Dr. William C. Pursch collection

Identifier

irn35271

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2008.338.1

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35271

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William C. Pursch Donated in memory of Bernard M. Jacox, Tec 4, Co C, 56th Armd. Engr. Bn., 11th Armored Division.

Created by Bernard M. Jacox (donor’s cousin), May 1945, Austria. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Dr. William C. Pursch. Donated in memory of Bernard M. Jacox, Tec 4, Co C, 56th Armd. Engr. Bn., 11th Armored Division.

Scope and Content

Contains three loose album pages containing 39 mounted black-and-white photographs documenting the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps following liberation. The photographs were taken by Bernard M. Jacox (donor’s cousin).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Subjects

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

Genre

Photographs.
Photo albums.
Document

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