Gusen liberation document

Identifier
irn14064
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.468.1 a
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn14064

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Donald Dean

Biographical History

Donald Dean was a liberator, but did not liberate Mauthausen or Gusen concentration camp.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald Dean

Donald Dean, liberator with the U.S. Army, acquired the document upon Liberation. Donated to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mr. Dean.

Scope and Content

Contains a document summarizing the prisoner population at the Gusen concentration camp on May 3, 1945. According to the document on 3 May there were 21338 prisoners; 72 prisoners died and 21266 prisoners remained.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

Genre

  • Document
  • Reports.
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