Staff Sgt. Bernard Kemper collection

Identifier
irn36000
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.179.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36000

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Kerstein

Susan Kerstein donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 3, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of 51 photographs taken by Staff Sgt. Bernard Kemper, a member of the United States Army, upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of reburial, of German citizens forced to tour the camp, and of corpses prior to reburial. The photos are described as having been taken in Leipzig at the “Tigler” concentration camp, though the images are of Buchenwald, near Leipzig. Also includes copies of Bernard Kempner’s honorable discharge and separation record.

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.