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Austrian civilians are forced to participate in the clearing of corpses in the Gusen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 17186

Austrian civilians are forced to participate in the clearing of corpses in the Gusen concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: Austrian civilians are forced to participate in the clearing of corpses in the Gusen concentration camp.
Date: Circa May 1945
Locale: Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lois Mullins

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Lois Mullins

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Keyword: AUSTRIANS BARRACKS CARTS/WAGONS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES FORCED CONFRONTATION GUSEN MAUTHAUSEN SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2009-05-18 00:00:00
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