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Edda Treforest photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 1992.130

The Edda Treforest photograph collection consists of photographs depicting nurses treating patients at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after liberation, the canteen that Samuel Treforest opened at Bergen-Belsen after World War II, and Edda Treforest as a young woman. The photographs were likely taken by Samuel Treforest.

Date
creation:  circa 1945-1947
Language
English
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Edda Treforest
Biography
Edda Treforest (b. Edda Wind) was a Holocaust survivor and was employed as a translator for Ms. E.I. England, head of the British Red Cross contingent at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Her husband, Samuel Treforest was a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation (UNRRA) official who took photographs of Bergen-Belsen concentraiton camp.
System of Arrangement
The Edda Treforest photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Edda Treforest donated the Edda Treforest photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.
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
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-07-15 11:45:58
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