Overview
- Photographer
- Harry E. Boll
- Date
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1945 April 14
- Locale
- Farsleben, [Prussian Saxony] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
- Event History
- American troops of the 743rd Tank Battalion and the 30th Infantry Division came upon a railroad in Farsleben outside of Magdeburg. The train consisted of both cattle and passenger cars and contained approximately 2,500 concentration camp inmates, primarily Jewish. Many of the prisoners died during the transit, and most of the survivors were suffering from severe malnutrition and lack of medical attention.This train was one of three that left Bergen-Belsen between April 6 and 10 bound for Theresienstadt. The prisoners all held papers from neutral and non-European countries. Only one train arrived in Theresienstadt; the third was liberated by Soviet forces outside of Troebitz.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008065.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public DomainSource Record ID: 111-SC-203561 (Album 5292) - Published Source
- Liberation 1945 [Exhibit Catalogue] - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - page 67
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Train to Magdeburg/Farsleben
- Record last modified:
- 2014-12-04 00:00:00
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