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Fomer political prisoners sit on a rocky wall outside a barrack of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 62051

Fomer political prisoners sit on a rocky wall outside a barrack of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

The description on the back of the photograph reads:

"These are some POW's, mostly Polish, Russian -and even some political Germans that were in the concentration camp at Buchenwald. They nearly starved anyway and the Germans burned thousands each week in ovens."

Overview

Caption: Fomer political prisoners sit on a rocky wall outside a barrack of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

The description on the back of the photograph reads:

"These are some POW's, mostly Polish, Russian -and even some political Germans that were in the concentration camp at Buchenwald. They nearly starved anyway and the Germans burned thousands each week in ovens."
Date: Circa April 1945 - May 1945
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jack Fincham

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jack Fincham

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BARRACKS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS EXTERIORS SURVIVORS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- General

Administrative Notes

Biography: Linus William Fincham was a corporal in Patton's 3rd Army, Fifth Armored Division. His division was at Buchenwald shortly after the liberation of the concentration camp.

Record last modified:: 2014-08-26 00:00:00
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