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Louis Ranciato collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of a portrait painting by Gyorgy Beifeld (George Byfield), clippings, a journal, and photographs relating to the experiences of Louis Ranciato, Staff Sergeant in the United States Army and a liberator of Dachau concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
Provenance
The collection was donated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Rosalie Heffernan and Anthony Ranciato, the children of Louis Ranciato.
Date
1945
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Louis Ranciato collection

Document | Accession Number: 2016.114.1

Date
creation:  circa 1945
Louis Ranciato collection

Portrait of a US soldier by Gyorgy Byfield, liberated concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2016.114.2

Geography
creation: Dachau (Concentration camp) after liberation; Dachau (Germany)
Date
creation:  after 1945 April 19-before 1945 December
Portrait of a US soldier by Gyorgy Byfield, liberated concentration camp inmate
 
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