Overview
- Description
- Consists of three photographs taken after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, depicting a pile of corpses under memorial wreathes, and soldiers examining the camp gallows. Also includes a portrait of the photographer, Abe Bortz, a member of the 503 Quartermaster Car Company, First Army.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ellen Bortz
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- Personal Name
- Bortz, Abe.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ellen Bortz donated her father-in-law's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:42:25
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77986
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