Birkenau liberation photographs

Identifier
irn516090
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.174
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516090

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Mark Chrzanowski donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 2003.

Scope and Content

Consists of eleven photographs taken upon the discovery and liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The photographs were taken by a member of the advance guard of the Eastern Polish Corps, which traveled with the Soviet army, and depict the abandoned camp, camp structures, and corpses of inmates who had not been evacuated.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.