Dr. Robert Ley is searched after capture near Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 1945

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Photograph. Dr. Robert Ley, former German Labor Front leader, being searched as he sits in his pajamas on a chair indoors. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/29/45--German labor leader--Dr. Robert Ley, former German Labor Front leader, wearing pajamas, is searched shortly after his capture by men of the U.S. Seventh Army, May 16, 1945, in a house 45 miles (75 kms.) from Berchtesgaden. He was arrested by two privates of the 502 Parachute Regiment, Seventh Army, who had been informed of his whereabouts by a civilian. Dr. Ley complained that he was suffering from a heart attack and attempted to take poison when arrested.--War Pool Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6445."”Outside Berchtesgaden, Germany. 29 May 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.437
Date: 
05/29/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Prisoners of war--German--Germany
Sleepwear
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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: 
Berchtesgaden
Latitude: 
47.633
Longitude: 
13.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Prisoners of war--German--Germany
Sleepwear