Nordhausen liberation photographs

Identifier
irn522914
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.271
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Paul Melka donated his father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jul. 6, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of four photographs taken after the liberation of the Nordhausen labor camp. They depict bodies of victims, the remains of a fire used to burn victims, and a cemetery erected after their burial. The photographs are from the collection of James A. Melka, a Private First Class in the United States Army during World War II.

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Genre

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