Gerard LaBossiere collection

Identifier
irn37325
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.378
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37325

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gerard LaBossiere

Gerard LaBossiere donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 6, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of 37 photographs taken by Gerard LaBossiere upon the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Mr. LaBossiere was a member of the Canadian First Army and took these photographs after taking a tour of the camp. The photographs depict the camp grounds and memorial signs and symbols erected after liberation.

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany--Bergen Belsen.
  • 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.