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Former Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess and Kurt von Burgsdorff are transported in shackles by American soldiers.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 80249
Former Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess and Kurt von Burgsdorff are transported in shackles by American soldiers. Hoess served as a a defense witness for Ernst Kaltenbrunner and then was handed over to Polish authorities to stand trial in Poland.

Former Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess and Kurt von Burgsdorff are transported in shackles by American soldiers.

Hoess served as a a defense witness for Ernst Kaltenbrunner and then was handed over to Polish authorities to stand trial in Poland.

Photographer
Eddie Murphy
Date
1946 June 05 - 1946 June 05
Locale
Nuremberg, [Bavaria] Germany ?
Variant Locale
Nurnberg
Photo Designation
PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Arrest/Capture
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eddie Murphy (Estate)

About This Photograph

Biography
Eddie Mills Murphy (the photographer) served as a Private First Class in the United States Army, 3264th Signal Photo Battalion. He was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany and was assigned as a photographer at The International Military Tribunal, also known as the Nuremberg War Trials, in 1945 and 1946.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Eddie Murphy (Estate)
 
Record last modified: 2013-06-04 00:00:00
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