Joan Finnegan collection

Identifier: irn723098
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Contains materials donated by Joan Finnegan, documenting her father's experiences as an American soldier during and after the liberation of a concentration camp. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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1. United States (2)
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1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2)

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Buchenwald memorial monument photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14077
- English
- 1945-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print; black and white image of memorial reading “K.L.B.” and “51.000” with two large wreaths, soldier standing on right; verso: handwritten in black ink: ““Buchenwald”/This is the monument they made/the Germans build, to honor the dead /murdered at this camp./51000 died when we got there and the ones/who were living were/so weak they were still/dying at the rate of/25 a day”; dated 1945-1946; Buchenwald, Germany.
Francis J. McMullen photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523639
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of nine photographs, a photographic postcard, and six stereographic photographs acquired by, or depicting, Sergeant Francis J. McMullen, donor's father, who served with the 259th Field Artillery Battalion in the United States Army during World War II. The photographs depict Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation, ruins, a downed airplane, and post-surrender scenes in Grossalmerode, Germany. Also includes stereographic photographs from the publication "Der Kampf iim Westen."

Joan Finnegan collection

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Buchenwald memorial monument photograph

Francis J. McMullen photographs