Rabbi Jay Stein collection

Identifier
irn524226
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.202.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524226

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jay Stein

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Rabbi Jay Stein.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of 10 liberation photographs from Buchenwald concentration camp in April, 1945, taken or reproduced by the United States Army. Also included is a photograph of Weimar, labeled on reverse as being "Platz Adolf-Hitler." Images include survivors as well as army personnel and barracks and gallows within the camp.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)

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.