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View of bodies in an exhumed mass grave in Muehldorf.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 70563

View of bodies in an exhumed mass grave in Muehldorf.

Overview

Caption: View of bodies in an exhumed mass grave in Muehldorf.
Date: Circa 1945 - 1946
Locale: Muehldorf, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Toni Sciarra Poynter

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Toni Sciarra Poynter

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES DACHAU LABOR CAMPS MASS GRAVES MUEHLDORF SUB-CAMPS WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS WEINGUT I
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Other Dachau Sub-camps -- Weingut I-II

Administrative Notes

Biography: Ivo E. Sciarra, an American army officer, was involved with war crimes gathering and took photographs of the Muehldorf labor camp.

Record last modified:: 2014-08-28 00:00:00
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