Robert G. King family collection

Identifier

irn36867

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2009.164.1

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36867

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Robert G. King

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Perry King and Ruth Porter.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs given to Robert G. King (donors' father) that document the Gusen concentration camp in Austria shortly after liberation. These photos were brought home from the WWII by Capt. Herbert P. Ramsayer (Robert King's cousin) who was a doctor in the US Army and a member of the 131 Evacuation Hospital.

Corporate Bodies

Gusen (Concentration camp)
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 131st

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

Photographs.
Document

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