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An American soldier poses near the edge of the "parachute jump" at the Wiener Graben quarry in Mauthausen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 11754

An American soldier poses near the edge of the "parachute jump" at the Wiener Graben quarry in Mauthausen.

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Caption: An American soldier poses near the edge of the "parachute jump" at the Wiener Graben quarry in Mauthausen.
Date: 1945 May 05 - 1945 May 30
Locale: Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Janet Peters

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Janet Peters

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Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS MAUTHAUSEN MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS QUARRIES/STONES SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Liberators/Greeting Liberators

Record last modified:: 2010-06-28 00:00:00
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