Corpses at Bergen-Belsen

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 9,9 cm
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : paper ; Ht: 7 cm x W: 9,9 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
B&w photograph with a white border. An outdoor portrait of corpses that were found at Bergen-Belsen upon the camp's Liberation. There is a mound of clothing visible through the dirt. A male body is emaciated and is found on top of the others. The man's eyes were open when he died and his left hand is reaching towards his face. Narrative: A collection of photographs was brought back to Canada by RAF soldier Frank Wilshaw, who visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after Liberation.
Accession No.
2012.05.10
Name Access
Stobnicky, Arnie
Places
Bergen-Belsen, Germany, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail