Adam S. Buynoski photograph collection

Identifier
irn512282
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1987.99.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512282

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Adam S. Buynoski (Ret.)

Biographical History

Adam S. Buynoski was a Colonel in the United States Army and helped liberate the Landsberg concentration camp in Apr. 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Adam S. Buynowski

Adam S. Buynoski made the negatives in Apr. 1945. John F. Manning printed the photographs from the original negatives in 1987. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Adam S. Buynoski in 1987.

Scope and Content

The photographs were taken by Adam S. Buynoski in Apr. 1945 during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, civilians, buildings, and bodies. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Landsberg am Lech--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Landsberg am Lech--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.

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.