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Photographic negative of corpses at Buchenwald

Document | Accession Number: 1992.2

The photographic negative depicts American soldiers looking at a mound of corpses in front of an incinerator building at Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation.

Date
creation:  1945 April 11
Genre/Form
Film negatives.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Alexander Scott III

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
William Alexander Scott III donated the photographic negative of corpses at Buchenwald to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992

Created by William Alexander Scott, III, April 1945, Buchenwald concentration camp.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-10 13:38:31
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