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An American soldier poses next to a wreath placed by the graves of the victims of the Gardelegen atrocity.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 97641

An American soldier poses next to a wreath placed by the graves of the victims of the Gardelegen atrocity.

Overview

Caption: An American soldier poses next to a wreath placed by the graves of the victims of the Gardelegen atrocity.
Date: 1945
Locale: Gardelegen, [Prussian Saxony; Saxony-Anhalt] Germany

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Blaine Marchik

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Keyword: ATROCITIES ATROCITIES (GARDELEGEN) CEMETERIES CLOSE-UPS GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES SOLDIERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) WREATHS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: Atrocities/Death March Victims -- Gardelegen -- Burial

Record last modified:: 2013-03-18 00:00:00
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