Benjamin Finesmith collection

Identifier

irn516216

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.78

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1946

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516216

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Libby Stortz donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 24, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs and photographic negatives, taken upon the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Also contains correspondence from American soldier Benjamin Finesmith asking family and friends to send care packages to the displaced persons in the Bindermichl displaced persons camp.

Corporate Bodies

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Document
Negatives.
Photographs.

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.