Francis E. Kratz photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Kratz
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Barbara Kratz, daughter of Francis E. Kratz.
Scope and Content
Contains two photographs of the massacre at Gardelegen, Germany, taken shortly after the event on April 13, 1945. Both images depict victims who were murdered in a barn set on fire by Nazi guards. The photographs belonged to the donor’s father, Francis E. Kratz who was part of the US Army’s 3258th Signal Service Company and was stationed in Europe after December 17, 1944.
Subjects
- Gardelegen massacre, 1945.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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