Dr. William G. Birch crouches before corpses of concentration camp victims at Buchenwald.
Overview
- Caption
- Dr. William G. Birch crouches before corpses of concentration camp victims at Buchenwald.
- Date
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1945 April 28?
- Locale
- Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany?
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stephen Jacobs
- Event History
- The 45th Evacuation Hospital arrived at Buchenwald after liberation of the camp and was tasked with providing a range of care to newly liberated inmates. Their duties were soon directed to the treatment and evacuation of inmates suffering from tuberculosis. With the assistance of several prisoners who had been camp physicians, the 45th managed to prevent further spread of the disease and to vastly improve the quality of treatment that individuals received.
See https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005198.
See Also "Buchenwald Main Camp" in Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Volume 1 Part A.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Stephen Jacobs
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Dr. William Garrison Birch, served with the 45th Evacuation Hospital. as a U.S. Army medical officer.
- Record last modified:
- 2017-03-08 00:00:00
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