Vern Ecklund photograph collection

Identifier
irn515743
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.155
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515743

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Vern Ecklund in 1992.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs and negatives depicting the massacre at Gardelegen, Germany, in April 1945. All photographs were taken by Vern Ecklund.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

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

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.