Dachau concentration camp crematoria photographs and negatives

Identifier
irn506427
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.162
  • RG-04.067
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506427

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rob Ross Hendrickson donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1990.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of six black and white photographs of scenes of the crematoria at Dachau concentration camp shortly after liberation in 1945. According to the donor, the photoprints were taken from a captured German officer after liberation. Each photoprint has a matching photonegative. There is caption information on reverse of each photoprint provided by the donor, Rob Hendrickson.

System of Arrangement

The Dachau concentration camp crematoria photographs and negatives are arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Crematoriums--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
  • Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Crematoriums--Germany--Dachau.

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.