Bergen-Belsen barracks photographs

Identifier
irn514634
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.173
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514634

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dr. Charles Rennie donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 16, 2000.

Scope and Content

Consists of six photographs of the burning of a barracks in post-liberation Bergen-Belsen. The barracks were burned to help stop the spread of disease. Also contains a group portrait of the staff of an ambulance train which took survivors to hospitals in Sweden.

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.