Eugene A. Stehle photograph collection

Identifier

irn78850

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2014.138.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn78850

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancy Hudson

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Nancy Hudson, niece of Eugene A. Stehle.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographic prints depicting the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps immediately following liberation. Includes images from the series taken by former Yugoslavian prisoners documenting the cremation process in Dachau, the crematorium and victims in Buchenwald, reburial, and forced confrontation; dated April- May 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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.