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A prisoner at forced labor splits wood in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 19214

A prisoner at forced labor splits wood in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: A prisoner at forced labor splits wood in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Date: 1937
Locale: Sachsenhausen, [Brandenburg] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain
Sueddeutscher Verlag Bilderdienst

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Provenance: Scherl Bilderdienst

Source Record ID: 978527

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES PRISONERS SACHSENHAUSEN TOOLS WOOD/LUMBER/LUMBERYARDS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Sachsenhausen -- PRE-WAR/WARTIME -- Forced Labor/Factories

Record last modified:: 2018-02-08 00:00:00
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