Joseph Fagen photographs

Identifier
irn519119
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.411
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519119

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Susan Pfaff donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 11, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of five photographs taken at Dachau by Joseph (Jerry) Fagen in May, June, and July 1945. Includes photographs of Fagen, a member of the United States Army and of one of the units which reached Dachau on April 30, 1945, in and around the camp, as well as a photograph of two survivors he befriended. Also includes a list of his unit's movements from November 28, 1942-October 5, 1945. Fagen was stationed at Dachau from May-July 1945.

Genre

  • Document
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