Zella Shabasson Rosenberg photograph collection

Identifier

irn515188

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1999.309.1

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515188

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zella Shabasson Rosenberg

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Zella Shabasson Rosenberg.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs showing liberation scenes: American flag over a liberated camp, American soldiers holding a newspaper announcing German surrender, and liberated prisoners taking revenge on a former guard at a concentration camp (possibly Dachau).

Subjects

Prisoners--Europe--1940-1950.
World War, 1939-1945--Europe--End.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Soldiers--American--Europe--1940-1950.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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.