Cpl. Joseph C. Dumps photograph
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margaret M. Ellis
Sent by Cpl Dumps (donor's father) to his wife living in Baltimore, Maryland, 1945. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Margaret M. Ellis.
Scope and Content
Contains a photographic print, black-and-white image of two men speaking to group of American soldiers; inscribed in verso by Cpl. Joseph C. Dumps (donor’s father) that “These men were just telling us of the large ovens in the prison camp Dachau. In these ovens over 3000 people were burned to death.” The soldiers are with the 6th Air Disarmament Group,9th Air Force; Ebermanstadt, Germany; in English; 1945; sent by Cpl Dumps to his wife living in Baltimore, Maryland.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Margaret M. Ellis
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photograph.