Robert Slack collection

Identifier
irn37150
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.460.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37150

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Slack

Robert Slack gave these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994. The donation was completed by his estate in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of 26 original photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. Contains images of clothed and unclothed bodies in mass graves, local townspeople forced to move bodies from mass grave sites, and live prisoners in bunks. Taken by Robert Slack during his service with the US Army during WWII.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Estate of Robert Slack

People

  • Slack, Robert.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Weimar (Germany)

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.