Kenneth Kravis photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Kenneth Kravis
Biographical History
Kenneth Kravis served as a member of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 405th Regiment, United States 102nd Infantry Division. On April 14, 1945, Kravis with the 102nd Infantry Division entered Gardelegen, Germany and discovered the remains of the massacre of prisoners by the SS. Kravis witnessed and photographed the exhumation and reburial of the victims of the Gardelegen massacre.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kenneth Kravis
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Kenneth Kravis donated the Kenneth Kravis photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018.
Scope and Content
The Kenneth Kravis photograph collection contains 22 annotated photographs taken by Kravis of the discovery and aftermath of the Gardelegen massacre in Germany, April 1945. On April 14, 1945, the 102nd Infantry Division entered Gardelegen, Germany and discovered the remains of the massacre of prisoners by the SS. The victims had been burned alive in a barn. Following the discovery, German civilians were forced to exhume the victims’ bodies for reburial in single graves. On April 25, 1945, a ceremony was held to erect a memorial tablet and honor the victims. The Kenneth Kravis photograph collection contains photographs of the barn, the victims, the exhumation and reburial of the bodies, the memorial ceremony and cemetery.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Kenneth Kravis
People
- Kravis, Kenneth.
Subjects
- Germany.
- Soldiers--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust victims.
- Gardelegen (Germany)
- Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945.
- Massacres--Germany--Gardelegen.
- Massacres.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.