Five year-old Briner Odon sits on top of an American jeep holding a Star of David flag just prior to his departure from Buchenwald to France.
- Date
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1945 June 05
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- Departing Camp
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Five year-old Briner Odon sits on top of an American jeep holding a Star of David flag just prior to his departure from Buchenwald to France.
Odon, whose mother and father were shot by the Nazis, is one of a group of Jewish orphans released from Buchenwald concentration camp and sent to France. From there, some will travel to Palestine and some to America.
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