Gardelegen liberation photograph

Identifier
irn715015
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.21.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715015

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Todd Mason

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Todd Mason.

Scope and Content

Contains a black and white photograph of three corpses of prisoners shot by the SS laying in the doorway of a barn just outside of Gardelegen; caption on verso: "March 1945 / Gardalagen [sic] / 20 miles east of Hanover Germany."

Subjects

  • Gardelegen (Germany)
  • Gardelegen massacre, 1945.

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.