J. Robert Cox photograph collection

Identifier
irn169855
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.228.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn169855

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan A. Fryer

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Susan A. Fryer.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs taken by J. Robert Cox, MD (donor's father), who served with the 132nd Evacuation Hospital, taken shortly after his arrival at the Dachau concentration camp on May 2, 1945, a few days after liberation; inscriptions by Dr. Cox written on verso. Also includes U.S. Army Signal Corps images documenting the atrocities in the Dachau concentration camp immediately following liberation

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.