Lt. Albert Montenaro collection

Identifier

irn36005

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2008.181.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36005

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jean C. Montenaro

Jean Montenaro donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 31, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of five photographs taken by Lt. Albert Montenaro, a member of the 4th Armored Division, after the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Includes photographs of corpses and of a pyre in which bodies were burned before liberation.

Subjects

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Document
Photographs.

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.