John Hancock papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The papers were sent by Albert Coddell donor's late uncle to his wife in 1945 and willed to John Hancock, ca. 1980. The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Museum in 1989 by John Hancock.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of six photographs from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald concentration camps and the envelope in which the photographs were sent to the United States in 1945. Captions are printed on the back of each photograph.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
- Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
- Mass burials--Germany--1940-1950.
Genre
- Envelopes (Stationery)
- Document
- Photographs.