Two female survivors sit outside in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp.
- Date
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Circa 1945 May 05
- Locale
- Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Two female survivors sit outside in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp.
Pictured are two sisters from northern Italy who were political prisoners in Gusen for two years. They managed to avoid execution by hiding from the doctors when they came to pick prisoners for the gas chambers.
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