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Milton Silver photographs

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.139.10

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    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

    Geographic Name
    Mauthausen (Austria)

    Administrative Notes

    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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