Ralph M. Kopansky 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
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- Geography
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manufacture:
Wetzlar (Germany)
use: Ohrdruf (Concentration camp); Ohrdruf (Germany)
- Date
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use:
approximately 1945-1945
manufacture: 1932 October-1939
- Geography
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manufacture:
England
- Date
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manufacture:
1930-1945
use: approximately 1945
- Geography
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use:
Europe
- Date
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use:
approximately 1945
- Geography
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publication:
London (England)
- Date
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publication:
1944 March
- Geography
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publication:
Leeds (England)
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publication:
1943
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acquired:
approximately 1945
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:30:43
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Leica Standard model E camera used by US soldier and liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.2 a-c
Barling’s briar wood straight billiard pipe used by American soldier and liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.3
Briar wood bent Dublin pipe used by American soldier and liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.4
Zones of France – Second Edition
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.5
Belgium and Germany (New Frontier), - Sheet C/43C- Sheet D/43D
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.6
Red armband with swastika acquired by American soldier and liberator
Object | Accession Number: 2012.427.7