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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 49976

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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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: 1945 April 06
Locale: Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joseph Eaton

Source Record ID: Collections: 2010.197

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Keyword: GERMANS LOOTING/PLUNDER TRAINS WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Miscellaneous

Record last modified:: 2010-08-27 00:00:00
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