Joseph Bookowich photographs

Identifier
irn96083
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.193.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Joseph Michael Bookowich (later Joseph Brooks) was born in New York, NY on November 5, 1916 and grew up in the Bronx. During World War II, he served with the 339th Ordinance Depot Company in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. He married Marilyn Margolies after the war and opened a hardware store in the Bronx. He passed away on December 13, 2000.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Phyllis Adler

Phyllis Adler donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs from the collection of Joseph Michael Bookowich (later Brooks), a member of the 339th Ordinance Depot Company, depicting the capture of Hermann Göring and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs taken in Dachau depict prisoners showing various aspects of camp life, while the photographs of Göring depict him posing and talking to his American captors. Also includes mass produced photographs of women mourning the death of children, who appear to have died in a bombing raid, possibly in eastern Europe.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Phyllis Adler

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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.