J.D. Neighbors photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folders
1
Creator(s)
- J.D. Neighbors
Biographical History
J.D. Neighbors.(1915-1997) was married to Rema Jo Huddleston Neighbors (1924-1997) and lived in Arkansas. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II and sent photographs home to his wife.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dorothy Stone.
Dorothy Stone donated the J.D. Neighbors photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
Scope and Content
Contains 49 photographs of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany taken immediately following the camp's liberation on April 29, 1945 by American forces. Includes images of American troops in action in Germany and Austria, moving through bombed and destroyed communities and bridges, downed airplanes, and tanks. Also includes a photograph of Bob Hope and Frances Langford and some Nazi propaganda photos.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Nuremberg (Germany)
- Aachen (Germany)
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document