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Regis Gignoux papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.66.1

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    Overview

    Description
    The Regis Gignoux papers include a three-page typed letter and three photographs documenting Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation. The letter was written by Gignoux’s commanding officer, a pilot who flew reporter Percy Knauth and photographers Marguerite Higgins, Margaret Bourke-White, and Lee Miller to the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945. The letter describes their arrival at the camp and the conditions they found there. The photographs depict victims in Buchenwald.
    Date
    creation:  1945
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Louise Gignoux
    Collection Creator
    Regis Gignoux
    Biography
    Regis Gignoux (1923-2005) was born in France on March 10, 1923 to Gerard Gignoux and Claudine Huffer. He served as a pilot in the U.S. military during World War II. On one mission, he was supposed to fly reporter Percy Knauth and photographers Marguerite Higgins, Margaret Bourke-White, and Lee Miller to the Buchenwald concentration camp, but his commanding officer chose to fly them himself. Gignoux died in France on January 21, 2005.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 folder
    System of Arrangement
    The collection is unarranged.

    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

    Geographic Name
    Germany.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Louise Gignoux donated the Louise Gignoux papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-10-25 09:27:10
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