Dominic Gasbarri photographs

Identifier
irn501968
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0126
Dates
1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 1995
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Dominic Gasbarri (1925-1994) was born in Ripa (Italy), came to the United States as an infant, and grew up in Aliquippa, PA. During World War II he served as a surgical technician in the U.S. Army's 139th Evacuation Hospital, which relieved the 30th Field Hospital at the liberated Ebensee concentration camp in May 1945. He had a long civil service career at the Army's chemical warfare facility at Fort Detrick, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Donna Widawski dontated her father's photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.

Scope and Content

The Dominic Gasbarri photographs consist of thirty black and white photographs of victims, survivors, and facilities at the liberated Ebensee concentration camp and one photograph of Dominic Gasbarri. Many of photographs include Gasbarri's descriptions of survivors, facilities, and daily life at the liberated camp on the verso.

System of Arrangement

The Dominic Gasbarri photographs are arranged as a single series.

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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.