us-005578-irn78489-irn30386
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archival history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Lise Horn McCartney, the daughter of Stefan Horn.
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.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Graphite pencil image of profile of man wearing glasses and headphones. recto, below image on left, handwritten in graphite:"Dr. Otto KUESTNER/witness for Cuhorst/Sept. 4, 1947/Nurnber"
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1947 September 04
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn30386
is or was included in: us-005578-irn78489
record resource extent: overall:
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scope and content: Drawing created by interpreter during Trial 3, the"Jurists Trial" of the Nuremberg trials.
title: Drawing