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 | Photograph Number: 42748
- Date
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1945
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Liberators/Greeting Liberators/Ceremonies
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Michael Merritt
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."
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Record last modified: 2009-07-22 00:00:00
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