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Official British photograph showing a soldier staring at descrated Jewish tombstones in Salonika.

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    Official British photograph showing a soldier staring at descrated Jewish tombstones in Salonika.
    Official British photograph showing a soldier staring at descrated Jewish tombstones in Salonika. 

The official caption reads: "Indian Units arrived by sea at Salonika on 11th Nov., 1944.  A German strongpoint, with slit trenches lined with tombstones from Jewish graves. In the background can be seen the concrete emplacement adjoining the slit trenches."

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    Official British photograph showing a soldier staring at descrated Jewish tombstones in Salonika.

    The official caption reads: "Indian Units arrived by sea at Salonika on 11th Nov., 1944. A German strongpoint, with slit trenches lined with tombstones from Jewish graves. In the background can be seen the concrete emplacement adjoining the slit trenches."
    Date
    1944 November 11
    Locale
    Salonika, [Macedonia] Greece
    Variant Locale
    Thessaloniki
    Saloniki
    Salonica
    Solun
    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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    Photo Designation
    LIBERATION -- Greece
    Record last modified:
    2010-08-27 00:00:00
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