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Survivors and American soldiers gather by the entrance to the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 70165
Survivors and American soldiers gather by the entrance to the Mauthausen concentration camp. The banner between the two towers was hung by Spanish Republican prisoners to greet liberators.

Survivors and American soldiers gather by the entrance to the Mauthausen concentration camp.

The banner between the two towers was hung by Spanish Republican prisoners to greet liberators.

Photographer
George Pippin?
Date
May 1945
Locale
Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Liberators/Greeting Liberators
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Wesley M. Burritt

About This Photograph

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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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Wesley M. Burritt
 
Record last modified: 2011-08-11 00:00:00
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