Solomon Bogard collection

Identifier
irn518749
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.64
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Solomon Bogard donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Feb. 13, 2007.

Scope and Content

Consists of post-war photographs (including a photograph taken by Lee Miller) of the prison used by the Gestapo in Cologne, Germany. Also includes photographs of American and British officials touring the Buchenwald concentration camp, including one of Claire Booth Luce speaking with survivors. Also includes a photograph of a Nazi campaign poster, as well as post-liberation photographs of the Nordhausen and Landsberg concentration camps. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners at Buchenwald, German civilians touring the camp, and the arrest of Ilse Koch. Please also see 2006.171 and 2006.132.

Subjects

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.