William Schneider collection

Document | Accession Number: 2017.235.1

Immediate postwar photographs of the removal of corpses and reburial in mass grave at Dora-Mittelbau.

Date: creation: 1945 April
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephen Price.

Document Creator: William B. Schneider
Biography: William B. Schneider (1922-2009) was born January 31, 1922, to Joseph and Francis Schneider. He had three brothers, Jerry, Robert, and John. He served as a medic in the Army during WWII in Europe. He was in Normandy during the invasion and served in France and Germany. Bill married Betty Zywicki in 1946 and the couple raised their children in Winona, MN. They had four daughters, Carol, Maribeth, Chris, and Sherry, and two sons, Paul and Mark.
Topical Term: Burial.
Holocaust victims.
Corporate Name: Dora (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Stephen Price and Betty Schneider in 2017.
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: Record last modified: 2022-11-28 09:27:25
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