Photograph

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2025.1332.5.0225

Description

Oversized black and white photograph. The partially 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 01378 27 MAY Credit - U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. PHOTOG - T/4 CHAMBERS 69th DARL STRULLER, GERMAN, IS SHOWN AFTER HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER AT THE LANDSBERG PRISON. HE WAS HANGED AT 1204 AND DIED AT 1216. *DC* LANDSBERG, GERMANY. Additional research - Karl Struller was executed for the murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen.

Collection

Photograph Collection