International Red Cross photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Pamela C. Voss
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Pamela C. Voss.
Scope and Content
Consists of 20 photographs depicting the work of the International Red Cross, primarily in Europe but also in Asia, at the end of the Second World War and in the immediate postwar period. Original Spanish language inscriptions on the reverse describe the scenes captured and provide additional context related to aid efforts undertaken by the organization.
System of Arrangement
The photographs are arranged as a single series.
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Red Cross and Red Crescent
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Germany--Dachau.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Geneva (Switzerland)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945--Asia.
- Spain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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