Dachau liberation photographs

Identifier
irn516878
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.203
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516878

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Lenore Strauss Lewis and Peggy Strauss Kun donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 4, 1994. They donated them in memory of Captain Leon Strauss.

Scope and Content

Consists of ten photographs taken upon the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Photographs depict survivors and the Dachau camp grounds. These photographs are donated in memory of Captain Leon Strauss, who took the photographs.

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.