Joel Forman photograph collection

Identifier
irn521847
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.217.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521847

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Forman

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph depicting a group of corpses lying on wooden planks in an open train car. The photograph was taken immediately following the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

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