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An American officer is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 29668

An American officer is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: An American officer is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 29 - 1945 May 01
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Black

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert Black

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Keyword: ARMBANDS CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU GREETING LIBERATORS GROUP PORTRAITS MILITARY OFFICERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Liberators/Greeting Liberators/Celebrations

Record last modified:: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
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