Joseph Barko photograph collection

Identifier
irn559398
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.599.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Joseph J. Barko (1916-2008) was born in Albany, PA. He served with the U.S. Conservative Corps under President Franklin Roosevelt, and in the US Army during WWII. He married Elizabeth Patrick and the couple had four children: Marrianne Takacs, Nancy Wagner, Barbara Dennish, and Joseph Barko.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Barko Dennish

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Nadine Raphael, on behalf of Barbara Barko Dennish.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs found by United States Army serviceman Joseph Barko during WWII. Includes photographs taken from a Wehrmacht soldier depicting various military troops and activities, and liberation photographs taken at the Ebensee concentration camp. There are additional liberation photographs from Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Ludwigslust Palace, Solingen-Ohligs, and Dachau.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as three folders: 1. Concentration camp liberation photographs, 1945; 2. Ebensee concentration camp, circa 1945; 3. Wehrmacht, 1939-circa 1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.