Ernest H. Bennett photograph collection

Identifier
irn607831
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.412.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ernest H. Bennet was a member of the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Radio Section, XXI Corps of the 7th Army.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Madeline Bennett Garr

Collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Katherine H. Brogden in 2015.

Scope and Content

Collection of eight photographs depicting the Dachau concentration camp following liberation; dated April-May 1945; brought home from WWII by American serviceman Sgt. Ernest H. Bennet (donor's father) who was a member of the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Radio Section, XXI Corps of the 7th Army.

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