John Davis collection

Identifier
irn558240
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.239.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn558240

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John W. Davis

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by John Davis.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Images show corpses of concentration camp inmates piled on the ground and in open trucks. Also pictured are bodies of German soldiers, possibly camp guards.

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.