Major John F. Maloney photographs

Identifier
irn36275
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.41
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36275

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eileen Ellis

Eileen Ellis donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, including photographs of corpses, survivors, and architecture. "Not for publication: JJ Carroll 1st Lt. CMP" is handwritten on the verso of each photograph. The photographs are from the collection of Maj. John F. Maloney, US Army (Ret.), who was a staff officer for General Patton.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany-Buchenwald.
  • 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.