Overview
- Description
- Consists of nine photographs, a photographic postcard, and six stereographic photographs acquired by, or depicting, Sergeant Francis J. McMullen, donor's father, who served with the 259th Field Artillery Battalion in the United States Army during World War II. The photographs depict Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation, ruins, a downed airplane, and post-surrender scenes in Grossalmerode, Germany. Also includes stereographic photographs from the publication "Der Kampf iim Westen."
- Date
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creation:
circa 1945 April-1945 June
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Finnegan
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Photographic postcards. Stereographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- 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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Joan Finnegan in 2000.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:24:05
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Also in Joan Finnegan collection
Contains materials donated by Joan Finnegan, documenting her father's experiences as an American soldier during and after the liberation of a concentration camp. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Buchenwald memorial monument photograph
Document
Photographic print; black and white image of memorial reading “K.L.B.” and “51.000” with two large wreaths, soldier standing on right; verso: handwritten in black ink: ““Buchenwald”/This is the monument they made/the Germans build, to honor the dead /murdered at this camp./51000 died when we got there and the ones/who were living were/so weak they were still/dying at the rate of/25 a day”; dated 1945-1946; Buchenwald, Germany.
