Robert Gray photographs

Identifier
irn42166
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.298.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42166

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Robert A. Gray

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Melvin Gray

Melvin Gray donated his brother's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of five photographs taken by Lt. Robert Gray, a member of the 7th United States Army, after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs, which are described by Lt. Gray on the verso, depict the Dachau death train, SS guards who had been summarily executed, and corpses prior to burial.

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.