Overview
- Description
- Consists of ten photographs of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen taken by George Rodger, a British photographer, who was the first photographer to enter the camp and the subject of the donor's book "George Rodger: An Adventure in Photography."
- Date
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1945 April
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem Collection, Gift of Carole Naggar
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- 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
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Carole Naggar.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-05 16:18:45
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn737022
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Also in George Rodger and Alina Szapocznikow collection
The collection consists of photos taken by George Rodger of Bergen-Belsen at liberation as well as a silver cigarette case created in Bergen-Belsen given to fellow internee Alina Szapocznikow (1942-1943). Both were received by the donor.
Date: 1942-1945
Engraved cigarette case received by Alina Szapocznikow while imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen
Object
Silver cigarette case etched with an image of a gazelle jumping over chimney stacks by an internee who gave the case to Polish-Jewish sculptor Alina Szapocznikow while she was imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. The case was given to the donor by the widow of Roman Cieslewicz. Cieslewicz was married to Szapocznikow before her death in 1973.