Overview
- Description
- Consists of twelve photographs from the collection of John Hewitson of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. Includes photographs of buildings and barbed wire fencing, as well as photographs of corpses found both in the buildings and on the so-called "Dachau death train."
- Date
-
inclusive:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Heelan
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
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
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- John Heelan donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 1, 2008.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:36:18
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35997
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