MSS16579Fallschirmjager photography albumFallschirmjager photography album MSS 16579Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2021_09-30

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:

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The collection is open for research use.

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.

Preferred Citation

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

Content Description

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.

Photograph albums