Ebensee liberation photograph

Identifier
irn8122
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.24.2
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8122

Extent and Medium

1 Photographic negative,

Creator(s)

  • Sydney Bruskin

Biographical History

Sydney Bruskin was an American soldier with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sydney Bruskin

Created by Sydney Bruskin, May 1945, Ebensee concentration camp. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Sydney Bruskin.

Scope and Content

Contains a picture taken by Sydney Bruskin, an American soldier with the 80th Infantry Division Counter Intelligence Corps, at the liberation of the Ebensee Concentration Camp. The person in the background of the image is a liberator.

People

  • Sydney Bruskin

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Ebensee (Austria)

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.

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