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Eugene Berger collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.462.1

Overview

Description: Consists of two identity cards and two photographs. One card is for the Diplaced Persons Assembly Center 578, Lampertheim, has Eugene Berger's photograph on it, and is signed by the Director of the UNRRA. The second card is for securing rations and has Mr. Berger's right thumb print on the card. Both are dated 1946. The two photographs are of post-war Buchenwald. The photographic print of the Weimar civilians looking at the gallow has dittoed information on the back and is from "Photo-France A.E.P." The photograph of the bodies at the camp has very faint dittoed information on it.
Date: creation: 1945-1946
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugene Berger

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Photographs. Identification cards.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Eugene Berger collection is arranged in a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust victims. Holocaust survivors. Displaced persons--Europe.
Geographic Name: Germany. Lampertheim (Germany)
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Eugene Berger donated the Eugene Berger collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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