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Survivors showing their tattoos after the liberation of Buchenwald.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 78562A

Survivors showing their tattoos after the liberation of Buchenwald.

The lender's handwritten caption reads, "Two men showing numbers branded on arms. All clothing was also stamped where it was readily seen."

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Caption: Survivors showing their tattoos after the liberation of Buchenwald.

The lender's handwritten caption reads, "Two men showing numbers branded on arms. All clothing was also stamped where it was readily seen."
Date: 1945 April 11 - 1945 May 01
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert Michael Merritt

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Keyword: BUCHENWALD CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS SURVIVORS TATTOOS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- Tattoos

Record last modified:: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
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