Harold Hershey papers

Document | Accession Number: 2016.401.1

The collection contains papers related to Harold Hershey’s experiences as a United States Army Signal Corps photographer during World War II. Included is a letter to his wife describing what he saw hours after the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, motion picture critique sheets of photographs he shot at Dachau, and Signal Corps photographer identification cards.

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Date: inclusive: 1945
Language: English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Letters.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald Hershey

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Document Creator: Harold Hershey
Biography: Harold L. Hershey (1918-2015) was a photographer with the 163rd United States Army Signal Corps during World War II. He photographed the Battle of Anzio and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp among other events. After the war, he lived in Rockville, Maryland with his wife Patricia and his sons Richard and Donald.
System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged as one folder.
Topical Term: United States--Army--History--World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Personal Name: Hershey, Harold, 1918-2015.
Corporate Name: United States. Army. Signal Corps--Photographers.
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Harold Hershey papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Donald Hershey in 2016.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
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The collection consists of an SS patch, correspondence, documents, and motion picture critiques of his photography relating to the experiences Donald Hershey as a Signal Corps photographer who witnessed the liberation of Dachau concentration camp during World War II.