Fred Arthur Porkka photographs

Identifier
irn514667
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.191
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514667

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Valerie Rollins, daughter of Fred Arthur Porkka, donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 11, 2002.

Scope and Content

Consists of two photographs taken by a German soldier in 1939. The photographs are described as Kraków/Tarnów; one shows citizens walking down a street, and the other shows two German soldiers with a man described as Jewish. The photographs were confiscated by Private First Class Fred Arthur Porkka, who captured the photographer in 1945.

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.