Signal Corps liberation photographs

Identifier

irn510944

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2003.114.1

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510944

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Anonymous

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by an anonymous donor in 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of 17 black and white images taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in April and May 1945 during the liberation of concentration camps.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Soldiers--American--1940-1950.
Mass burials--1940-1950.
Dead persons--1940-1950.

Genre

Document
Photographs.

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.