John McMichael photograph collection

Identifier
irn515566
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.205
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515566

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.

John McMichael donated the John McMichael photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs of Ohrdruf concentration camp, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, at the time of liberation in 1945. The photographs were taken by Bob McMichael.

System of Arrangement

The John McMichael photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Mass burials--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Germany.
  • Homicides--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Barracks--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Prison guards--Germany--Ohrdruf--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.