Russell Blixt collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Russell G. Blixt.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Russell G. Blixt.
Scope and Content
Contains a photograph of the Buchenwald concentration camp taken soon after liberation. The image depicts cart of deceased bodies stacked and people standing in the background, one wearing concentration camp uniform and the rest appear in civilian clothing. Includes an envelope pre-printed "censored photographs" and addressed to "Capt. Russel [sic] G. Blixt-0373750/705th.TD.Bn..."
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Photograph.
- Document