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Russian civilians crowd onto repatriation convoys to return to the Soviet Union.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 75029
Russian civilians crowd onto repatriation convoys to return to the Soviet Union. The original photo caption reads, "Taking Russians to the Elbe River where they were met by Russian Army Officers. Quite a job getting people and all the junk on the trucks."

Russian civilians crowd onto repatriation convoys to return to the Soviet Union.

The original photo caption reads, "Taking Russians to the Elbe River where they were met by Russian Army Officers. Quite a job getting people and all the junk on the trucks."

Date
April 1945 - May 1945
Locale
Germany
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Repatriation -- USSR
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marilyn Sutherland

About This Photograph

Biography
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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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Marilyn Sutherland
Second Provenance: James Duff
Source Record ID: Collections: Sutherland
 
Record last modified: 2006-06-20 00:00:00
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