Overview
- Description
- Contains a photograph depicting a group of corpses lying on wooden planks in an open train car. The photograph was taken immediately following the liberation of Dachau concentration camp.
- Date
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1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Forman
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & 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.
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:21:19
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521847
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