Ralph Hansen photographs
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Ralph Hansen
Biographical History
Ralph Hansen was inducted into the United States Army in Brooklyn, New York, on March 9, 1942. He did basic training at Fort Screven, GA, and at Fort Moultrie, SC, as a radio operator. In the summer of 1943, he was sent overseas and stationed in Scotland. Assigned to the 22nd regiment, 4th division, he may have been away from his unit in April 1945 when he witnessed the aftermath of the liberation of Buchenwald.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Heidi Hansen
Heidi Hansen donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Scope and Content
Consists of seven photographs of the aftermath of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The photographs, which depict emaciated survivors, corpses, and the burial of bodies, were taken by Ralph Hansen, a member of the 22nd Infantry regiment of the 4th Division of the United States Army.
People
- Hansen, Ralph.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 4th
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.