Overview
- Description
- Consists of 12 photographs taken after the liberation of the Gusen concentration camp. The photographs depict the burial of corpses in mass graves, the burning of barracks, a soldier standing in front of the sign for the Gusen cemetery, and the painted corpse of former commandant Franz Ziereis impaled on a barbed wire fence.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Thomas, Melissa, James, and Hugh Cox
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
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
- Personal Name
- Ziereis, Franz.
- Corporate Name
- Gusen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Thomas Cox donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014. His father was stationed in Germany after World War II, and likely collected these photographs at that time.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:42:46
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn81114
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