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

Photograph | Digitized | 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.

Overview

Caption: 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 Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eddie Murphy (Estate)

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Eddie Murphy (Estate)

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: AMERICANS ARRESTS/CAPTURE AUSCHWITZ BURGSDORFF, KURT VON COMMANDANTS CONCENTRATION CAMPS HOESS, RUDOLF SOLDIERS TRIALS TRUCKS WAR CRIMINALS/TRIALS
Photo Designation: PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Arrest/Capture

Administrative Notes

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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