George E. Rothlisberg collection
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize folder
2
1
Creator(s)
- George E. Rothlisberg
Biographical History
George Edward Rothlisberg (1916-1970) was born in Merrill, Wisconsin to George (1861-1934) and Clara (née Boettcher, 1880-1956) Rothlisberg. He had four sister: Priscilla, Georgiana, Ellouise, and Deborah, and one brother, John. During World War II he was a Signal Corps photographer and documented the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. He married Julia Doyle (1914-1996) in 1945 and had a career as a photographer.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Schreier and Barbara Rothlisberg
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Dr. Eric Schreier. He received this collection in 1999 from Barbara A. Rothlisberg, niece of George E. Rothlisberg.
Scope and Content
Photographs taken shortly after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 by United States Army Signal Corps photographer George E. Rothlisberg. Also includes a small amount of photographs taken after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and Dachau, including German prisoners-of-war.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as three folders: 1 of 2. Buchenwald, 1945 1 of 2. Bergen-Belsen and Dachau, 1945 OS 1. Negatives
People
- Rothlisberg, George E, 1916-1970.
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Buchenwald (Concentration Camp)
- Prisoners of war.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Negatives.