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Eugene Cohen photograph collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.58

Overview

Description: Eugune Cohen photograph collection consists of 45 photographs taken at Mauthausen concentration camp, Ebensee concentration camp, and Gusen concentration camp in Austria at the time of liberation. The photographs include images of concentration camp victims and corpses, male and female concentration camp survivors, the buildings and crematoria of the camps, members of the Nazi party, as well as Eugene Cohen and other unidentified soldiers. Handwritten and typed captions in English are on the verso.
Date: creation: 1945

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Eugene Cohen photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria. Dead persons--Austria--1940-1950. Mass burials--Austria--1940-1950. Crematoriums--Austria--1940-1950. Soldiers--American--Austria--1940-1950. Prisoners--Austria--1940-1950. Barracks--Austria--1940-1950. Barbed wire--1940-1950.
Geographic Name: Austria. Ebensee (Austria)
Personal Name: Cohen, Eugene S. Ziereis, Franz, 1905-1945. Krebsbach, Eduard, 1894-1947.
Corporate Name: Ebensee (Concentration camp) Gusen (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Eugene Cohen donated the Eugene Cohen photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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