Overview
- Description
- The Bergen-Belsen photographs consists of ten photographs depicting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after liberation in 1945. The collection includes images of the burial of victims in mass graves and the burning of the barracks in the concentration camp. The identity of the photographs is unknown.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald F. Quinn, Jr.
- Collection Creator
- Donald F. Quinn Sr.
- Biography
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Donald F. Quinn, Sr., was an enlisted member of the Ninth Engineer Command during WWII.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Bergen-Belsen photographs are 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
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust victims. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Concentration camp buildings.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Corporate Name
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donald F. Quinn, Jr. donated the Bergen-Belsen photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019.
- 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:
- 2023-02-24 14:34:46
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn614606
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