Myron (Mike) Moses collection

Identifier
irn35121
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.380
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35121

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Josh Norek

Josh Norek donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 28, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of nine photographs from the collection of Myron (Mike) Moses, a member of the United States Army. The photographs depict wartime devastation, Myron Moses in his office (he was responsible for Signal Corps supplies), a staged crematorium photograph, the liberation of a French town, a post-war POW enclosure, and a 1944 photograph of American soldiers at Rosh Hashanah services in France. Also includes two booklets, one entitled "Britain", the other "A Pocket Guide to France." These booklets were distributed to American soldiers so they would know the customs of these countries.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

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

Genre

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.