Photo at Dachau

Identifier
irn515070
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.171.1
  • RG-09.048
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515070

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Allen L. Cohen

Biographical History

Mr. Cohen served as an infantryman in Cannon Company of th 180 Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division. After the liberation of Dachau, his company was brought in to relieve the troops there, and after a day or two, they rejoined their division on the attack on Munich. They were then sent back to Dachau to guard the SS and prevent inmates from escaping. Some of the SS prisoners were the german soldiers that committed the atrocities against the Americans in Malmedy. Mr. Cohen may have been the first Jewish soldier to guard the SS. He was honorably discharged from the Army on December 25, 1945.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Allen L. Cohen in 1988.

Scope and Content

The photograph depicts Allen Cohen [donor] guarding SS prisoners at Dachau concentration camp after liberation.

People

  • Cohen, Allen L.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Military personnel--German--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.

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.