Herbert Huberty collection

Identifier
irn42223
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.414.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42223

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Herbert Huberty

Acquired by Herbert Huberty (donor's grandfather) while serving with the US Army during WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by the family of Herbert Huberty.

Scope and Content

Contains photographic prints, black and white images documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation; images include survivors, victims, the memorial erected at the camp, and gallows; some include handwritten inscriptions in pencil on verso; dated April 1945. The photographs were brought home from the war and some taken by Herbert Huberty (donor's grandfather) who served with the US Army during WWII. Also includes additional photographs from Herbert Huberty's wartime experiences, including two photo booklets, lists of members of the platoons in the 976th Engineer Maintenance Company, and two sets of original newspaper articles reporting on Huberty's experience visiting Buchenwald.

People

  • Huberty, Hubert.

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.