Bergen-Belsen liberation photographs

Identifier
irn515802
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.535
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Stan Brocklebank donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 26, 2004. Mr. Brocklebank was a Royal Canadian Air Force photographer and took these pictures after arriving in Bergen-Belsen.

Scope and Content

Consists of eight photographs taken by Royal Canadian Air Force photographer Stan Brocklebank at the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in spring 1945. The photographs show various buildings in the camp as well as both filled in and open mass graves.

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.