Fallschirmjager photography album Fallschirmjager photography album MSS 16579

Fallschirmjager photography album MSS 16579

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 16579

Title

Fallschirmjager [paratroopers] photograph album 1930s

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/123734

Quantity

0.03 Cubic Feet, 1 folder, 1 photo album

Condition Description

Good.

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16579, Fallschirmjager photography album, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Lux Mentis by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 16 Nobember 2018.

Biographical / Historical

Fallschimjager were the paratroop branch of the German Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first German paratroopers to be committed in large-scale airborne operations.

Comprises a photographic record of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjagerregiment (German Army Mountain Troops) and Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager training in and around the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzburg area in Bavaria prior to the second World War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photograph albums