us-005578-irn90441-irn3701
type: RecordSet
archival history: The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by an Anonymous donor.
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 thin paper has yellowed and the bottom right corner is folded, and the top edge has several small wrinkles. The bottom edge has several frays and small tears and is more yellowed that the rest.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1945 April 11, approximately 1954 April 11
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn3701
is or was included in: us-005578-irn90441
record resource extent: overall: Height: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm) | Width: 33.125 inches (84.138 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: "10. JAHRSTAG / der Befreiung des Konzentrations / lagers / MAUTHHAUSEN / befreit am 5, Mai 1945.."; nine black and white images of Mauthausen and 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.
title: 10th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps Mauthausen Poster for the 10th Anniversary of the Liberation of Mauthausen