us-005578-irn60165
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: George C. Gross was a member of the 743rd tank battalion, U.S. Army, which participated in the liberation of a death train near Farsleben, Germany (near Magdeburg). After the war, Gross received a PhD in English literature and served on the faculty of San Diego State University. In the last years of his life, Dr. Gross worked with high school teacher Matthew Rozell, who researched the Magdeburg death train as part of a teacher's fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 42
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn60165
record resource extent: box 1 8 photographic negatives,
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of photographic negatives of images of the"death trai" from which concentration camp prisoners from Bergen-Belsen were liberated near Farsleben (near Magdeburg, Germany) in April 1945. The prisoners had been placed on the train and departed Bergen-Belsen prior to the camp's liberation though the train had no intended destination. The images were taken and acquired immediately by George Gross, who was part of the 743rd Tank Battalion which secured the train while others in the unit sought provisions for the newly liberated prisoners.
title: George C. Gross photographs