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John Paul Wronski photograph collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.203.1

Overview

Description: Contains photographs taken in the Dachau concentration camp after the liberation in April 1945. Staff Sergeant John Paul Wronski (donor’s late husband), born on April 21, 1917 in Buffalo, NY, who served as a radio operator in 312th Air Fighter Control Squadron, under General Patton. Mr. Wronski wrote on the back of the photographs description of what he saw in the liberated camp. Mr. Wronski participated in D-Day crossing into Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Also includes a postcard with an image of propaganda painting by Nazi painter Adolf Reich (1887-1963) depicting German citizens voluntarily bringing warm clothing for the Nazi soldiers on the Eastern front; dated c. 1942.
Date: 1942-1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bertha Wronski

Physical Details

Language: English German
Genre/Form: Photographs. Postcards.
Extent: 2 folders

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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: 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: Acquired by John Paul Wronski (donor's late husband) while serving with the US Army in Europe during WWII. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Bertha Wronski. An accretion of one postcard was added to the collection by Bertha Wronski in 2013.

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