James H. Mahoney collection

Identifier
irn62817
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Tracy Mahoney. She added the camera to the collection in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of a collection of photographs taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately after the liberation of the camp, as well as a Rolleiflex camera discovered at the camp. Dr. James Mahoney, a member of the 120th Evacuation Hospital, took the photographs of the liberation and brought the camera home with him.

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.