Photograph

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2025.1332.5.0227

Description

Oversized black and white photograph. The clothed body of a man is lying on a stretcher, an imprint of the U.S. Army Signal Corps is present in the lower right corner. On the back of the photograph are two stamps that read "RESTICTED" and "FOR OFFICIAL USE". There is also text that reads as follows: EUCOM 47 01435 28 MAY Credit - U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. PHOTOG - T/4 CHAMBERS 69th WERNER GRAHM, GERMAN, IS SHOWN AFTER HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER AT THE LANDSBERG PRISON. HE WAS HANGED AT 0924 AND DIED AT 0936. *DC* LANDSBERG, GERMANY. Additional research - Werner Grahn was executed for the murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen.

Collection

Photograph Collection