Bergen-Belsen photograph collection

Identifier
irn526956
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.507.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn526956

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark S. Sieling.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mark S. Sieling in December 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised of a small album of spiral bound photographs and loose photographs which document the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following liberation. The black and white photographs are dated April 1945, and depict scenes around the camp, Allied troops, victims and survivors, and a British Rabbi talking with a captain. Some photos are captioned on the verso.

System of Arrangement

The Bergen-Belsen photograph collection is arranged as one folder.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camps--Germany--Bergen Belsen.
  • Lower Saxony (Germany)
  • Liberation--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.