Helen Surosky photograph collection

Identifier
irn515214
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.170
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515214

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The photographs were created by an unknown photographer at Dachau in Apr. 1945. Helen Surosky donated them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 via Bernard Fishman at the Jewish Historical Society at Maryland.

Scope and Content

The Helen Surosky photograph collection consists of seven photographs of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. The pictures show the victims corpses. All of the photographs have captions on the verso.

System of Arrangement

The Helen Surosky photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Carts & wagons--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • Germany.
  • Holocaust victims--Germany.
  • Holocaust victims.

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.