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Polish prisoners reenact how Nazi guards shot prisoners into an open trench.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 98120
Polish prisoners reenact how Nazi guards shot prisoners into an open trench. The original caption reads: "The Polish laborer kneeling showing the position prisoners took while a guard went along behind and shot them in the head. The duck-board covered trench could hold about 50 men at a time."

Polish prisoners reenact how Nazi guards shot prisoners into an open trench.

The original caption reads: "The Polish laborer kneeling showing the position prisoners took while a guard went along behind and shot them in the head. The duck-board covered trench could hold about 50 men at a time."

Date
1945 May 05
Locale
Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Inspection/Investigation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Clarence E. Alberg

About This Photograph

Biography
Clarence Edward Alberg was drafted on March 14, 1941 in Ashtabula, Ohio. He worked as an Information and Education specialist attached to the Army newspaper, "Stars and Stripes." On May 4 and 5, he visited Dachau, a few days after the camp was liberated.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Clarence E. Alberg
 
Record last modified: 2012-04-04 00:00:00
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