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Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Gusen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 08898

Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Gusen.

Overview

Caption: Austrian civilians prepare mass graves to bury the bodies of former concentration camp inmates at Gusen.
Date: 1945 May 12
Locale: Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Frank Brooks

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Frank Brooks

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Keyword: AUSTRIANS BURIAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES FORCED CONFRONTATION GUSEN MASS GRAVES MAUTHAUSEN SHOVELS SUB-CAMPS TOOLS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2004-04-01 00:00:00
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