Glenn L. Runyan photograph collection

Identifier
irn39524
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.133.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39524

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Glenn L. Runyan

Acquired by Glenn L. Runyon was serving with the US Army in Germany during WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Glenn L. Runyon.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp shortly following liberation; images include memorials erected in the camp, survivors, and piles of corpses. Images taken by U.S. Army Corporal Glenn Runyon, who was a member of the 465th Engineer Company.

Corporate Bodies

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.