Overview
- Description
- Consists of enlarged prints, photographs, and photographic negatives of images taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, including a print showing the headline of the 45th Division News when the war ended, prints of images of survivors, perpetrators being arrested, and of the Dachau death train. Also includes one narrative entitled "Remembering the Holocaust" by Marilyn Spencer, describing the experiences of a Jewish intelligence officer (unnamed in the text, but identified as Chester Kaplan) who participated in the liberation of Dachau.
- Date
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1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marilyn Spencer
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Personal narratives.
- Extent
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3 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Kaplan, Chester.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marilyn Spencer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in 2013. She added an accretion in 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-30 09:48:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61024
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