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The new caretaker of Buchenwald concentration camp displays a noose and club used by the SS to murder prisoners. He was appointed by Third Army officers in the Military government.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 74561
The new caretaker of Buchenwald concentration camp displays a noose and club used by the SS to murder prisoners. He was appointed by Third Army officers in the Military government.

The new caretaker of Buchenwald concentration camp displays a noose and club used by the SS to murder prisoners. He was appointed by Third Army officers in the Military government.

Date
1945 April 11 - May 1945
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Arnold Bauer Barach

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach
Source Record ID: 111-SC-203460
Second Record ID: Collections: 1989.27
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 111-SC-203460
 
Record last modified: 1996-04-15 00:00:00
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