Guy Reed Branch collection

Identifier: irn561013
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2012 by Madeline Delia Branch.

Scope and Content

Consists of a photograph album containing photographs of life at the prisoner of war camp in Laon, France, which the American military used to house German POWs after the war. Includes photographs of performances, housing, and groups of prisoners. The album was compiled, described, and given by an unknown POW to Guy Branch, a member of the American occupying forces who staffed the camp. The POW may have been Hans Scheffler; the collection also contains a letter with his prisoner number which matches the prisoner number and photograph on the interior of the album. Also includes a handmade wooden box, which originally held the photograph album, loose duplicate photographs, a letter from Hans Scheffler, and a mimeographed news bulletin distributed to soldiers.

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Guy Reed Branch collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn48154
- English
- 1944-1947
- folders oversize box 3 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of a photograph album containing images of life at the prisoner of war camp in Laon, France, which the American military used to house German POWs after the war. Includes photographs of performances, housing, and groups of prisoners. The album was compiled, described, and given by an unknown POW to Guy Branch, a member of the American occupying forces who staffed the camp. The POW may have been Hans Scheffler; the collection also contains a letter with his prisoner number which matches the prisoner number and photograph on the interior of the album. Also includes loose duplicate ph...
Wooden box
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561014
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Depth: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Handmade wooden box, which originally held a photograph album.

Guy Reed Branch collection

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Guy Reed Branch collection

Wooden box