Frances Laxson papers

Identifier
irn516369
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.6
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516369

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.

Frances Laxson donated the Frances Laxson papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993. Frances Laxson is the brother of James Laxson.

Scope and Content

The Frances Laxson papers consists of a letter and liberation photographs sent home by James Laxson. The photographs consists of liberation photographs of either Dachau or Buchenwald concentration camps.

System of Arrangement

The Frances Laxson papers is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Laxson, Frances.
  • Laxson, James.

Subjects

  • Holocaust victims.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Prisoners--1940-1950.
  • Crematoriums--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
  • Dead persons--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Munich--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.