Overview
- Description
- Nine photographs, some with captions, taken in April 1945 by American GI Daniel Glick, documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp in the immediate aftermath of the camp's liberation. These images differ from typical liberation photographs from Buchenwald and depict general camp views as well as some of the victims and survivors that Glick encountered.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, Gift of Bonnie Witler
- Collection Creator
- Daniel Glick
- Biography
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Daniel Glick was born circa 1923, served with the 69th Signal Battalion, XXth Corps, Third Army in Europe during World War II, and visited the Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after its liberation. As a Jewish American soldier, he was able to use his fluent Yiddish to communicate with Holocaust survivors and serve as an interpreter for his comrades.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Unarranged.
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 the material(s) in this collection. 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Bonnie Witler
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2024
by Bonnie Witler, daughter of Daniel Glick.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 17:03:14
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