Overview
- Description
- Photographs, postcards, and a report regarding Robert L. Tumler’s experiences with the 139th Evacuation Hospital and their care for the liberated prisoners of the Ebensee subcamp of Mauthusen. Photographs include depictions of liberated prisoners at Ebensee, Robert in his uniform, other soldiers, and scenes from other locations in Europe. Postcards include depictions of Ebensee and the Burg Altmannstein. The report on Ebensee is a mimeographed document likely authored by Robert that offers a description of conditions at Ebensee during the Holocaust and after its liberation.
- Date
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inclusive:
1927-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jon R. Tumler
- Collection Creator
- Robert L. Tumler
- Biography
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Robert Lorenz Tumler (1911-1980) was born on 3 March 1911 in Peterson, Iowa to Gustav and Edith Tumler. His father owned a general store in the area. He attended the University of Iowa and planned on becoming a dentist, but dropped out of his program during the Depression to help run his family’s business. He married Margie Marie Fastenow in 1938. Robert enlisted with the United States Army in August 1942 and served with the 139th Evacuation Hospital. His unit arrived in Europe around 6 weeks after D Day. His unit arrived at the Ebensee subcamp of Mauthausen on 15 May 1945 and helped care for the former prisoners until the end of June. Robert was discharged in January 1946 and returned to Peterson.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Postcards. Reports.
- Extent
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4 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as 4 folders.
1 of 4. Photographs: Ebensee, 1945
2 of 4. Photographs: United States Army, circa 1944-1945
3 of 4. Postcards, 1927-1945
4 of 4. Report on Ebensee, circa 1945
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- 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Jon R. Tumler
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Ebensee (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Tumler, Robert L., 1911-1980.
- Corporate Name
- Ebensee (Concentration camp) United States. Army
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 in 2019 by Jon R. Tumler, son of Robert L. Tumler.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-01 11:42:31
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Also in Robert L. Tumler collection
The collection consists of wartime and postwar photographs, postcards, a typed report on Ebensee (Mimeograph copy) and a German map on which Tumler drew the route his unit took ending in Ebensee. The photographs include some images of the Ebensee camp taken shortly after liberation. Robert L. Tumler (1911-1980) served as a medic in the US Army during WWII. His unit landed in Normandy six weeks after D-day and followed the Advancing Troops across Europe. As camps were liberated, they provided a basic level of medical care - the last camp was at Ebensee.
Map
Object
German map on which the donor's father, Robert L. Tumler (1911-1980) drew the route his unit took ending in Ebensee. Robert Tumler served as a medic in the U.S. Army during WWII. His unit landed in Normandy six weeks after D-Day and followed the advancing troops across Europe. As camps were liberated, they provided a basic level of medical care - the last camp was at Ebensee.
