View of a an open cattle train which had been used to transfer 800 starving concentration camp victims deeper into Germany.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 64159

Overview

Caption: View of a an open cattle train which had been used to transfer 800 starving concentration camp victims deeper into Germany.

The train was cut off by American planes in Osterburken. The original caption reads "As Allied soldiers closed in, German slave laborers were transferred deeper into Germany to remove evidence of atrocity. This string of cars, cut off by American planes in Osterbruken, carried 800 Poles, French, Austrian and Russian men, 33 of whom were victims of starvation and suffering. (63rd Inf. Div.)
Date: 1945 April 06
Locale: Osterburken, [Baden] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ilona Shechter

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ilona Shechter

Second Provenance: Defense Audiovisual Agency

Source Record ID: 111-SC-203531

Keyword: ATROCITIES EVACUATIONS/TRANSPORTS TRAINS VIEWS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Other -- Osterburken