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An American soldier follows others into the still smoldering ruins of the Landsberg (Kaufering Lager I) concentration camp, sub-camp of Dachau.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 49654

An American soldier follows others into the still smoldering ruins of the Landsberg (Kaufering Lager I) concentration camp, sub-camp of Dachau.

Original caption reads: "Landsberg atrocity: 7th U.S. Army troops enter the smoking ruins of the Landsberg concentration camp. Before American forces captured the camp, German guards locked their prisoners in the wooden huts and set fire to them. Some burned to death in the buildings, others found strength to crawl out and die in the streets. Most prisoners were naked, but some had remnants of clothing on their charred bodies."

Photographer
Edward C. Newell
Date
1945 April 28
Locale
Landsberg, [Bavaria] Germany
Variant Locale
Landsberg Am Lech
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stuart McKeever
 
Record last modified: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
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