John J. Garvey collection

Identifier
irn560273
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.186.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn560273

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John E. Garvey In memory of his Father, John J. Garvey (08.12.1912-05.18.2004)

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by John E. Garvey, son of John J. Garvey.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs taken by John J. Garvey (donor’s father), who enlisted in the US Army in 1939 and served in 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. He fought in North African Campaign, in the invasion of Sicily and took part in the D-Day crossing. Corporal Garvey’s unit liberated the Hurlach concentration camp, a Kaufering IV sub camp of Dachau, on April 30, 1945. Includes a photograph showing prisoner corpses, annoted on the verso: “ Camp Hurlach” Germany 1945 – Bodies of human beings”; in pencil.

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