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German civilians loot a Nazi train as the war winds down.

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    German civilians loot a Nazi train as the war winds down.
    German civilians loot a Nazi train as the war winds down.

Original caption reads: "Civilians, mostly  women loot china from a Nazi freight car halted in railyards near Elsenoch, historic German town captured April 6, 1945, by troops of the Third U.S Army. Throughout  captured portions of the Reich, the fleeing of Gestapo members is the signal for German civilians, mostly women, to loot shops, trains, bombed houses and warehouses.
U.S Signal Corps Photo ETC-HQ-45-61632"

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    German civilians loot a Nazi train as the war winds down.

    Original caption reads: "Civilians, mostly women loot china from a Nazi freight car halted in railyards near Elsenoch, historic German town captured April 6, 1945, by troops of the Third U.S Army. Throughout captured portions of the Reich, the fleeing of Gestapo members is the signal for German civilians, mostly women, to loot shops, trains, bombed houses and warehouses.
    U.S Signal Corps Photo ETC-HQ-45-61632"
    Date
    1945 April 06
    Locale
    Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Joseph Eaton
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2010.197

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    2010-08-27 00:00:00
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