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Survivors rest outside a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 85283

Survivors rest outside a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: Survivors rest outside a barrack in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Date: 1945 April 11
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Glenn Runyan

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Glenn Runyan

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BARRACKS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- General

Administrative Notes

Biography: Glenn Runyon, US Army Corporal, was a member of the 465th Engineer Company. His company visited Buchenwald for a few hours after its liberation.

Record last modified:: 2012-02-10 00:00:00
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