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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Claude C. Barnes Buchenwald atrocity photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-054
Abstract

5 black and white photographs taken after the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by Corporal Claude C. Barnes.

Dates: 1945

Buchenwald concentration camp photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-031
Abstract

The collection consists of four photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp taken in April 1945, shortly after its liberation by the U.S. Army.

Dates: 1945

Buchenwald concentration camp reports

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-030
Abstract

The collection consists of two May 1945 U.S. Army reports written by F. van Wyck Mason describing conditions at Buchenwald concentration camp and other areas in Germany.

Dates: 1945

Charles Cross collection of Buchenwald concentration camp photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-032
Abstract

The collection consists of nine photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp taken in April 1945, shortly after its liberation by the U.S. Army. Also included is a 1993 interview on videocassette with Corporal Charles Cross, who collected the photographs.

Dates: 1945

Lawrence Layden scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-042
Abstract

The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Lawrence "Ed" Layden, an officer with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs of Layden at various bases during the war, reconnaissance photographs, and photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp, which Layden visited on April 17, 1945, six days after it was liberated.

Dates: 1941-1945

Robert Schwartz papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1168
Abstract

The papers of Robert Schwartz, medical doctor and captain, in the United States Army during World War II. Papers and artifacts reflect his service and activities during the war and as a participant of the liberation of Buchenwald. Included are photographs and a letter documenting the atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp.

Dates: 1933-1968; Majority of material found within 1942-1945