Estate of Jack Weston Wood collection
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Jack Weston Wood
Created by Major General Jack W. Wood immediately following the Holocaust. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by the Estate of Jack Weston Wood.
Scope and Content
Contains photographic prints showing post-liberation scenes of the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps, dated circa April 1945. The photographs were potentially taken by Major General Jack W. Wood of the United States Air Force, who was in command of the 20th Bomb Wing of the Eighth Air Force and later executive of the 14th Combat Bomb Wing.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Estate of Jack Weston Wood
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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