Overview
- Description
- Three original black-and-white photographs inscribed with "Mauthausen 8 May 1945" on the back of each photograph, as well as seven duplicates. The photographs depict piles of corpses found within the Mauthausen concentration camp, and a photograph of a man, possibly a survivor, sitting on the ground with a cart and building in the background. The photographer is unidentified.
- Date
-
creation:
1945 May 08
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Mauthausen photographs are 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
- Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust victims. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Austria.
- Corporate Name
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Mauthausen photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by an Anonymous donor.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-20 07:38:32
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501489
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