Nordhausen liberation photographs

Identifier
irn516877
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.208
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516877

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Myrtle Waterman donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 17, 1997. She received them from a friend, Sgt. Jim Scheets.

Scope and Content

Consists of eight photographs taken by Sgt. Jim Scheets of the United States Army at the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp. Sgt. Scheets wrote captions on the backs of the photographs, which depict the burial of corpses.

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.

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