Overview
- Description
- Consists of 26 original photographs of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. Contains images of clothed and unclothed bodies in mass graves, local townspeople forced to move bodies from mass grave sites, and live prisoners in bunks. Taken by Robert Slack during his service with the US Army during WWII.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Slack
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
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).
- Copyright Holder
- Estate of Robert Slack
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Weimar (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Slack, Robert.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Robert Slack gave these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994. The donation was completed by his estate in 2015.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-05 15:20:39
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37150
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