Milton Silver photographs

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.139.10

Overview

Description: The Milton Silver photographs consist of seven black and white photographs Silver took during his May 1945 visits to the Mauthausen concentration camp. The photographs depict emaciated Holocaust survivors, rows and piles of murdered victims, and local Austrian residents forced to remove victims onto a truck.
Date: creation: 1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Milton Silver
Collection Creator: Milton Silver
Biography: Dr. Milton Silver served with the 11th Armored Division during World War II. He visited the Mauthausen concentration camp twice: once as a liberator among the first group of American servicemen to enter the camp and later as part of a medical detail.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Milton Silver photographs are arranged as 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--Mauthausen. Holocaust survivors--Austria--Mauthausen. Holocaust victims--Austria--Mauthausen. Corpse removals--Austria--Mauthausen.
Geographic Name: Mauthausen (Austria)
Corporate Name: Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Dr. Milton Silver donated his photographs 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.

Record last modified:: 2023-02-24 14:27:23
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The Milton Silver collection consists of seven black and white photographs Silver took during his May 1945 visits to the Mauthausen concentration camp and two daggers he took from local Austrians.