Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of six black and white photographs of scenes of the crematoria at Dachau concentration camp shortly after liberation in 1945. According to the donor, the photoprints were taken from a captured German officer after liberation. Each photoprint has a matching photonegative. There is caption information on reverse of each photoprint provided by the donor, Rob Hendrickson.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Negatives.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Dachau concentration camp crematoria photographs and negatives are arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Crematoriums--Germany--Dachau. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Dachau. Crematoriums--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Rob Ross Hendrickson donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1990.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-30 09:49:41
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506427
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