10th Anniversary of the Liberation of Hitler’s Mauthausen Camp Poster for the 10th Anniversary of the Liberation of Mauthausen.
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm) | Width: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm)
Creator(s)
- Federation Internationale des Resistantes (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by an Anonymous donor.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Scope and Content
"10 éme ANNIVERSAIRE / camps / hitteriens / MAUTHAUSEN..."; 9 black and white images of Mauthausen prisoners from 1945 with black text on white ground; devastating photographic images of the camp and text describing these Nazi horrors. Printed and distributed by Leroy Andre of Vienna for the International Federation of Resistors.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Black and white poster commemorating the liberation of German concentration camps. There is black text against a white background in the center which is surrounded by 9 captioned photographs. The top row has 3 pictures, from left; stone steps carved into a hillside, the camp’s entrance with walls and guard tower imposed with the poster title, and rows of male prisoners standing naked outside with snow on the ground. The second row shows crowds of cheering prisoners surrounding American tanks and soldiers on liberation day, a dead body lying on the ground, and a pile of starved corpses. The bottom row depicts crowds of people at the dedication of a monument, gallows with a noose hanging from the beam, and emaciated prisoners standing and lying in their bunks in barracks. On the bottom right is the logo for FIR (International Federation of Resistance Fighters), an inverted cone with FIR on the surface and a fire burning from the base. The paper is thin and faded and the bottom edge has a vertical tear, there are 2 vertical creases running through the poster.
Genre
- Object
- Posters