Dr. Gunnar Vetne survivor photographs

Identifier

irn513882

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2006.402

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513882

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dr. Erik Vetne donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Apr. 21, 2003. They were taken by his father, Dr. Gunnar Vetne, in Halsingborg, Sweden in the spring of 1945.

Scope and Content

Consists of six photographs of female concentration camp survivors transferred to Halsingborg, Sweden. The photographs appear to be of three different women in hospital beds and show severe emaciation and malnutrition. They were taken by Dr. Gunnar Vetne, MD, in the spring of 1945.

Genre

Document
Photographs.

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.