J.S. ("Jim") Willis photograph album

Identifier
irn606771
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.459.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn606771

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Creator(s)

  • J. E. Willis

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of USS LST Ship Memorial.

Original owner of the album was U.S. military serviceman J.S. ("Jim") Willis. Captions may have been created by his wife, Sally A. Willis. The album was dropped off at the USS LST Ship Memorial with no contact information, Their staff member, Jenifer Walsh, offered it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph album owned by U.S. military serviceman J.S. ("Jim") Willis, possibly captioned by his wife Sally A. Willis. Includes wartime photographs of England, immediate postwar photographs of Bergen Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau and Gardelegen, and postwar military activities.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Gardelegen (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.