Robert Middleton, Sr., photograph collection

Identifier
irn85337
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.320.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85337

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Robert L. Middleton Sr.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert L. Middleton

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Robert L. Middleton, son of Robert L. Middleton Sr.

Scope and Content

Contains photographs of Gusen, a sub-camp of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, immediately following the camp's liberation on May 5, 1945 by the American forces. Images depict liberated prisoners, Austrian citizens burying corpses from the camp, the cemetery for camp victims, and the hanging of an SS soldier.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • 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.