James H. Mahoney photograph collection

Identifier
irn512918
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.428.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512918

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • James Mahoney

Biographical History

James H. Mahoney was born in 1918. He graduated from Northwestern University medical school and served in the US army until 1946. While in the military, he was a member of the 120th Evacuation Hospital and provided medical treatment to liberated prisioners of Buchenwald concentration camp

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tracy Mahoney

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Tracy Mahoney in 2002.

Scope and Content

Collection of 27 photographs of images of Buchenwald concentration camp immediately after its liberation.

People

  • Mahoney, James H.
  • James Mahoney

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Buchenwald--Germany--Photographs.

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.

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