Chaplain Harry V. Hamblen photograph collection

Identifier
irn42285
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.408.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42285

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James V. Hamblen

Brought home from the war by Chaplain Harry V. Hamblen (donor’s father) who served with the 5th Corps of the U.S. Army during WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by James V. Hamblen.

Scope and Content

Contains photographic black-and-white prints documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. Includes close-up images of victims, piles of bodies stacked behind the crematorium with memorial wreaths hanging on the wall above them, and the crematorium ovens. The photos were brought home from the war by Chaplain Harry V. Hamblen (donor’s father) who served with the 5th Corps of the U.S. Army during WWII.

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.