Ernest H. Bennett photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Ernest H. Bennett
Biographical History
Ernest H. Bennet was a member of the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Radio Section, XXI Corps of the 7th Army.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Madeline Bennett Garr
Collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Katherine H. Brogden in 2015.
Scope and Content
Collection of eight photographs depicting the Dachau concentration camp following liberation; dated April-May 1945; brought home from WWII by American serviceman Sgt. Ernest H. Bennet (donor's father) who was a member of the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Radio Section, XXI Corps of the 7th Army.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- United States. Army.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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