Post-liberation photographs of Dachau concentration camp

Identifier
irn506441
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.A.0062
  • RG-04.071
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506441

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Eli Rozycki obtained the photographs during his time in Passau, Germany, after his liberation from Oranienburg concentration camp. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection by transfer from the Collections Department in Sept. 1995.

Scope and Content

Contains nine black-and-white photographs of post-liberation scenes at Dachau concentration camp. Includes scenes of dead bodies, the crematoria, and liberators viewing dead bodies. The photographs were taken circa April 1945, mass-produced and distributed throughout Europe.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • Crematoriums--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.

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.