Overview
- Description
- Contains correspondence written by Dr. Cosgriff to his mother and a friend/fellow doctor which document his experiences in the Buchenwald concentration camp in the days immediately following liberation, his visit of Ebensee and other locations. Also includes photographs taken by Dr. Cosgriff during his visit to the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Wels, and a Russian POW camp at Nurnberg; dated April - May 1945; in English. Dr. Cosgriff was in charge of the medical setup in Buchenwald after liberation.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Cosgriff family
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Richard Cosgriff
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by the Cosgriff family.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:31:07
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562243
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