Overview
- Description
- The Thomas McKeown collection includes photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation, believed to have been taken by Thomas McKeown, and three pieces of Buchenwald scrip.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas McKeown
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Scrip. Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Thomas McKeown collection is arranged in a single series.
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
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Personal Name
- McKeown, Thomas.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Thomas McKeown donated the Thomas McKeown collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2000.
- 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:
- 2023-02-24 14:27:54
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543409
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The collection consists of photographs, identification tags and Buchenwald scrip.
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark
Object
2 Reichsmark coupon issued at Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
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