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American soldiers and civilians looking at corpses at Buchenwald

Document | Accession Number: 1992.80

The photograph depicts a pile of emaciated dead bodies piled onto a truck with American soldiers and civilians standing around the truck. The photograph was taken at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Caption on the verso: "Buchenwald; Jews are in cart / Sent by: Mrs. Leo M. Levens; Given by: Lt.C. Leo M. Levens 0344525 / Please print copies + distribute where it would do the most good. Thank you. Mollie Levens."

Date
1945
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mollie Levens

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Obtained by Lt. Col. Leo M. Levens (donor's husband), 1945, Germany. The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mollie Levens in 1992

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2021-11-10 13:38:33
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