Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2025.1332.5.0226Description
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 01415 27 MAY
Credit - U. S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS.
PHOTOG - T/4 CHAMBERS 69th
LEOPOLD TRAUNER, AUSTRIAN, IS SHOWN
AFTER HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE MED
ICAL OFFICER AT LANDSBERG PRISON.
HE WAS HANGED AT 1011 AND DIED AT 1022
*DC*
LANDSBERG, GERMANY.
Additional research - Leopold Trauner was executed for the murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen.Collection
Photograph Collection