William Stanton photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alex Henzel
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial by alex Henzel in 2010.
Scope and Content
Black and white photograph depicting corpses piled on ground and on a cart, survivors and barracks visible in the background at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. On the verso is a handwritten inscription in blue ink: "Mauthausen / Concentration / Camp / near Linz, Austria / May 1945." The photograph was brought home from the war by Sgt. William Stanton of Vermont who served with the 11th Armored Division of the U.S. Army.
Corporate Bodies
Genre
- Photograph.
- Document
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