Edgar R. Hoffman photograph collection

Identifier
irn633110
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.586.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn633110

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of James R. Hoffman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection in 2018 by James R. Hoffman.

Scope and Content

Consists of four photographs depicting scenes associated with the discovery of the Gardelegen Massacre by U.S. forces in April 1945. The photographs belonged to Edgar R. Hoffmann, a Technician Fifth Grade who served with the 464th Ordnance Evacuation Company. Hoffmann was in service in Europe between May 1944 and November 1945. Original inscriptions are included on the reverse of three of the four photographs.

System of Arrangement

Arranged as a single series.

Subjects

  • Massacres--Germany--Gardelegen.
  • Gardelegen (Germany)

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.