Overview
- Description
- The photograph is from the London News Agency and depicts a concentration camp inmate sitting amongst dead bodies and waving at the photographer. The photograph was taken at Nordhausen concentration camp after its liberation by American troops in 1945. A caption and description of the liberation from the London News Agency is typewritten on the verso.
- Date
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1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancie Furgang
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph was acquired by Samuel Reiss donor's father who served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in France during World War II. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Nancie Furgang.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 10:20:00
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Also in Nancie Furgang collection
The collection consists of one London News Agency photograph of Nordhausen concentration camp at liberation and two hardbound collections of the British edition of "Yank," a weekly magazine published during World War II by the United States Army.
Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine]
Object
Bound issues of the British edition of "Yank", collected by Samuel Reiss who served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in France during World War II. Reiss bound the magazines himself after his return to the US in 1945. Yank was a weekly magazine published during World War II by the US Army.
Yank, the Army Weekly (New York, New York) [Magazine]
Object
Bound Issues of the British edition of "Yank", collected by Samuel Reiss who served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in France during World War II. Reiss bound the magazines himself after his return to the US in 1945. Yank was a weekly magazine published during World War II by the US Army.
