Corporal Linus Fincham collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Linus W. Fincham
Biographical History
Corporal Linus William Fincham, originally of Blue Rapids, Kansas, was a member of the 5th Armored Dvision of Patton's Third Army, He took photographs of Buchenwald after the liberation of the camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack Fincham
Jack Fincham donated his father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Scope and Content
Consists of three photographs of the newly-liberated Buchenwald concentration camp with description on the verso. The photographs, taken by Corporal Linus William Fincham, a member of the 5th Armored Division, Third Army. depict military activity in the camp and newly liberated political prisoners. Also includes a copy of his July 31, 1945 letter in which he sent the photographs home to his family.
People
- Fincham, Linus.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 5th
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.