Isaiah Henig photograph collection

Identifier
irn516189
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.224
  • 1991.240.15
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516189

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.

Isaiah Henig donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a photograph of people around the Bergen-Belsen memorial; a photograph of a decomposing corpse inside a metal box taken prior to burial; and three photographs of the funeral ceremony for prisoners who died on the death marches outside Munich in 1945.

System of Arrangement

The Isaiah Henig photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Henig, Isaiah.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Monuments & memorials--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Germany.
  • Death marches--Germany.
  • Funeral rites & ceremonies--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.