Charles Cross collection of Buchenwald concentration camp photographs
Collection Overview
The collection consists of nine photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp taken in April 1945, shortly after its liberation by the United States Army. The photographs were collected by Corporal Charles Cross. Photographs show victims, survivors, and captured SS officers within the camp. Other photographs show the barracks, gallows, and crematorium. Also included is a 1993 interview with Cross on videocassette.
Dates
- Creation: 1945
Creator
- Cross, Charles C., 1924-2009 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Charles Cross was born in 1924 in Albany, New York. In 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and received basic medical training before being sent to Normandy with the 2nd Infantry Division. Cross was injured while fighting in Saint-Lô, France, and evacuated to England. After he recovered, he was assigned to the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron and visited Buchenwald concentration camp twice, the first visit less than 24 hours after its liberation. On his second visit two weeks later, a private who accompanied Cross took the photographs that comprise this collection.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (2 folders, 1 videocassette)
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.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated in 2001 by Charles Cross.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproductions of photographs available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca McClure, February 2012.
Subject
- United States. Army (Organization)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp) (Organization)
Source
- Cross, Charles C., 1924-2009 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Charles Cross Collection of Buchenwald Concentration Camp Photographs, 1945
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Rebecca McClure; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rebecca McClure
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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