John F. Manning collection
Extent and Medium
oversize box
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Creator(s)
- John F. Manning
Biographical History
John F. Manning was a captain in the U.S. Army. In Apr. 1945, he commanded Battery C, 62nd Coast Artillery Batallion (antiaircraft) U.S. Army.
Archival History
Mr. John F. Manning
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John F. Manning
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mr. Manning via Sybil Milton.
Scope and Content
Contains seven photographs taken by John F. Manning Apr. 28, 1945, during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp. Images include soldiers, cyclists, jeeps and cars, a guard platform and gatehouse, bodies, and burned buildings. Photographs are 1987 prints from the original 1945 negatives.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Concentration camp buildings--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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