Harold Gilman photographs
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Harold Gilman M.D.
Biographical History
Harold Gilman (1917-1999) was born in Denver, CO, and served with the United States Army 11th Armored Division. In May 1945, the division liberated the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps in Austria. Gilman used his camera to document the camps.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Harold Gilman
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Harold Gilman donated the Harold Gilman photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The Harold Gilman photographs consist of photographs Harold Gilman took at the newly liberated Mauthausen concentration camp and Gusen sub-camp in May 1945. The photographs depict liberated prisoners, former guards, American soldiers, Austrian civilians, and buildings at Gusen and Mauthausen. The photographs show emaciated survivors, corpses, and scenes of summary punishment of former SS guards by their former prisoners and of American soldiers forcing Austrian civilians to dig mass graves for Holocaust victims. Most of the photographs are annotated by Gilman on the verso.
System of Arrangement
The Harold Gilman photographs are arranged as a single series.
Corporate Bodies
- Gusen (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Austria.
- Crematoriums--Austria.
- Dead persons--Austria.
- Prison guards--Austria.
- Prisoners--Austria.
- Mass burials--Austria.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document