Overview
- Caption
- Portrait of Leon Bass (left) and another Afro-American soldier in U.S. Army uniform during the Second World War.
- Date
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1945
- Locale
- Germany?
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leon Bass
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Leon BassSource Record ID: Collections: RG-50
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Leon Bass (1926-2015) and other members of the all African-American 183rd unit were among the first visitors to Buchenwald several days after liberation. After the war, he became a teacher and was active in the Civil Rights movement.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-03 00:00:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1175296