George Jellinek collection

Identifier
irn42571
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.88.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42571

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Schneider

Dr. Jan Schneider donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2011. His wife, Nancy Berezin, is Mr. Jellinek's daughter.

Scope and Content

Consists of one photograph taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp of the American military and Holocaust survivors looking upon the bodies of SS officers who were killed as part of summary justice after the liberation of the camp. Includes a note on the verso explaining the photograph written by Lt. George Jellinek, who was part of the liberating forces. Also includes a copy of a 1943 photograph of Lt. Jellinek.

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.

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.