Overview
- Description
- Consists of photographic negatives of images of the "death train" from which concentration camp prisoners from Bergen-Belsen were liberated near Farsleben (near Magdeburg, Germany) in April 1945. The prisoners had been placed on the train and departed Bergen-Belsen prior to the camp's liberation though the train had no intended destination. The images were taken and acquired immediately by George Gross, who was part of the 743rd Tank Battalion which secured the train while others in the unit sought provisions for the newly liberated prisoners.
- Date
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creation:
1945-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of G. Timothy Gross
- Collection Creator
- George C. Gross
- Biography
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George C. Gross was a member of the 743rd tank battalion, U.S. Army, which participated in the liberation of a death train near Farsleben, Germany (near Magdeburg). After the war, Gross received a PhD in English literature and served on the faculty of San Diego State University. In the last years of his life, Dr. Gross worked with high school teacher Matthew Rozell, who researched the Magdeburg death train as part of a teacher's fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Physical Details
- Extent
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8 photographic negatives.
- Extent
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1 box
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Death marches--Germany--1944-1945.
- Geographic Name
- Magdeburg (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Gross, George.
- Corporate Name
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- G. Timothy Gross donated his father's photographic negatives to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-18 12:18:06
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60165
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