Overview
- Description
- Consists of eleven photographs taken upon the discovery and liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The photographs were taken by a member of the advance guard of the Eastern Polish Corps, which traveled with the Soviet army, and depict the abandoned camp, camp structures, and corpses of inmates who had not been evacuated.
- Date
-
1945
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Mark Chrzanowski donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 2003.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-25 11:41:01
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516090
Download & Licensing
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
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-
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