Milton Frankel liberation photograph collection

Identifier
irn521645
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.18
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521645

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 negative strip,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martha Frankel

Harriet Frankel donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 12, 1991, on behalf of her late husband, Milton. On Feb. 27, 2004, the collection was deemed abandoned property and accessioned. An accretion of a negative film strip inside a metal canister was donated to the USHMM by Martha Frankel in 2017.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs taken at the liberation of the Nordhausen concentration camp as well as photographs of the V-2 rocket factory at the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp. Also includes a still negative film strip of post-liberation Nordhausen concentration camp, acquired by Milton Frankel, a United States Military officer stationed in Germany. Multiple images on one uncut strip inside metal canister labeled "negatives of Milt's Holocaust pictures." Images Germany, negatives American.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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

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.

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