Wilfrid J. Michaud photograph collection

Identifier
irn516131
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.648.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516131

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were mailed by staff sergeant Wilfrid J. Michaud in 1945 to his wife, Rhea, and eventually entrusted to their son, Wilfrid J. Michaud, Jr. They were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Stephen Borkowski, Wilfrid J. Michaud, Jr.'s partner.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two photographs taken post-liberation at Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany, in 1945. The images depict a temporary monument erected immediately following liberation honoring those who perished in the camp and a mound of ashes and bones of those whose remains were cremated.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Bones--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Cremation--Germany.
  • Monuments & memorials--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.