A soldier poses on a motorcyle in front of a row of American, British, Soviet, and Czech flags. The signs below the flags read, "Grateful Czechoslovaks greet the armies of liberty."

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 42748

Overview

Caption: A soldier poses on a motorcyle in front of a row of American, British, Soviet, and Czech flags. The signs below the flags read, "Grateful Czechoslovaks greet the armies of liberty."

The lender's handwritten caption reads, "The Czechs lost no time in showing us all that they stood with us in victory. Their monuments and memorials were erected in a very short time. In the aeiral view you can see the huge memorial to the 51,000 that died in the camp."
Date: 1945
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Michael Merritt

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert Michael Merritt

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS FLAGS FLAGS (AMERICAN) FLAGS (BRITISH) FLAGS (CZECH) FLAGS (SOVIET) MOTORCYCLES SIGNS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS WATCH TOWERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Liberators/Greeting Liberators/Ceremonies