Overview
- Description
- Contains seven black-and-white photographs of the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation. Thomas B. Benson took these photographs during World War II while serving as a Major in the United States Army assigned to the 301st Combat Engineer Battalion
- Date
-
creation:
1945 April
- Collection Creator
- Thomas Benson
- Biography
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Thomas B. Benson served as a Major in the United States Army assigned to the 301st Combat Engineer Battalion.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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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
- Geographic Name
- Weimar (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Benson, Thomas B.
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Art and Artifacts Branch received these photographs from the Family of Thomas B. Benson (Martha Benson McGrane) on Apr. 25, 2000. The photographs were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on Apr. 25, 2000.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 18:01:53
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502402
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