us-005578-irn523342
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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.
date: 1945 May 05-1945 May 10
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 570
has or had subject: 585
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn523342
record resource extent: folders 2
record resource structure: The Harold Gilman photographs are arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
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.
title: Harold Gilman photographs