Deborah Gaynes photographs

Identifier
irn514906
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.250
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514906

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Deborah Gaynes donated this collection regarding her mother's family and her husband's liberation experiences to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 14, 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs of the extended family of Chaim Ariyah and Esther Chasen, originally of Grodno, Poland. The family moved to Vilna after World War I. Most of the members of the family were killed in Ponar during the Holocaust. Also includes photographs taken upon the liberation of the Landsberg-Kaufering IV concentration camp, taken by Albert Gaynes, a member of the 12th Armored Division as well as a folder of photocopies of letters written by Mr. Gaynes about his experiences liberating the camp.

Corporate Bodies

  • Kaufering (Concentration camp)

Subjects

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

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.