Overview
- Brief Narrative
- German camera used by Jacob Yessenow to take photographs of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Joyce Hallet
Physical Details
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Cameras
- Object Type
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Cameras (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- German-made Zeiss Ikon camera (a) with brown leather carrying case (b).
- Dimensions
- a: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
b: Height: 25.500 inches (64.77 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 1.630 inches (4.14 cm) - Materials
- a : metal, plastic, glass, leather
b : leather, metal, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The camera was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Joyce Hallet, the daughter of Jacob Yessenow.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-23 16:53:44
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The collection consists of photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp. Images include piles of bodies in wagons, laid and waiting to be buried and placed in mass graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where surviving victims still remained; dated circa May 1945. Photographs belonged to Jacob Yessenow (donor's father) a member of the US Army's 11th Armored Division. The collection also includes two cameras used by Jacob Yessenow to take photographs of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Document
Photographs: post-liberation images of victims in the former Mauthausen concentration camp. Images include piles of bodies in wagons, laid and waiting to be buried and placed in mass graves by local Austrian bystanders. Also included is a view of the camp and interior barracks where surviving victims still remained; dated circa May 1945. Photographs belonged to Jacob Yessenow (Joyce Hallet's father) a member of the US Army's 11th Armored Division.
