Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs, 1945

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Summary

Title:
Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs
Dates:
1945
Creators:
Goldstein, Arthur
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.
Containers:
Pamphlet-Binder: 1
Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet 1 pamphlet binder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs, Collection no. 6249, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Cliff Berger, March 17, 2022.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-03-30 16:45:43 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs, Collection no. 6249, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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