Overview
- Description
- Contains seven photographs taken by John F. Manning Apr. 28, 1945, during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, cyclists, jeeps and cars, a guard platform and gatehouse, bodies, and burned buildings. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.
- Date
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1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John F. Manning
- Collection Creator
- John F. Manning
- Biography
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John F. Manning was a captain in the U.S. Army. In Apr. 1945, he commanded Battery C, 62nd Coast Artillery Batallion (antiaircraft) U.S. Army.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 oversize box
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--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. Concentration camp buildings--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Corporate Name
- Landsberg (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Mr. John F. Manning
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mr. Manning via Sybil Milton.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:11:40
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520457
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