Howard Cwick papers

Identifier
irn515766
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.233
  • 1996.A.0349
  • 1990.236
  • 2006.16
  • RG-09.069
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 2005
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515766

Extent and Medium

folders

6

Creator(s)

  • Howard Cwick

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

This collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Howard Cwick in 1989,1990,1996, and 2006.

Scope and Content

Consists of 35 negatives, eleven photoprints, and twenty copyprints of the Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation. Also contains a memoir entitled "It Happened in Germany," 21 pages, by Howard Cwick, a sergeant in the Third United States Army. Mr. Cwick participated in the liberation of Buchenwald and describes his experiences as a Jewish soldier on liberation day.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Mass burials--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--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.