Francis E. Kratz photograph collection

Identifier
irn597344
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.205.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Kratz

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Barbara Kratz, daughter of Francis E. Kratz.

Scope and Content

Contains two photographs of the massacre at Gardelegen, Germany, taken shortly after the event on April 13, 1945. Both images depict victims who were murdered in a barn set on fire by Nazi guards. The photographs belonged to the donor’s father, Francis E. Kratz who was part of the US Army’s 3258th Signal Service Company and was stationed in Europe after December 17, 1944.

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