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The barbed-wire fence and moat that surrounded the Dachau concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 17001

The barbed-wire fence and moat that surrounded the Dachau concentration camp.

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Caption: The barbed-wire fence and moat that surrounded the Dachau concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 29 - May 1945
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU EXTERIORS FENCES MOATS SURVIVORS WATCH TOWERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Fences/Guard Towers/Moats

Record last modified:: 1996-05-16 00:00:00
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