Michael Librach photograph collection

Identifier
irn515991
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.564.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515991

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Michael Librach

Biographical History

Miecyzslaw Librach was born in Łódź, Poland. In December 1939 he fled Poland for France where he joined the Polish Army in exile. In May 1940 he was taken as a POW along with Polish and French soldiers. A few months later the Jewish soldiers were separated from others and placed in another POW camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Michael Librach.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 14 photographs depicting Mieczyslaw Librach [donor] in Stalag XVII B, a prisoner of war camp in Traunstein, Germany.

People

  • Librach, Michael.

Corporate Bodies

  • Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf

Subjects

  • Barracks--Germany--Traunstein--1940-1950.
  • Detention facilities--Germany--Traunstein--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners of war--Polish--Germany--Traunstein--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners of war--French--Germany--Traunstein--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.