Louis White photograph collection

Identifier
irn516612
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.17
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516612

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Greg White donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of eight photographs of Dachau concentration camp taken by Louis White [donor's father] at liberation on May 2, 1945, and two photographs of three soldiers guarding a woman and five corpses laying on the ground that were removed from a German soldier.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau.
  • Firing squads--1940-1950.
  • Crematoriums--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--Germany--Dachau--1940-1950.
  • Railroad cars--Germany--Dachau--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.