Overview
- Description
- The Marshall W. Minard photographs consist of 14 photographic prints and postcards documenting the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation and the Dachau death train. The Buchenwald photographs are captioned “Buchenwald Stalag” on the back. The images depict survivors, victims, skin with tattoos, exterior and interior of buildings, an effigy of Hitler, and American soldiers. The Dachau photographs depict victims inside and next to the open railcars of the Dachau death train.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945 April-1945 May
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harry H. Minard
- Collection Creator
- Marshall W. Minard
- Biography
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Marshall Walker Minard (1913-1988) was born in Louisiana and served in the US Army during World War II. As a member of the 182nd Field Artillery Battalion, he landed on Utah Beach in Normandy in July 1944, crossed the Rhine in March 1945, and reached Munich in April.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is unarranged.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Dachau (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 2018 by Harry Minard, son of Marshall Minard.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-08-29 15:32:06
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn615636
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