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British soldiers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 62060
British soldiers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. "You can see the British soldiers that visited the same day as we did. It was sure a mess to live in."

British soldiers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation.

"You can see the British soldiers that visited the same day as we did. It was sure a mess to live in."

Date
April 1945 - May 1945
Locale
Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Views -- General
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jack Fincham

About This Photograph

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.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Jack Fincham
 
Record last modified: 2014-08-26 00:00:00
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