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View of an inscription printed in large block letters on the wall of a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

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    View of an inscription printed in large block letters on the wall of a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
    View of an inscription printed in large block letters on the wall of a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp. The inscription on the building reads, "1 May, 1933 Fascist terror reigns over Germany. 1 May, 1945 Sunrise brings the dawn of freedom." The original photo caption reads, "Shows where people have been there since 1933. Buchenwald was in full swing about 1935. Thousands died daily from typhus, dysentery, and T.B. Most of them died in the crematory or the lime pit."

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    View of an inscription printed in large block letters on the wall of a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

    The inscription on the building reads, "1 May, 1933 Fascist terror reigns over Germany. 1 May, 1945 Sunrise brings the dawn of freedom."

    The original photo caption reads, "Shows where people have been there since 1933. Buchenwald was in full swing about 1935. Thousands died daily from typhus, dysentery, and T.B. Most of them died in the crematory or the lime pit."
    Date
    April 1945 - May 1945
    Locale
    Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marilyn Sutherland

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Marilyn Sutherland
    Second Provenance: James Duff
    Source Record ID: Collections: Sutherland

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    William B. Duff served in the 117th Infantry Medical Detachment as a surgical technician. He participated in the invasion of Normandy and the fighting in Northern France, the Rhineland, Central Europe, and the Ardennes. He also helped provide medical assistance to survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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    2006-06-20 00:00:00
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