Four Austrian citizens saved from German death sentences in Salzburg, Austria, 1945

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Photograph. Austrian citizens, saved from German death sentences by a U.S. Army board, sitting on a bench indoors. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/6/45--Austrians saved from death--These four Austrians were found in jail at Salzburg awaiting execution after being sentenced to death by German courts for minor offenses. Their sentences were set aside by a U.S. Army board appointed to review German-imposed sentences. The four are: (L to R) Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kaitenagger, who allegedly stole a small bundle of laundry; Franz Frum, 19 years old, accused of stealing 10 cents worth of property, and Voytich Smeykel, 24-year-old Czecho-Slovakian charged with theft of a small amount of clothing.--ISB staff photo through Rome OWI--approved by appropriate military authority—(List A--ISB out) 7022."”Salzburg, Austria. 6 July 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.154
Date: 
07/06/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Prisoners--Austria
Clothing & dress--Austria
Couples--Austria
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
Salzburg
Latitude: 
47.800
Longitude: 
13.050
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Prisoners--Austria
Clothing & dress--Austria
Couples--Austria