Lt. Col. Samuel Harby photographs

Identifier

irn517144

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2005.275

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517144

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Rebecca Harby Tran donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 29, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs taken by Lt. Cdr. Samuel F.Harby of fellow American soldiers in Germany, the destruction of various cities and towns, and of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Harby, who held a PhD in Educational Research, was producing training and education films for the United States Navy and came to Germany under those auspices.

Corporate Bodies

Dachau (concentration camp)

Subjects

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

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.