An American soldier poses next to one of the open railcars of the Dachau death train.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 13065

Overview

Caption: An American soldier poses next to one of the open railcars of the Dachau death train.
Date: 1945 April 29 - 1945 May 01
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of J. Hardman
Event History: The Dachau death train consisted of nearly forty railcars containing the bodies of between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners who were evacuated from Buchenwald on April 7, 1945. The train arrived in Dachau on the afternoon of April 28.

[Source: "Allemagne, avril-mai 1945: Photographies d'Eric Schwab." Centre historique des Archives nationales, Paris 2003, p. 52.]

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: J. Hardman

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES DACHAU DEATH TRAINS DEATH TRAINS (DACHAU) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) TRAINS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Victims -- Death Train