Bernard Beckerman photograph collection

Identifier
irn42943
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.329.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42943

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Beckerman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michael Beckerman, son of Bernard Beckerman.

Scope and Content

Contains a hand-made photo album and six loose photographs, assembled by Bernard Beckerman (donor’s father), who served in the 45th "Thunderbird" Infantry Division. Includes comments from Sergeant Beckerman about what he witnessed upon the liberation of Dachau in April 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

Genre

  • Document
  • Photograph albums.
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.