Bergen-Belsen photographs

Identifier
irn614606
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.650.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn614606

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Donald F. Quinn Sr.

Biographical History

Donald F. Quinn, Sr., was an enlisted member of the Ninth Engineer Command during WWII.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald F. Quinn, Jr.

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Donald F. Quinn, Jr. donated the Bergen-Belsen photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019.

Scope and Content

The Bergen-Belsen photographs consists of ten photographs depicting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after liberation in 1945. The collection includes images of the burial of victims in mass graves and the burning of the barracks in the concentration camp. The identity of the photographs is unknown.

System of Arrangement

The Bergen-Belsen photographs are arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust victims.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • Germany.
  • Concentration camp buildings.

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.