John W. George photographs

Identifier
irn514767
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.200
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514767

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mildred I. George donated her late husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 29, 2002.

Scope and Content

Consists of 26 photographs taken by and of PFC John W. George, a member of the 13th Field Artillery Observation Battalion of the United States Army; includes photographs of the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp. Also includes photographs of military destruction as well as civilian and prisoner casualties encountered by the Army as they crossed Germany in the spring of 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.

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.

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