C-5-12
Scope and Contents
This colleciton contains panels and framed photographs from a 2010 exhibit shown at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's M. Louis Salmon Library. Also included is the website designed to support the exhibit.
Dates
- Creation: 2010
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.
Biographical / Historical
Portrait of the common criminal prisoner German prisoner Eric Wyglendatz nicknamed “Anna,” leader of Block 150, one of the most impoverished blocks in the camp, where the inhabitants were mainly gypsies. “Anna” was shot by the SS in April 1945, at the time of evacuation, while he was trying to escape.
Extent
From the Collection: 10 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository
M. Louis Salmon Library
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville Alabama 35899 United States of America
256-824-6523
archives@uah.edu