Herman Williams photograph collection

Identifier
irn39193
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.160.1
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39193

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shirley Haigh

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Shirley Haigh

Scope and Content

Contains 22 post-war/liberation photographs taken in Germany and possibly Austria and brought back to the United States by American serviceman Herman Williams. Includes four printed postcards produced by the 13th Armored Division, U.S. Army, showing post-combat scenes in Belgium and Germany, circa 1944-1945, and post-liberation scenes from unidentified concentration camp, showing corpses and crematoria.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Armored Division, 13th

Subjects

  • 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.