Pilsen Liberation photographs
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Creator(s)
- Oscar Lowy
Biographical History
Oscar Lowy (1915-1992), father of donor Michlean Amir, fought in the British Army’s Czech brigade from Pilsen.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michlean Amir
Michlean Amir donated the Pilsen liberation photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003. A four photograph accretion to the collection was added on December 19, 2003.
Scope and Content
Consists of black-and-white photographs of the liberation of Pilsen (Plzeň), Czechoslovakia and the arrival of the United States Army to the city. Pilsen was liberated on May 6, 1945 by the 16th Armored Division of General Patton's 3rd Army as well as by elements of the 97th and 2nd Infantry Divisions supported by the Polish Holy Cross Mountains Brigade. Elements of the 3rd Army, as well as units from the 1st Army, remained in Plzeň until late November 1945. Images depict parades, memorials, Czech president Edvard Beneš, General George Patton, war damage, soldiers in uniform, and Czechoslovakians in traditional dress. The collection also includes two copies of a portrait of Oscar Lowy (1915-1992, donor’s father), who fought in the Czech brigade from Pilsen of the British Army, and a 1990 clipping describing a memorial event.
System of Arrangement
The Pilsen liberation photographs are arranged as a single series.
People
- Oscar Lowy
Subjects
- Plzeň (Czech Republic)
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Czech Republic--Plzeň.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document