Dachau photographic negatives

Identifier

irn46687

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2012.497.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46687

Extent and Medium

oversize box

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rich Racimora

Richard Racimora donated these negatives, from his father's collection, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographic negatives of Dachau liberation photos, which were widely published and distributed to American soldiers in the spring of 1945. These images are from the collection of the Racimora family, who were imprisoned during the war and spent time in displaced persons camps after the war.

Corporate Bodies

Dachau (Concentration camp)

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Negatives.
Document

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.