Photographs of corpses at Buchenwald

Identifier
irn515745
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.158
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The Milwaukee Jewish Archives donated the photographs of corpses at Buchenwald to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.

Scope and Content

Consists of eight photographs depicting corpses of prisoners found at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. The caption "Buchenwald Concentration Camp / April 1945," is handwritten on the verso of each photo.

System of Arrangement

The photographs of corpses at Buchenwald are arranged in a single series.

Subjects

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.