P. Victor Morse photograph collection

Identifier
irn69556
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.358.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn69556

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • P. V. Morse

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Randal K. Morse

Randal K. Morse donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of eight photographs taken by United States Army serviceman P. Victor Morse near Essen, Germany, in May 1945. The photographs depict German civilians reburying the corpses of slave laborers who were murdered in a nearby wooded area. Also includes an image of the destroyed Krupp Works factory in Essen, taken in June 1945.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Morse, Paul Victor.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Essen (Germany)
  • Burial--Germany.
  • Atrocities--Germany--1940-1950.

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.