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Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high, in a barracks in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 78713
Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high, in a barracks in the Buchenwald concentration camp. The original caption reads, "This photo shows the conditions and the amount of sleeping space for the prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. They range from young kids to old men, all donig the same amount of work each day." [sic] According to the Signal Corps caption, the photo was taken on April 23, 1945.

Survivors lie on wooden bunks that are four tiers high, in a barracks in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

The original caption reads, "This photo shows the conditions and the amount of sleeping space for the prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. They range from young kids to old men, all donig the same amount of work each day." [sic]

According to the Signal Corps caption, the photo was taken on April 23, 1945.

Photographer
Donald R. Ornitz
Date
1945 April 11 - 1945 April 23
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- Inside Barracks
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mary Dickinson

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Mary Dickinson
Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.116.1
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-22 00:00:00
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