Joseph F. Jeppi photograph collection

Identifier
irn515441
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.460.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515441

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joseph F. Jeppi.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four photographs depicting the bodies of concentration camp prisoners killed by the SS near Gardelegen, Germany. The corpses had been pulled out of a nearby barn by German civilians under the supervision of the U.S. Army. Captions are written on the verso by John Jeppi [donor's father] who served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II.

Subjects

  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Gardelegen--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany--Gardelegen.
  • Massacres--Germany--Gardelegen--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Gardelegen--1940-1950.
  • Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 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.