Dachau liberation photograph

Identifier
irn514354
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.287
  • RG-09.065
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514354

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Thomas Ciccarelli

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photograph was given to Thomas Ciccarelli by Lieutenant Harry A. Anspach. Thomas Ciccarelli donated the photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.

Scope and Content

The photograph depicts a pile of corpses at Dachau concentration camp at the time of its liberation. A caption on the back of the photograph reads: "These bodies were piled up to be cremated but were caught before they could complete the job. Besides that there were three carloads of bodies that were not unloaded when the place was overrun."

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.

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.