Overview
- Description
- The Anthony Dotta photograh collection consists of photographs of the liberation of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps. The photographs depict United States soldiers standing among corpses in the camps, the burial of victims by German civilians, the gallows of Ohrdruf, and the crematoria at Buchenwald concentration camp. It is believed that the photographer was either John Pagotto or Louis Pagotta, friends of Anthony Dotta.
- Date
-
creation:
1945 April
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wayne Dotta
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Anthony Dotta photograph collection is arranged as 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--Buchenwald--Germany. Concentration camp inmates. Crematoriums--Germany. Holocaust victims. Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) Ohrdruf (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 2019 by Wayne Dotta, the son of Anthony Dotta.
- 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:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:28
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn692292
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