Robert B. Austin photographs

Identifier
irn515067
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.167.1
  • RG-09.047
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515067

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Robert B. Austin

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Robert B. Austin in 1988.

Scope and Content

The photographs depict Buchenwald concentration camp at the time of liberation as well as bridges built in Germany by the 61st and the 296th Engineer Combat Battalions of the United States Army.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Austin, Robert.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Gallows--Germany--1940-1950.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Crematoriums--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Hangings--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Bridges--Germany--1940-1950.

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.