Bernard Schwarzkopf photograph collection

Identifier
irn515551
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.180
  • RG-09.076
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515551

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Bernard Schwarzkopf

Biographical History

Bernard Schwarzkopf was a member of the 355th Infantry of the 89th Division and participated in the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bernard Schwarzkopf

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Bernard Schwarzkopf in 1991.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three photographs depicting corpses at Ohrdruf concentration camp at liberation in 1945 and one photograph of a Jewish synagogue in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where Bernard Schwarzkopf [donor] attended services during Rosh Hashanah in 1945.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is in the order in which received

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Synagogues--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • Ohrdruf (Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.
  • Religious services--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--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.