Overview
- Description
- 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
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancy Chase
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
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
- Cooney, Edward.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 17:25:22
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn81467
Download & Licensing
- In Copyright - Use Permitted
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Request 7 Days in Advance of Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
-
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
