American soldiers remove one of the few survivors from the Dachau death train.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 06643

Overview

Caption: American soldiers remove one of the few survivors from the Dachau death train.

Pictured carrying the survivor is T/4 Sgt. Tony Cardinale and Lieutenant Gerald C. Caskey can be seen speaking to the armed man on the right.
Date: 1945 April 29
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Caskey
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: Michael Caskey

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