Robert Middleton, Sr., photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Robert L. Middleton Sr.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert L. Middleton
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Robert L. Middleton, son of Robert L. Middleton Sr.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs of Gusen, a sub-camp of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, immediately following the camp's liberation on May 5, 1945 by the American forces. Images depict liberated prisoners, Austrian citizens burying corpses from the camp, the cemetery for camp victims, and the hanging of an SS soldier.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.