Bigler H. Mumma photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Mumma
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Michael Mumma, nephew of Bigler H. Mumma.
Scope and Content
Collection of thirteen photographs documenting the Nordhausen concentration camp immediately following liberation, taken by Bigler H. Mumma (donor's uncle) who served in a medical battalion with the US Army during WWII and was part of the liberation forces at Nordhausen. Images show hundreds of corpses of prisoners laid out next to partially-destroyed buildings.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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