Edward Henry collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43117
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains photographs illustrating Edward C. Henry's experiences during and after World War II as a Catholic chaplain in the United States Army. Includes black-and-white images depicting his army unit as well as Signal Corps imagery of Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps shortly after liberation. Also includes numerous images of bomb-damaged towns and cathedrals in France.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43118
• English
• 1944-1945
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Sterling silver, engraved altar bread host used by Father Edward Henry, a chaplain in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. A pyx is a vessel used to transport consecrated communion host. As a Catholic priest, he carried a portable Mass kit to administer last rites, to offer communion, and to perform mass for the troops. Father Henry and his unit took part in the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany on August 25, 1944. He was one of the first American priests to hold mass in the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris after liberation.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43119
• English
• 1944-1945
• overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Sterling silver altar bread host engraved IHS, a monogram for the name of Jesus Christ (Iesous Christos), used by Father Edward Henry, a chaplain in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. A pyx is a vessel used to transport consecrated communion host. As a Catholic priest, he carried a portable Mass kit to administer last rites, to offer communion, and to perform mass for the troops. Father Henry and his unit took part in the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. He was one of the first American priests to hold mass in the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris after liberation.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43120
• English
• 1964
• a: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Satin lined leather burse, or case, used to carry ceremonial items used for Mass by Father Edward Henry, a chaplain in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. A sheet with prayers and the Rite of Eucharistic Devotion from 1964 was later stored in the burse. As a Catholic priest, Father Henry carried a portable Mass kit to administer last rites, to offer communion, and to perform mass for the troops. His unit took part in the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. He was one of the first American priests to hold mass in the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris after liberation.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43121
• English
• 1944-1945
• a: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) b: Height: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) c: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather burse, or case, with laced side flaps and two pockets, used to carry ceremonial items used for Mass by Father Edward Henry, a chaplain in the United States Army in Europe during World War II. As a Catholic priest, Father Henry carried a portable Mass kit to administer last rites, to offer communion, and to perform mass for the troops. He also carried a purificator, used to wipe the chalice after each use during communion, and the small cloth, which may have been used as a finger towel. A chaplain's Mass kit may include many other items, but it is adapted depending on where it may be...