Autographs of Nuremberg Defendants in the Collections of the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum Cover Image

Nürnbergi kohtualuste autograafid Eesti sõjamuuseumi – kindral Laidoneri muuseumi kogudes
Autographs of Nuremberg Defendants in the Collections of the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum

Author(s): Mart Lätte
Subject(s): History, Museology & Heritage Studies, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus

Summary/Abstract: In the early summer of 2007, a collection of the autographs of various defendants at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials arrived in Estonia, from Canada, having been donated to the collections of the Estonian War Museum. This autograph collection had belonged to the exile Estonian photographer Evald “Tommy” Tomson (1924–2006). After World War II, Tomson served in Estonian Guard Company 4221, which had been formed by the United States occupation authorities in Germany. (Longer version of this abstract is available as a separate file)

  • Issue Year: 1/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 347-382
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Estonian