Overview
- Caption
- 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
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1945 April 06
- Locale
- Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Joseph EatonSource Record ID: Collections: 2010.197
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- GERMANS LOOTING/PLUNDER TRAINS WOMEN
- Photo Designation
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LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Miscellaneous
- Record last modified:
- 2010-08-27 00:00:00
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