Merrill B. Remick photograph collection

Identifier
irn516212
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.91
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516212

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Merrill B. Remick

Biographical History

Merill Remick was a medic in the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division, during World War II.

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.

Merrill B. Remick donated the Merrill B. Remick photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of seven color film negatives taken at the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp by Merrill Remick, a medic in the 261st Infantry Regiment, 65th Infantry Division, of the American Third Army.

System of Arrangement

The Merrill B. Remick photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Gallows--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Germany.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Cremation--Germany--Ohrdruf.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Ohrdruf.
  • Mass burials--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Ohrdruf--1940-1950.

Genre

  • Document
  • Film negatives.
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.