Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

An emaciated, naked survivor stands by the barbed wire fence of the Mauthausen concentration camp after liberation.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 99294
An emaciated, naked survivor stands by the barbed wire fence of the Mauthausen concentration camp after liberation.

An emaciated, naked survivor stands by the barbed wire fence of the Mauthausen concentration camp after liberation.

Date
1945 May 05
Locale
Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Survivors/Medical Care -- General
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Judith A. Rosshirt

About This Photograph

Biography
Michael Spillias (the father of the donor) was a member of the 11th Armored Division of the U.S. Third Army. He was a Private First Class, Battery A, 491st Field Artillery Battalion and participated in the liberation of Mauthausen.

Keywords and Subjects

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Judith A. Rosshirt
 
Record last modified: 2014-09-03 00:00:00
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1174454