Buchenwald liberation photographs collection

Identifier
irn36980
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.452.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36980

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lucien T. Winegar

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Lucien Winegar.

Scope and Content

Collection of eight prints of photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes images of victims bodies found in the camp, a memorial erected in the camp in memory of the victims of Buchenwald, and an effigy of Hitler hanging in front of one of the barracks in the camp; some prints include inscriptions on verso. Photos brought home from the war by Sgt. Miller (first name unknown).

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.