Russian reveals evidence of Gestapo brutality in Warendorf displaced persons camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 55302

Overview

Caption: Russian reveals evidence of Gestapo brutality in Warendorf displaced persons camp.

Original caption reads:
Living Show Evidence of German Brutality
A Russian in a displaced persons camp at Warendorf, Germany, shows the scar on his leg resulting from a Gestapo beating when he pushed a farmer's cows too roughly while milking the herd. He is one of the 4,000 Russians in the Warendorf camp, which now is operated by troops of the Ninth U.S. Army. This photograph was taken May 8, 1945.
Date: 1945 May 08
Locale: Warendorf, [North Rhine-Westphalia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joseph Eaton

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS DP CAMPS/CENTERS FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES REPATRIATION RUSSIANS/SOVIETS SURVIVORS WOUNDED
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Warendorf