Major J.W. Bost of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, interrogates Lieutenant Herman Meyer (left), who was a Nazi storm trooper at the Lahde concentration camp near Hanover, Germany. Bost is holding a leather thong whip which Meyer said he used only to "beat rugs." Liberated prisoners claimed he used it to whip the prisoners.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 11801
- Date
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1945 May 04
- Locale
- Lahde, Germany
- Photo Designation
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LABOR CAMPS/MINOR CAMPS -- Germany -- Lahde
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Major J.W. Bost of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, interrogates Lieutenant Herman Meyer (left), who was a Nazi storm trooper at the Lahde concentration camp near Hanover, Germany. Bost is holding a leather thong whip which Meyer said he used only to "beat rugs." Liberated prisoners claimed he used it to whip the prisoners.
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