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Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs

 Collection — Pamphlet-Binder: 1
Identifier: 6249

Scope and Contents

A collection of ten photographic prints taken by United States Army Lieutenant Arthur Goldstein upon the liberation of the Dachau and/or Buchenwald concentration camps in 1945. The photographs mostly show the human remains of deceased camp prisoners, including images of human corpses piled in trenches and wagons and images of American forces and possibly camp survivors moving human remains between different parts of the camps. Each photograph is black and white and measures approximately five and a half by eight centimeters. There is no information written on verso of any of the prints. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds a related collection: the Arthur Goldstein photograph collection (Accession Number 1994.161.1). The description for the Arthur Goldstein photograph collection identifies the Ohrdruf--which was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network--and Dachau concentration camps as the subjects of that collection's photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (1 pamphlet binder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A collection of ten photographic prints taken by United States Army Lieutenant Arthur Goldstein upon the liberation of the Dachau and/or Buchenwald concentration camps in 1945. The photographs mostly show the human remains of deceased camp prisoners, including images of human corpses piled in trenches and wagons and images of American forces and possibly camp survivors moving human remains between different parts of the camps. Each photograph is black and white and measures approximately five and a half by eight centimeters. There is no information written on verso of any of the prints. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds a related collection: the Arthur Goldstein photograph collection (Accession Number 1994.161.1). The description for the Arthur Goldstein photograph collection identifies the Ohrdruf--which was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network--and Dachau concentration camps as the subjects of that collection's photographs.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cliff Berger, March 17, 2022.

Related Materials

Arthur Goldstein photograph collection, Accession Number 1994.161.1, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Title
Finding aid for the Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Bo Doub
Date
2022 April
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

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