us-005578-irn39525
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Major Bernard Block, DDS, (1912-1951) was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Louis and Ethel Block. He married Dorothy Tauber (1913–1990) in 1937 and they had a daughter, Marian (1942-2011). Block’s family was Jewish and of German descent. He was part of a US Army unit that liberated concentration camps. He died at the age of 38 of a service-related illness. His family also lost relatives during the Holocaust.
date: 1945 April-1945 July
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 43
has or had subject: 701
has or had subject: 137
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn39525
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The Bernard Block photograph collection is arranged as a single file.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Bernard Block photograph collection documents the Buchenwald and Ohrdruf concentration camps immediately following liberation. Images depict burial of victims, mass graves, and general scenes of the camps. The collection contains twenty photographs mounted with tape onto loose photo album pages, some with captions handwritten across the top in blue ink. The collection also includes an image of Major Bernard Block, DDS in his military uniform.
title: Bernard Block photograph collection