While cleaning out his home in preparation to move, a retired truck driver found 13 photographs in the back of a cupboard. The photographs were taken by his late father-in-law, Ken Parker, who was an U.S. army photographer in World War II. The photographs were found along with an Army uniform and confiscated German pistol.  The photographs depict the liberation of Mauthausen, one of the Nazi concentration camps.  Mauthausen in Austria, had a gas chamber, torture instruments and medical experimentation.  The U.S. Army arrived in the camp on May 5, 1945 and found 18,000 prisoners. Parker used his camera in the documentation by the Allies for the purpose of prosecuting the Germans for war crimes and alerting the public to the atrocities.

Rather than discard them his wife, daughter of Ken Parker, donated them.  She sent the photographs to the Jewish Journal which published them in the article about the "find".  Some of the photographs also made it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archive.

To read the Jewish Journal article and see the photographs go to: http://tinyurl.com/ybl3tgp6

Original url:

http://jewishjournal.com/news/world/225040/rare-holocaust-photos-resurface-north-hollywood-home/

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OF GREATER MIAMI

Presents

Diahan Southard

Your DNA Guide

 Saturday, September 9th
Pinecrest Library Auditorium
5835 SW 111th St Pinecrest
1:30 PM

Bring your DNA kit number for a free drawing
For a 20 minute consultation session on your DNA results

For added excitement, there is a special offering for this session also.
You may sign up with her for a 20 minute private consultation for $25

Please register for a time after the program at
www.your DNAguide.com/Miami

A microbiology graduate, Diahan Southard spent 15 years in the genetic genealogy industry. In her current position as Your DNA Guide, she provides personalized, interactive experiences to assist individuals and families in interpreting their genetic results in the context of their genealogical information. She is also the author of DNA Quick Guides, producer of a video tutorial series, as well as a featured author for Family Tree Magazine and regular contributor to Your Genealogy Today.

15 years of experience in the genetic genealogy industry has qualified Diahan to instruct all levels of interest. You will leave enlightened and motivated as she is upbeat and full of energy. She has a passion for genetic genealogy, a genuine love for people, and a gift for making the technical understandable.