Joseph Barko photograph collection
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Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of photographs found by United States Army serviceman Joseph Barko during WWII. Includes photographs taken from a Wehrmacht soldier depicting various military troops and activities, and liberation photographs taken at the Ebensee concentration camp. There are additional liberation photographs from Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Ludwigslust Palace, Solingen-Ohligs, and Dachau.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Barko Dennish
- Collection Creator
- Joseph Barko
- Biography
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Joseph J. Barko (1916-2008) was born in Albany, PA. He served with the U.S. Conservative Corps under President Franklin Roosevelt, and in the US Army during WWII. He married Elizabeth Patrick and the couple had four children: Marrianne Takacs, Nancy Wagner, Barbara Dennish, and Joseph Barko.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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3 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as three folders: 1. Concentration camp liberation photographs, 1945; 2. Ebensee concentration camp, circa 1945; 3. Wehrmacht, 1939-circa 1945.
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
- Ebensee (Austria)
- Corporate Name
- Ebensee (Concentration camp) Germany. Wehrmacht
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Nadine Raphael, on behalf of Barbara Barko Dennish.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 08:31:53
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn559398
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