Dachau liberation photographs

Identifier
irn517179
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.263
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517179

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Peter and Mary B. Fredlake donated the collection of Grant Balch, Mary's father, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 12, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of the railcars which held victims as well as carts used to transport the bodies of victims for reburial. The photographs are from the collection of Grant Balch, a liberator of Dachau.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

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.