Aaron Shapiro liberation photographs

Identifier
irn514975
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.206
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514975

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Joan Sherman donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 8, 1999. Mr. Shapiro was a friend of her parents.

Scope and Content

Consists of 20 contact prints of photographs from the collection of Aaron Shapiro, taken upon the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Mr. Shapiro is pictured in a number of these photographs.

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.