Map of Buchenwald created after his liberation by a former inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1992.103.1

Date: 1939 (creation)
Geography: depiction : Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Language: German
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Maps
Object Type: Historical geography--Maps (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Glass

Physical Description: Pencil sketch of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp drawn by Henry Glass Identifies buildings (barracks, workshops, SS offices, etc.) roads, fences and other barriers.
Dimensions: overall : 29.490 x 41.500 in. (74.905 x 105.41 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, graphite
Inscription: recto, lower left: KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD MASSTAB: UNGEFAMR 1:1000
recto, lower right: ERINNERUNGS SKIZZE, GEZEICHNET NACH/ENTLASSUNG IM FRUHJAMF 1939 VON HEINZ GLASS
Contributor: Artist: Henry P. Glass
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The map was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Henry Glass.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:25:12
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