Floyd "Pete" Joslin photograph collection

Identifier

irn191228

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2015.443.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn191228

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Floyd Joslin

Biographical History

Floyd "Pete" Joslin (1916-2007) of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin was with the 390th Field Artillery Battery B of the 94th Division Artillery, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurth Hentges.

Kurth Hentges donated his grandfather's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs and an envelope. The photographs are of the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after liberation, and are believed to have been taken by Floyd "Pete" Joslin (1916-2007), a U.S. serviceman in the 94th Division Artillery.

People

Joslin, Floyd, 1916-2007.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Liberation--Germany.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Leipzig-Thekla (Concentration camp)

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.