Robert Pettit collection

Identifier
irn35924
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1987.0019
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35924

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Robert Pettit donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1987.

Scope and Content

Consists of 27 photographs taken by Robert Pettit, a member of the United States Army, after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners, of captured German soldiers, of Mr. Pettit in the camp, and of camp architecture. Also includes photographs taken during the Battle of the Bulge and of destruction in Germany. The photographs are described by Mr. Pettit.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany-Buchenwald.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.