Rows of Corpses at Buchenwald after liberation, May 1945

Photograph

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Living History Museum

1998.1.4: Rows of Corpses at Buchenwald after liberation, May 1945

1998.1.4

Rows of Corpses at Buchenwald after liberation, May 1945

Name/Title

Rows of Corpses at Buchenwald after liberation, May 1945

Entry/Object ID

1998.1.4

Description

Three long rows of corpses at Buchenwald, some in striped uniforms, some naked. U.S. soldiers walk between two rows. Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within the old German borders of 1937.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver Print

Collection

Alumni Association Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1998.1

Source or Donor

Jean W. Bostic

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

donated by Jean W. Bostic, sister of Doris V. Whitehurst Neurdenberg (1935)

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Snapshot

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Copy print

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

photo is clean

Provenance

Notes

belonged to Doris V. Whitehurst ('35) who served as a nurse in Eisenhower's army whose members liberated Buchenwald in 1945.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Mrs. Jean Bostic originally gave these with the memorabilia of Doris V. Whitehurst with the stipulation they be returned. Upon contacting her, Bostic said that she would be happy to donate the prints. Returned copies to her.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 5, 1998

Updated By

khammerstrom@umaryland.edu

Update Date

February 20, 2025