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Max Webb photograph collection

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2018.638.1

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Overview

Description: The collection primariy consists of original photographs and copy-prints of the Münchberg displaced persons camp. The bulk of the photographs depict a funeral and re-interment ceremony in 1946 for women who perished between the Helmbrechts subcamp of Flossenbürg and Münchberg on the death march that originated from the Schlesiersee subcamp of Gross-Rosen in January 1945 and terminated in Volary (Volary, Czech Republic) in May 1945. They were initially buried by area farmers in or near Münchberg. The ceremony was attended by DP camp refugees, American military service members, and members of the community from Münchberg. Other photographs depict Holocaust-era scenes in Łódź, and likely other parts of Poland.
Date: inclusive: circa 1942-1946
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Max Webb.

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Max Webb photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust survivors. Holocaust victims. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews--Germany. Soldiers--United States. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
Geographic Name: Münchberg (Germany). Germany.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Irvin Shapell in 2018. Max Webb, the original owner of the photographs, was Mr. Shapell's uncle. Mr. Webb's family gave the photographs to Mr. Shapell for donation to the USHMM.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2023-03-02 12:25:18
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