us-005578-irn63126
type: RecordSet
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 177
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
history: Kenneth C. Myers was member of the United States Army, XIX Corps. After the D-Day invasion, he was reassigned to the 12th Armored Division and worked as a mechanic. His unit participated in the liberation of Dachau. Mr. Myers found a camera and taught himself to develop photographs in the back of his truck, which is how these photos were taken and developed. Mr. Myers passed away in 1988.
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
identifier: irn63126
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of two original photographs and two enlarged copyprints of the same images, which were taken by Kenneth C. Myers, a mechanic with the 12th Armored Division, which participated in the liberation of Dachau. One photograph depicts the landscape of the camp and barbed wire, while the other depicts corpses on a cart.
title: Kenneth C. Myers photograph collection