Robert Steinke photographs

Identifier
irn521839
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.228.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521839

Extent and Medium

oversize box

1

Creator(s)

  • Margaret Bourke-White

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Steinke

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Robert Steinke.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 35 photographs taken at the liberation of concentration camps in 1945. Twenty of the photographs have been attributed to Margaret Bourke-White, who was on assignment for "Life" magazine.

People

  • Margaret Bourke-White

Subjects

  • Mass burials--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Atrocities--Europe--1940-1950.
  • War damage--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Europe--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Dead persons--Europe--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners--Europe--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.

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