesgaden (Germany)
- Oberammergau (Germany)
- Kitzingen (Germany)
- Bad Kissingen (Germany)
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Genre
- Document