Overview
- Description
- Contains a picture taken by Sydney Bruskin, an American soldier with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps, at the liberation of the Ebensee Concentration Camp. The person in the background of the image is a liberator.
- Date
-
creation:
1945 May 06
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sydney Bruskin
- Collection Creator
- Sydney Bruskin
- Biography
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Sydney Bruskin was an American soldier with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photograph.
- Extent
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1 Photographic negative.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Ebensee (Austria)
- Corporate Name
- Ebensee (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Created by Sydney Bruskin, May 1945, Ebensee concentration camp. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Sydney Bruskin.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 10:13:44
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8122
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Also in Sidney Bruskin collection
The collection consists of a sign relating to the experiences of Sidney Bruskin as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II. Also includes a photograph and document. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Date: 1945 May
Text only sign found at Ebensee concentration camp crematorium by an American soldier
Object
Sign found by Sidney Bruskin, an American soldier, at the liberation at Ebensee concentration camp. The sign was removed from above an oven door inside the crematorium. The text is an epitaph expressing a wish for cremation. Bruskin served with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps.
Memorandum
Document
The memorandum is marked "Secret" and was issued by the Counter Intelligence Corps of the United States Army. It lists regulations of a mission in Altaussee, Austria, to protect art treasures, continue steps to administer area and arrest those who come within scope of CIC, and recover property.
