Guy Reed Branch collection

Identifier
irn48154
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.498.1
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn48154

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize box

3

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Madeline Delia Branch

Madeline Delia Branch donated her husband's photograph album and collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2012.

Scope and Content

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 photographs, a letter from Hans Scheffler, and a mimeographed news bulletin distributed to soldiers.

People

  • Scheffler, Hans.
  • Branch, Guy.

Subjects

  • Prisoners of war--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Laon (France)

Genre

  • Document
  • Photograph albums.
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.