Ohrdruf liberation photographic negatives

Identifier

irn517355

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2006.130

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517355

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deborah B. Abrams

Deborah Abrams donated these negatives, taken by her father, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 4, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographic negatives taken of the Ohrdruf concentration camp by James Howard Hartley Blackmore, a professional photographer and member of the 80th infantry division. Photographs mainly depict the bodies of victims.

Corporate Bodies

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Subjects

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

Genre

Negatives.
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.