Mauthausen liberation photographs

Identifier
irn515704
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.538
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515704

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Sam and Frances Goldenberg donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct 14, 2004. Sam Goldenberg was a member of the 11th Armored Division and participated in the liberation of Mauthausen.

Scope and Content

Consists of six photographs taken upon the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Photographs depict groups of survivors receiving food and health care as well as congregating socially.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Mauthausen (Austria)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.