Dachau death train photographs

Identifier
irn518722
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.84
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518722

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Ellen Temkin donated these photographs, which were sent to her father in 1945, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 7, 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of two photographs, taken after the liberation of Dachau in April 1945, of the Dachau "death train." One photograph shows corpses on the train; the other shows American soldiers viewing these corpses. The photographs were sent to Manuel Band while he was in the armed forces during World War II.

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.