Ohrdruf liberation photographs

Identifier
irn514780
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.358
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514780

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Shirley Young Bordenkircher donated her uncle's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 11, 1998.

Scope and Content

Consists of five photographs of the Ohrdruf concentration camp after liberation in 1945; includes photographs of barracks, of the entrance to the camp, and of the digging of burial ditches. The photographs were taken by Roy (Lee) Mackey, a soldier in the United States Army.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.