Robert Righter collection

Identifier
irn46870
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.230.1
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 2003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46870

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Righter

Robert Righter donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in memory of his father, Lindley Righter.

Scope and Content

Consists of copyprints of images taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, including images of the Dachau death train and of prisoners in uniform. Also includes a brief testimony (3 pages) by William Hummer and copies of the United States military discharge paperwork for Lindley Righter. Both men served in the 45th Division of the Seventh Army and participated in the liberation of Dachau.

People

  • Righter, Lindley.
  • Hummer, William.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

Genre

  • Document
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