Post-liberation photographs of Nordhausen concentration camp

Identifier
irn506434
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.A.0109
  • RG-04.069
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

James C. Ernest took the photographs of post-liberation scenes in Nordhausen concentration camp in Apr. 1945. At the time, he served with the Company A of the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion of the U.S. Army. His donated copyprints were received by the Archives by transfer from the Collections Department in Sept. 1995.

Scope and Content

Contains ten black-and-white copyprints of photographs of Nordhausen concentration camp taken by James C. Ernest, a member of Company A of the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion, shortly after liberation in April 1945. The photographs contain images of victims' bodies and burial of victims in mass graves by German citizens.

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