An American guard waves through the gate a group of survivors carrying a comrade who escaped from Woebbelin a few days before its liberation by the 82nd airborne division, 9th US Army.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 10265

Overview

Caption: An American guard waves through the gate a group of survivors carrying a comrade who escaped from Woebbelin a few days before its liberation by the 82nd airborne division, 9th US Army.

The man dropped from starvation outside the enclosure as he tried to make his way back to a source of food.
Date: 1945 May 04 - 1945 May 07
Locale: Woebbelin, [Mecklenburg] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 153-Case files 1944-49--box 313--file 12-639 to 12-646
Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: 2457
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach

Source Record ID: Collections: 1989.27

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS ENTRANCES FENCES GUARDS NEUENGAMME SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS SURVIVORS WOEBBELIN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Neuengamme Sub-camps -- Woebbelin -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care -- General