Dr. John Karabin collection

Identifier
irn85891
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.455.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85891

Extent and Medium

folder

1

10 slides,

Creator(s)

  • John E. Karabin

Biographical History

Major John E. Karabin, MD served as an army surgeon during WWII. His served in the 93rd and possibly 91st evacuation hospitals in campaigns in Africa, Italy and France and participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Rutledge

Jan Rutledge donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs and glass slides of images taken by Dr. John Karabin, a member of the United States Army attached to the 91st/93rd Evacuation Hospital who participated in the liberation of Dachau. The images depict the Dachau hospital, corpses, the Dachau death train, and the area surrounding the camp.

People

  • Karabin, John Edward.

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 91st

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Dachau.
  • Dachau (Concentration camp)--Photographs.

Genre

  • Document
  • Slides.
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