Jan Sisson photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Sisson
Taken by unknown American soldier during WWII and sent to donor's mother. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Jan Sisson.
Scope and Content
Collection of 20 photographic prints documenting an American soldier's journey thorugh Germany, including Karlsfeld and Bad Aibling, and ultimately ending up at the Dachau concentration camp; some photographs have handwritten captions on verso; in English; dated April-May 1945.
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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