David John Leslie Pihlstrand collection

Identifier
irn46328
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.381.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 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 Loren Lund

Loren Lund donated his uncle's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of 32 photographs from the collection of David John Leslie Pihlstrand, a member of the 65th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II, and participated in the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Includes images of Mauthausen liberation, including the quarry, of Russian soldiers, of German prisoners of war, and of damaged buildings in Austria. Also includes a postcard related to Pihlstrand's selective service, and a small group of mass produced photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald and Ohrdruf. Some of the original photographs have been captioned. Collection also includes Pihlstrand's selective service registration card, Minneapolis, 1940.

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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.