Edgar R. Hoffman photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James R. Hoffman
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2018 by James R. Hoffman.
Scope and Content
Consists of four photographs depicting scenes associated with the discovery of the Gardelegen Massacre by U.S. forces in April 1945. The photographs belonged to Edgar R. Hoffmann, a Technician Fifth Grade who served with the 464th Ordnance Evacuation Company. Hoffmann was in service in Europe between May 1944 and November 1945. Original inscriptions are included on the reverse of three of the four photographs.
System of Arrangement
Arranged as a single series.
Subjects
- Gardelegen (Germany)
- Massacres--Germany--Gardelegen.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document