Parke O. Yingst liberation collection

Identifier
irn521730
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.197
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521730

Extent and Medium

folder

1

7 slides,

1 roll of film,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Patricia A. Yingst donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 10, 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs and color slides taken by Lieutenant Colonel Parke O. Yingst, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers, upon the liberation of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps. Also contains one roll of film of the Buchenwald liberation photographs. Notable is a photograph of Margaret Bourke-White taking a photograph. Collection contains duplicate copies of photographs.

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.