Clarence Alberg collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Clarence and Douglas Alberg
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Douglas Alberg
Clarence Alberg donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 with the help of his son, Douglas. An accretion was added to the collection in 2017 by Douglas Alberg.
Scope and Content
Consists of seven photographs taken at the beginning of May 1945 depicting the aftermath of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Also includes a transcription of a letter originally dated May 8, 1945 written by Clarence Alberg, who worked for "The Stars and Stripes" during the war and arrived at Dachau on May 4, 1945. In the letter, dated May 8, 1945, Clarence described what he witnessed at the camp. Clarence is also depicted in one of the photographs.
People
- Alberg, Clarence.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Letter.
- Photographs.
- Document