A.C. Williams collection

Identifier
irn46894
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.181.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46894

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mike Williams

Mike Williams donated his uncle's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. in May 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of five photographs from the collection of Captain A.C. Williams of the 272th Infantry regiment of the 69th Infantry Division, United States Army. The photographs were taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, depicting the crematoria; one photo includes prisoners in uniform. Also includes one small card regarding talking too much and warning that both the enemy and the CIC (Counter-Intelligence Corps) are listening.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

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.