Martin H. Stoll photographs

Identifier
irn511906
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.44.1
  • RG-09.052
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511906

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Martin H. Stoll

Biographical History

Martin H. Stoll (1924-1988) was born in New York to Louis Stoll (born c. 1893, in Poland) and Helen Stoll (née Klein, born c. 1897-1981, in Poland) and had a brother, Henry (c. 1920-1990). Martin enlisted in the United States Army in 1943. He married Ruth Berkowitz (1925-?) in 1950 and had a daughter, Susan.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Susan Zedek donated the photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs taken by Martin Stoll in1945 of concentration camp liberations, including some identified as occurring at Buchenwald. Images show partially destroyed and gutted buildings, crematoriums, and Allied troops.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Europe.

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.