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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A collection of photographs of Nazi Germany during World War II now belongs to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., after spending decades in North Carolina.
The Perquimans County Library donated three volumes that depict Germany in 1939-41, The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reported (http://bit.ly/1ESoEpG). The volumes have a German title that translates as "Greater Germany in the Affairs of the World."
Most of the photo albums were prepared as gifts for Nazi party leaders and contained photographs of German cities, official construction projects, art works, and Nazi activities, according to research by the Library of Congress.
The opening page of the 1939 volume includes a credit to Henrich Hoffman, who served as Adolf Hitler's official photographer. Hoffman served four years in prison after he was captured in 1945. He died in 1957.
The books were donated to the North Carolina library by Clement Jordan on behalf of his son, Joseph, who served in the Army after World War II. It wasn't clear exactly how the Jordans came across the books.
"The library is pleased to honor the original donor, Clement Jordan, and his son, U.S. Army Veteran Joseph Jordan with this gift to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum," said Lenore Bell, the Holocaust library director. "These important documents will receive the archival preservation that they deserve and will be made available to the public for viewing and research."
The library donated the books Nov. 11. Museum officials say the volumes will be available for anyone to view. The museum also plans to digitize the books.
Joseph Jordan died in 1948 in a car wreck in Virginia; his father died in 1984.
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Online:
The Library of Congress has digitized some of the photos: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003690515/
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Information from: The Daily Advance, http://www.dailyadvance.com/
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