Nordhausen liberation photographs

Identifier
irn542950
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.210.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn542950

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Graesser

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by William Graesser.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs dated April 12-13, 1945, showing the Nordhausen concentration camp shortly after liberation by American troops. Includes two images of the dead laid out, rows of corpses lie outside the central barracks (Boelke Kaserne) in the Nordhausen camp where German civilians were then forced by American forces to bury the victims.

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.

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