Overview
- Description
- The Dachau liberation photographs consists of thirteen photographs taken after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in April 1945. Some of the photographs are mass-produced liberation photographs, while others, including photographs of survivors in the camp and of the collection and burial of bodies, are less common images.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephanie Wood
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Dachau liberation photographs is arranged in a single series.
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. Concentration camps--Germany--Dachau--Pictorial works. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust victims.
- Geographic Name
- Dachau (Germany) Germany.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Stephanie Wood donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on January 5, 2010. She discovered them in the home of her late uncle, who was a member of the United States Army during World War II.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:49:58
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39500
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