Object ID
2015.2.172
Object Name
Tree, Family
Files
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Description
Family tree on grey paper written in blue-gray ink with two names on the right circled in blue.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:Oswald Pohl (1892-1951). Pohl was the head of the Economic Office of the SS and ultimate overseer of the concentration camp system. He was responsible for turning his victims' gold teeth, eyeglasses, hair, etc. into cash for the SS, using the "Max Heliger" Swiss accounts. He was captured by British troops in 1946 and sentenced to death by an American military tribunal for crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes, mass murder, and crimes committed in the concentration camps. Despite repeated appeals, he was executed in 1951.
Dimensions
17 x 23 3/4"
Keywords
Oswald Pohl, family tree
Subcollection
Early
Recommended Citation
"Oswald Pohl Family Tree" (2018). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.172.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1402