Louis Drucker collection, 1945

Identifier

irn501808

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1997.A.0293

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501808

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Louis Drucker

Biographical History

Louis Drucker served as a dental officer and grave registrar with the 67th Field Hospital at Wöbbelin concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by Louis Drucker in September 1997.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs taken by American Soldier Louis Drucker at the Wöbbelin concentration camp, Gardelegen, and Reims, France. Includes depictions of survivors, bodies, graves, German prisoners of war, and American and Soviet soldiers. Many of the photographs are annotated by Drucker on verso.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Wöbbelin (Concentration camp)

Subjects

Gardelegen (Germany)
Prisoners of war.
Ludwigslust (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Holocaust survivors.
Reims (France)
Hospitals--Germany--Wöbbelin.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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.