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Two former camp guards perform forced labor in the liberated Gusen concentration camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 78919
Two former camp guards perform forced labor in the liberated Gusen concentration camp. Original caption reads: "Until Camp Gusen was liberated by the Americans, these two German SS guards were hated and feared by the inmates. Now they work under the direction of prisoners they once mistreated".

Two former camp guards perform forced labor in the liberated Gusen concentration camp.

Original caption reads: "Until Camp Gusen was liberated by the Americans, these two German SS guards were hated and feared by the inmates. Now they work under the direction of prisoners they once mistreated".

Date
Circa May 1945
Locale
Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Summary Justice/Revenge
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ron Leidelmeyer

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Ron Leidelmeyer
Source Record ID: Collections: 2013.466
 
Record last modified: 2015-05-11 00:00:00
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