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American soldiers force former Nazis to bury victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp following liberation.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 70156

American soldiers force former Nazis to bury victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp following liberation.

Overview

Caption: American soldiers force former Nazis to bury victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp following liberation.
Photographer: George Pippin?
Date: May 1945
Locale: Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Wesley M. Burritt

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Wesley M. Burritt

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: AUSTRIANS BURIAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES GRAVEDIGGING GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES MAUTHAUSEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Victims (The Dead) -- Clearing Corpses

Administrative Notes

Biography: George Pippin (the great-uncle of the donor) served in the 11th Armored Diviion which liberated the Mauthausen concentration camp. He served in the 56th Engineer Battalion.

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