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An unidentified man [perhaps a former POW] poses next to a German sign in the newly liberated Mauthausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 41615
An unidentified man [perhaps a former POW] poses next to a German sign in the newly liberated Mauthausen concentration camp. The sign reads: "Entering this factory is strictly forbidden. Trespassers will be shot without warning. The camp commandant, K.L.M."

An unidentified man [perhaps a former POW] poses next to a German sign in the newly liberated Mauthausen concentration camp.

The sign reads: "Entering this factory is strictly forbidden. Trespassers will be shot without warning. The camp commandant, K.L.M."

Date
1945
Locale
Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Survivors/Medical Care -- General
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Benjamin Ferencz
Source Record ID: Collections: 1994.A.037
Second Record ID: Collections: RG-12.019
 
Record last modified: 2003-04-14 00:00:00
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