Louis Hilton photograph collection

Identifier
irn515538
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.149
  • RG-09.075
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515538

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Louis Hilton

Biographical History

Louis Hilton served in the C O A 603 T D. B N. 6th Armored Division.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Louis Hilton

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Louis Hilton in 1991.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eight photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Captions in English are on the verso of the photographs.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Crematoriums--Germany--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Dead persons--Germany--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.