us-005578-irn516166
type: RecordSet
has beginning date: 1936-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
history: Albert C. Kornblum (14 Apr 1909-24 Apr 1992) was born in New York and worked as a lawyer. He enlisted in the US military in March 1942, was with the American troops who liberated Dachau in April 1945, and interrogated Julius Streicher and Robert Ley in the months before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
identifier: irn516166
record resource extent: folder oversize folder 1 1
record resource structure: The Albert C. Kornblum papers are arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Albert C. Kornblum papers consists of a certificate signed by Adolf Hitler, a certificate signed by Heinrich Himmler, a photograph of Nuremberg Stadium, a letter to Kornblum from US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and a map documenting the advance of the 15th Corps of the First, Third, and Seventh Armies from July 1944 to May 1945. The certificate signed by Hitler awards the first stage of the Honor Cross for German Mothers to Franziska Seefeldner. The certificate signed by Himmler awards the Death’s Head Ring of the SS to SS Obersturmführer Oskar Röntgen. The stadium photograph was originally taken by Kurt Grimm in 1936, is annotated “After V-E Day. No Nazi flags remaining then. July 4, 1945 Nuremberg Stadium Germany,” and is autographed by Larry Adler, Jack Benny, and Ingrid Bergman. Justice Frankfurter’s letter to Kornblum comments on the latter’s interrogation of Julius Streicher and Robert Ley in the months before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
title: Albert C. Kornblum papers