Rabbi Barry Friedman photograph collection

Identifier
irn42942
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.152.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42942

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rabbi Barry Friedman

Recieved by donor's late mother in Philadelphia, PA shortly after the end of WWII by a returning U.S. soldier who was a school friend of hers (his name is unknown). Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Rabbi Barry Friedman.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs documenting the aftermath of the Dachau and Ohrdruf concentration camps after liberation; images show American soldiers in the camp, burial of victims in mass graves, and camp views; dated April-May 1945

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.