us-005578-irn515633
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Franz X. Schwarz (1847-1947) was an early member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) (1922) and served as"Erster Schatzmeiste" (First Treasurer) for the Party from 1923. Schwarz was known within the NSDAP as"Reichsschatzmeister" Eventually, Schwarz came to oversee the finances of all Party organizations and its affiliates. Schwarz died in the Regensburg internment camp in 1947.
has beginning date: 1935-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 000181
has or had subject: 407
has or had subject: 000185
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn515633
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection consists of an album containing photographs of Nazi Party meetings and training camps which was given as a Christmas present from Heinrich Himmler to Franz Xaver Schwarz in 1935 and a newspaper article from the"Washington Evening Sta" of August 30, 1945, titled"D.C. Attorney Gathers Records on Nazi Seizures from Jews" Dedication in photograph album reads:"Reichsschatzmeister, SS Obergruppenführer / Franz X. Schwarz / userem treuesten Freund / von der SS zu Weinachten 1935 / H. Himmler"
title: Estelle Bechoefer collection