Hermann Gallasch photograph collection

Identifier
irn515818
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.177
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515818

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Hermann Gallasch donated the Hermann Gallasch photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.

Scope and Content

The Hermann Gallasch photograph collection consists of 11 photographs of Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria at the time of liberation in May 1945. The photographs were taken by Hermann Gallasch or a fellow soldier in the Eleventh Armored Division of the United States Army.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Austria.
  • Prisoners--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.
  • Holocaust victims.
  • Barracks--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.
  • Concentration camp inmates.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria--Mauthausen.
  • Dead persons--Austria--Mauthausen--1940-1950.
  • Holocaust survivors.

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.