John Shaheen photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Paul Kulesa
Paul Kulesa donated his great-uncle's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Consists of 24 photographs taken in the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity in Gardelegen, Germany. The photographs, which depict American soldiers, burned corpses, and the burial of the victims, were taken by John Shaheen, a member of the United States Army. Some of the photographs are described on the verso. Also includes an envelope in which Mr. Shaheen kept the photographs, on which he wrote, "Burned Bodies."
People
- Shaheen, John.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany--Gardelegen (Germany : Landkreis)
- Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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