Overview
- Description
- Consists of photographs from the collection of Joseph Michael Bookowich (later Brooks), a member of the 339th Ordinance Depot Company, depicting the capture of Hermann Göring and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. The photographs taken in Dachau depict prisoners showing various aspects of camp life, while the photographs of Göring depict him posing and talking to his American captors. Also includes mass produced photographs of women mourning the death of children, who appear to have died in a bombing raid, possibly in eastern Europe.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Phyllis Adler
- Collection Creator
- Joseph M. Bookowich
- Biography
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Joseph Michael Bookowich (later Joseph Brooks) was born in New York, NY on November 5, 1916 and grew up in the Bronx. During World War II, he served with the 339th Ordinance Depot Company in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. He married Marilyn Margolies after the war and opened a hardware store in the Bronx. He passed away on December 13, 2000.
Physical Details
- 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
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Phyllis Adler
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Brooks, Joseph. Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Phyllis Adler donated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:44:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn96083
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