Photograph of corpses at a concentration camp

Identifier
irn516707
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.30
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516707

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter J. and Machelle M. Moosey. In memory of PFC Joseph P. Moosey, 244th Field Arty Bn, 12th Corp, 3rd US Army.

The photograph was created by Joseph P. Moosey donor's father and was given to Peter Moosey from his mother after his father's death. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Peter Moosey in 1998.

Scope and Content

The photograph was taken at the liberation of a concentration camp, possibly Ohrdruf or Buchenwald, and depicts a large group of corpses stacked against the wall of a brick building.

Subjects

  • Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.

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.