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Louis Papageorge photographs

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    Description
    The Louis Papageorge photographs consist of ten photographs, 16 enlarged photographs, and eight negatives taken by Papageorge depicting victims of the "Abtnaundorf massacre" at the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp of Buchenwald in April 1945; two street scenes in Hof, Germany, including a group of captured German troops being escorted past the office where Papageorge was stationed in May 1945; and two buildings in Leipzig identified as the city hall and justice building. Leipzig-Thekla was a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established in 1943 to supply labor for the German war effort. As American troops advanced into Germany, the commandant of Leipzig-Thekla began evacuating the camp in April 1945. The approximately 300 prisoners who were too ill or weak to be transported were sealed into barracks number 5, and the SS guards set the barracks on fire. Those who escaped were shot, electrocuted on the electrified fences, or caught and killed by a Hitler Youth Squad. The 69th Infantry Division uncovered the camp on April 19 and immediately began providing for the fewer than 100 survivors. US Army Signal Corps photographers arrived at the site soon after to document the atrocities, which were referred to as the "Abtnaundorf massacre." Two photographs are mis-labeled "Camp Schoenfeld Tetlier-Leipzig," confusing the Leipzig-Thekla camp with the nearby Leipzig-Schönefeld (HASAG) slave labor camps.
    Date
    creation:  1945
    Collection Creator
    Louis Papageorge
    Biography
    Louis Papageorge (1917-1978) was born in Washington, DC, to Peter and Elizabeth Papageorge. He served in the US Army during World War II.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Photographs.
    Extent
    3 folders
    System of Arrangement
    The Louis Papageorge 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Elizabeth Mancini, daughter of Louis Papageorge, donated the Louis Papageorge photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004. Collections accession as 2004.34.1 and 2004.127.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
    Record last modified:
    2023-04-11 09:44:13
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