A liberated Russian prisoner peels potatoes in a former Nazi prisoner room.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 55304

Overview

Caption: A liberated Russian prisoner peels potatoes in a former Nazi prisoner room.

Russians Liberated from Nazi Camp
A liberated Russian prisoner of the Nazi peels potatoes in the filthy room where he spent almost a year until he was liberated by Allied troops who captured Munster April 3, 1945. His companion sleeps beside him in the unsanitary room of Stalag 6-F where approximately 10,000 German prisoners of various nationalities were kept by the Germans.
U.S. Signal Corps Photo
Date: After 1945 April 03
Locale: Muenster, [Prussian Westphalia; 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: BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOOD (PREPARATION) PRISONERS (POLITICAL) RUSSIANS/SOVIETS SLEEPING QUARTERS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberated Prisoners/Medical Care