Photograph of prisoners standing next to corpses in a cart
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elvira Showstark
The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Elvira Showstark. She donated two additional copies in 2012.
Scope and Content
The photograph depicts concentration camp prisoners wearing striped prisoner uniforms standing next to a cart bearing corpses. The donor's husband was an American soldier and caried the photograph in his wallet until his death. Two additional copies of the photograph are included.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Dead persons--1940-1950.
- Carts & wagons--1940-1950.
- Prisoners--1940-1950.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document