Finding aid for the Frank James Kunc photographs of the Dachau concentration camp 6278

Bo Doub

USC Libraries Special Collections

2023 June

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Frank James Kunc photographs of the Dachau concentration camp

Creator: Kunc, Frank James (1923-1986)

Identifier/Call Number: 6278

Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3398

Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet 1 box

Date: 1945

Language of Material: English .

Container: 1

Scope and Contents

54 photographs taken by Frank James Kunc (1923-1986) showing the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. The photographs show the human remains of deceased camp prisoners, trains and other vehicles around the camp, views of the countryside surrounding Dachau, American military forces, survivors of the camp, and the furnaces used to cremate the bodies of the dead. The collection also includes a newspaper clipping from an unknown publication and creation date with an article titled "Yanks Seize Dachau Camp, Most Notorious in Germany." Lastly, the collection holds a Nazi Iron Cross medal housed in its original case. Frank James Kunc served in the 4th Infantry of the United States Army during World War II. Kunc was a medic and was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. Kunc landed in Normandy on D-Day in 1944 and participated in the liberation of Dachau in 1945.

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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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Kathi Lindsay, May 9, 2023.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Frank James Kunc photographs of the Dachau concentration camp, Collection no. 6278, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Nazi concentration camps -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Archival resources

Holocaust survivors -- Germany -- Archival resources

World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation -- Archival resources

Medals

Newspaper clippings

Photographs

Dachau (Concentration camp) -- Photographs

Kunc, Frank James (1923-1986) -- Photographs