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Sgt. Edward Cooney photographs

Document | Accession Number: 2014.349.1

Consists of five photographs taken after the liberation of the Wöbbelin concentration camp and depict the exterior of barracks and piles of corpses of prisoners. The photographs were taken on May 3, 1945, by Sgt. Edward Cooney, a member of the United States Army, 8th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Regiment, Company M, Heavy Weapons Unit.

Date
creation:  1945
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancy Chase

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Nancy Chase donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She received them from the widow of Sgt. Cooney.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:12:57
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