Heinrich Fraenkel Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-319
Scope and Content
Photographs related to the Nazi Party that dominated politics in Germany from 1933 to 1945. The bulk of the images were made between those years and include portraits of major Nazi leaders and their families including Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels, Herman Göring, and Heinrich Himmler. There is also a significant number of identified and unidentified German military officers and civilians. Other groupings of images include German army processions, political rallies, executed Nazi figures, photographs from the infamous Reichsgerichtshof Trials in Berlin, the concentration camp at Auschwitz, Poland, Holocaust remembrance, and the Annual Commemoration Ceremony of the Plot of July 20, 1944. A miscellaneous folder includes a strategic map and photographs of post-World War II Berlin and a strategic map of the city.
Dates
- 1930-1960
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Many of the documents and photographs require permission to publish from the agency or archives that the piece originated from. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Heinrich Fraenkel was co-author, with Roger Manvell, of several Nazi biographies and monographs.
Extent
227 items (2 boxes) : 219 photographic prints; 8 negatives
Language of Materials
German
Abstract
Photographs related to the Nazi Party that dominated politics in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Alternate Format Available
Two photos from the Henrich Fraenkel Photograph Collection are available online via New Mexico Digital Collections.
Separated Material
Photographs separated from the Heinrich Fraenkel Papers.
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany
- Berlin (Germany)
- Castles -- Germany
- Genocide -- Germany
- Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
- National socialism -- Germany -- Berlin
- Nazi Collection
- Nazis -- Germany
- Swastikas -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Heinrich Fraenkel Photograph Collection, 1930-1960
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu