Robert Steinke photographs
Extent and Medium
oversize box
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Creator(s)
- Margaret Bourke-White
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Steinke
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Robert Steinke.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 35 photographs taken at the liberation of concentration camps in 1945. Twenty of the photographs have been attributed to Margaret Bourke-White, who was on assignment for "Life" magazine.
People
- Margaret Bourke-White
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Atrocities--Europe--1940-1950.
- Dead persons--Europe--1940-1950.
- Prisoners--Europe--1940-1950.
- Mass burials--Europe--1940-1950.
- War damage--Europe--1940-1950.
- Soldiers--American--Europe--1940-1950.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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.