John W. Schafer collection

Identifier
irn38060
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.289
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn38060

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dorothy Schafer

Dorothy Schafer donated her late husband's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of eleven photographs taken of the Gusen concentration camp after liberation. The photographs depict survivors, the quarries, the crematoria, and the burial of victims. John William Schafer acquired the photographs while he was a member of the United States Army during World War II.

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.