Dachau war crimes trials photographs

Identifier
irn523391
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.117
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523391

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Leslie Urch donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 17, 2006, with the assistance of her mother, Jennifer Lamberson.

Scope and Content

Consists of 40 photographs taken at the American Military Tribunal in Dachau in November and December 1945 (also known as the Dachau war crimes trials). The photographs are from the first trial, the United States vs. Martin Gottfried Weiss et. al., in which forty defendants were charged in crimes related to the operation of the Dachau concentration camp. Weiss was the commandant of Dachau from 1942-1943.

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.