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Actions Displays	Dr. Ernst Grawitz Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/068:021 TitleDr. Ernst Grawitz Creator Heinrich Hoffmann DescriptionBlack and white portrait photographgraph of Ernst Grawitz, SS doctor and German Red Cross Director. Grawitz advised Himmler on the use of gas chambers in concentration camps and conducted brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Due to his SS rank, he was administratively responsible for all medical experiments performed in the camps. He killed himself and his family at the end of the war. This photograph was taken by Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's personal photographrapher, and is a copy from Hoffmann's archive. Production placeGermany Production date 1939 - 1945 SubjectNazi leaders, doctors (medical), Nazi medical experiments, concentration camps Object namephotographs Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper Dimensions width: 163.00 mm height: 235.00 mm Language German Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Leonard Marino

Object numberM2008/068:021

TitleDr. Ernst Grawitz

DescriptionBlack and white portrait photographgraph of Ernst Grawitz, SS doctor and German Red Cross Director. Grawitz advised Himmler on the use of gas chambers in concentration camps and conducted brutal medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Due to his SS rank, he was administratively responsible for all medical experiments performed in the camps. He killed himself and his family at the end of the war. This photograph was taken by Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's personal photographrapher, and is a copy from Hoffmann's archive.

Production placeGermany

Production date 1939 - 1945

SubjectNazi leaders, doctors (medical), Nazi medical experiments, concentration camps

Object namephotographs

Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Leonard Marino

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