General Henning Linden, assistant commanding general, 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division, gives directions to his troops from the parapet of the bridge at the Jourhaus at the entrance to the Dachau concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 08917

Overview

Caption: General Henning Linden, assistant commanding general, 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division, gives directions to his troops from the parapet of the bridge at the Jourhaus at the entrance to the Dachau concentration camp.

The civilian with the white armband is Dr. Victor Maurer of the ICRC (International Red Cross). The German officer to the left is SS Lt. Wickert, the German officer who surrendered the camp. [oversize print]
Date: 1945 April 29
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Sol Feingold

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Sol Feingold
KZ-Gedenkstaette Dachau

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: Dok. 2973
Comite International de la Croix Rouge

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Source Record ID: 3103/07

Keyword: BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU ENTRANCES LIBERATION DAY LINDEN, HENNING MILITARY OFFICERS RED CROSS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN) SURRENDER SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Perpetrators/Surrender