Joseph Barko photograph collection

Joseph J. Barko (1916-2008) was born in Albany, PA. He served with the U.S. Conservative Corps under President Franklin Roosevelt, and in the US Army during WWII. He married Elizabeth Patrick and the couple had four children: Marrianne Takacs, Nancy Wagner, Barbara Dennish, and Joseph Barko. The collection consists of photographs found by United States Army serviceman Joseph Barko during WWII. Includes photographs taken from a Wehrmacht soldier depicting various military troops and activities, and liberation photographs taken at the Ebensee concentration camp. There are additional liberation photographs from Mauthausen, Buchenwald, Ludwigslust Palace, Solingen-Ohligs, and Dachau.