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John Krasny photograph collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.540.1

Overview

Description: The John Krasny photograph collection consists of eight photographs given to John Krasny by Steve, a fellow member of the counterintelligence unit of the United States Army. Steve [last name unknown] retrieved them from an unidentified German soldier. The photographs are images of Stalag XI D/321 camp for Soviet POWs in Oerbke, Germany, November 1941-Febraury 1942. The POWs were captured during the Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. Between November 1941 and February 1942, approximately 50,000 Soviet POWs died of starvation, hypothermia, and disease in the camp.
Date: creation: 1941 November-1942 February
Collection Creator: John Krasny
Biography: John Krasny was born in Vienna, Austria. He left Austria in 1933 for Czechoslovakia and in 1938 immigrated to the United States. In 1945 he served as a translator in CIC – the counterintelligence unit of the US Army.

Physical Details

Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The John Krasny photograph collection 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: Prisoners of war. Prisoners of war, 1940-1950. Military personnel--German--1940-1950. Prisoners of war--Germany. Prisoners of war--Soviet Union. Soldiers--United States.
Geographic Name: Oerbke (Germany) Germany.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: John Krasny donated the John Krasny photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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