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Prisoners pose in liberated Nazi concentration camp

72-3220 (untitled)
Accession Number
72-3220
6.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Concentration camps
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Austria, Ebensee
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in Nazi concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. In the Austrian Alps the Nazis had one of their largest camps. Large numbers of inmates were starving to death and dying at the rate of 2000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for "scientific" experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, 3rd U.S. Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities."
Date(s)
April 1945