Nordhausen liberation photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Paul Melka donated his father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jul. 6, 2005.
Scope and Content
Consists of four photographs taken after the liberation of the Nordhausen labor camp. They depict bodies of victims, the remains of a fire used to burn victims, and a cemetery erected after their burial. The photographs are from the collection of James A. Melka, a Private First Class in the United States Army during World War II.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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