Arthur Ruden photographs

Identifier
irn516280
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.161
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516280

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Arthur A. Ruden

Biographical History

Arthur Ruden was in the 4th Armored Division of the United States Army that liberated Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were taken by Arthur Ruden in 1945. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Arthur Ruden in 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two photographs depicting the corpses of prisoners at the time of liberation in Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps and a photograph of nine American soldiers after Passover services in Kirchheim am Ries, Germany. Captions are in English on the verso.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged as a single series.

People

  • Arthur A. Ruden
  • Ruden, Arthur.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Passover.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--Kirchheim am Ries--1940-1950.
  • Mass burials--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners--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.

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