Walter Eisenhuth 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 Joseph and Tisha Eisenhuth
Donated to the United States Hoccoaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Joseph and Tisha Eisenhuth. Joseph is the grandson of Walter Eisenhuth.
Scope and Content
Consists of 16 photographs documenting scenes at Buchenwald shortly following liberation. The photographs are associated with the military service of Walter Eisenhuth, who served with an Army Engineer Maintenance Company. Includes images of piles of corpses; the burial of victims; survivors in their camp uniforms; scenes at various buildings aroud the camp site; and the hanging of a sign, in English, announcing a memorial observance for the victims of the camp.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mr. Joseph L. Eisenhuth
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document