Overview
- Description
- Consists of seven photographs of the aftermath of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The photographs, which depict emaciated survivors, corpses, and the burial of bodies, were taken by Ralph Hansen, a member of the 22nd Infantry regiment of the 4th Division of the United States Army.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Heidi Hansen
- Collection Creator
- Ralph Hansen
- Biography
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Ralph Hansen was inducted into the United States Army in Brooklyn, New York, on March 9, 1942. He did basic training at Fort Screven, GA, and at Fort Moultrie, SC, as a radio operator. In the summer of 1943, he was sent overseas and stationed in Scotland. Assigned to the 22nd regiment, 4th division, he may have been away from his unit in April 1945 when he witnessed the aftermath of the liberation of Buchenwald.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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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
- Hansen, Ralph.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Heidi Hansen donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 17:16:31
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73496
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