Bodies of victims photograph

Identifier
irn514996
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.305
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514996

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Thomas and Bernice King donated this photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jul. 28, 2003. The photograph fell out of a book that Mrs. King purchased at an auction.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photograph taken of a pile of bodies of victims at an unidentified concentration camp. The photograph shows the legs and torsos of the victims, who have been stacked in a pile.

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.