George Junior Groce photograph collection

Identifier
irn611842
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.273.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn611842

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Larry Groce

Images belonged to George Groce who was an American soldier and ambulance driver during WWII in Europe. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Larry Groce, son of George Junior Groce.

Scope and Content

Contains an envelope with photographs strung together. Photographs show the reburial of victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp and its subcamp Gusen, in Austria, shortly after liberation. Included are images of civilians [Austrians living near the camp] burying the victims; images of the deceased in piles at the camps; and burning of infested barracks.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.