Thomas Benson collection

Identifier
irn502402
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.104
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502402

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Thomas Benson

Biographical History

Thomas B. Benson served as a Major in the United States Army assigned to the 301st Combat Engineer Battalion.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Art and Artifacts Branch received these photographs from the Family of Thomas B. Benson (Martha Benson McGrane) on Apr. 25, 2000. The photographs were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Apr. 25, 2000.

Scope and Content

Contains seven black-and-white photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation. Thomas B. Benson took these photographs during World War II while serving as a Major in the United States Army assigned to the 301st Combat Engineer Battalion

People

  • Benson, Thomas B.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Weimar (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.

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.

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