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Ralph M. Kopansky collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a camera, camera accessories, tobacco pipes, silk maps, an armband, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ralph Kopansky in the United States Army before, during, and after World War II, including the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, where he carried his Leica camera.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2017 by Dr. Terry Kopansky, son of Ralph Kopansky.
Date: 1943-1963

Date: inclusive: 1943-1945
Geography: manufacture: Wetzlar (Germany)
use: Ohrdruf (Concentration camp); Ohrdruf (Germany)
Date: use: approximately 1945-1945
manufacture: 1932 October-1939
Geography: manufacture: England
Date: manufacture: 1930-1945
use: approximately 1945
Geography: use: Europe
Date: use: approximately 1945
Geography: publication: London (England)
Date: publication: 1944 March
Geography: publication: Leeds (England)
Date: publication: 1943
Date: acquired: approximately 1945
: Record last modified: 2019-12-04 16:12:23
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