Sgt. Charles J. Stim collection

Identifier
irn602048
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.325.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn602048

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carol Stim

Brought home from WWII by Sgt. Charles J. Stim (donor's husband). Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Mrs. Carol Stim.

Scope and Content

Collection of black-and-white photographs documenting the Ohrdruf concentration camp immediately following liberation; images include burial of victims, American GIs, a camp watch tower, and forced confrontation by local civilians; some captioned on verso by Sgt. Charles J. Stim (donor’s husband) in pencil. Also include a document entitled: “I had no shoes, and complained. ‘Till I met a man, who had no feet.' The concentration camps at Ordoff [sic], Germany Linz, Austria”; dated April 1945.

People

  • Stim, Charles.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

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.