Overview
- Description
- Collection of black-and-white photographs documenting the Ohrdruf concentration camp immediately following liberation; images include burial of victims, American GIs, a camp watch tower, and forced confrontation by local civilians; some captioned on verso by Sgt. Charles J. Stim (donor’s husband) in pencil. Also include a document entitled: “I had no shoes, and complained. ‘Till I met a man, who had no feet.' The concentration camps at Ordoff [sic], Germany Linz, Austria”; dated April 1945.
- Date
-
creation:
1945 April-1945 May
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carol Stim
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
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
- Personal Name
- Stim, Charles.
- Corporate Name
- Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Brought home from WWII by Sgt. Charles J. Stim (donor's husband). Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Mrs. Carol Stim.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:33:31
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn602048
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