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American soldiers force German civilians to bury corpses in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 29570

American soldiers force German civilians to bury corpses in the Nordhausen concentration camp.

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Caption: American soldiers force German civilians to bury corpses in the Nordhausen concentration camp.
Date: 1945 March 27 - April 1945
Locale: Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Oscar Watts

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Oscar Watts

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Keyword: BURIAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES DORA-MITTELBAU FORCED CONFRONTATION NORDHAUSEN SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dora-Mittelbau Sub-camps -- Nordhausen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
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