Finding aid for the Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs 6249

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Title: Arthur Goldstein Holocaust photographs

Creator: Goldstein, Arthur

Identifier/Call Number: 6249

Physical Description: 0.02 Linear Feet 1 pamphlet binder

Date: 1945

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.

Language of Material: English .

Container: 1

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.

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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.

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

Preferred Citation

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

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.

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

Photographs

Buchenwald (Concentration camp) -- Photographs

Dachau (Concentration camp) -- Photographs

Goldstein, Arthur -- Archives

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) -- Photographs