Stanley Garfinkle collection

Identifier
irn43806
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.447.6
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center

This collection was donated to the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center by the wife of Stanley Garfinkle. This collection was transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum upon the closure of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center in Springfield, MA, in September 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of 46mass-produced photoprints, some with captions, depicting the destruction of buildings and military equipment in Europe, the deaths of enemy combatants, USO entertainers (including Bob Hope), and images of the architecture and of survivors of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs were collected by Stanley Garfinkle.

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.