James Sayers photographs

Identifier
irn518288
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.104.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518288

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dorothy R. Sayers

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Dorothy R. Sayers.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs and a photograph album documenting the Ohrdruf concentration camp after liberation by the United States Army in April 1945. The photographs depict corpses awaiting burial, civilians digging graves, Allied soldiers, and trains with Russian armaments. All photographs were taken by James Sayers, a member of the Allied forces who helped liberate the camp. The photos have been removed from the album.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Sayers, James.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Ohrdruf (Germany)

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.