John Heelan collection

Identifier
irn35997
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.177.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35997

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Heelan

John Heelan donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 1, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of twelve photographs from the collection of John Hewitson of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of buildings and barbed wire fencing, as well as photographs of corpses found both in the buildings and on the so-called "Dachau death train."

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau.
  • 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.