Photographs of Nuremberg Atrocities

Identifier

irn516047

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2004.619

Dates

1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Languages

English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516047

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

John and Laura Wood donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 1, 2004. They discovered them in the home of Mrs. Wood's late parents.

Scope and Content

Consists of 24 photographs of atrocities supposedly committed by Gestapo in and around Nuremberg, Germany, 1944-1945. Includes photographs of corpses of German soldiers and civilians. Some photographs are described, and some were apparently taken by the Nuremberg Criminal Police in 1944.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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.