An emaciated survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp lies on a wooden cart outside a camp barrack.

Photograph | Not Digitized | Photograph Number: 41490

Overview

Caption: An emaciated survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp lies on a wooden cart outside a camp barrack.

This photograph is one of seven taken by Dr. Milton Silver's encounters at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Silver served with the 11th Armored Division during World War II, and on May 5, 1945 he was among those troops who liberated the camp. Dr. Silver later returned with those American servicemen who entered the camp as part of a medical detail.
Date: After 1945 May 05
Locale: Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria?
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Milton Silver

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Dr. Milton Silver

Source Record ID: Collections: 1993.139

Keyword: BARRACKS CARTS/WAGONS CONCENTRATION CAMPS MAUTHAUSEN MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Ebensee -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care