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Piles of naked bodies lie on the ground in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 07465

Piles of naked bodies lie on the ground in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: Piles of naked bodies lie on the ground in the newly liberated Gusen concentration camp.
Date: 1945 May 05 - 1945 May 10
Locale: Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of William J. Kiefer

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: William J. Kiefer

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Keyword: CARTS/WAGONS CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES GUSEN MAUTHAUSEN SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2004-05-10 00:00:00
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