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Polish prisoners relax underneath a banner greeting their American liberators.

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    Polish prisoners relax underneath a banner greeting their American liberators.
    Polish prisoners relax underneath a banner greeting their American liberators.

The original caption reads: "Side of the Polish barracks with the poor worn out and very weak P.W.s -- They stood outdoors weather permitting, as much as they could, to escape the foul conditions inside of the barracks.

Inside the barracks were 5 or 6 wooden shelves from one end to the other, Each shelf was partitioned off into 6' spaces.

You lived and died in those spaces.  If the guy above you had dysentery (diarreha) tough on you!"

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    Polish prisoners relax underneath a banner greeting their American liberators.

    The original caption reads: "Side of the Polish barracks with the poor worn out and very weak P.W.s -- They stood outdoors weather permitting, as much as they could, to escape the foul conditions inside of the barracks.

    Inside the barracks were 5 or 6 wooden shelves from one end to the other, Each shelf was partitioned off into 6' spaces.

    You lived and died in those spaces. If the guy above you had dysentery (diarreha) tough on you!"
    Date
    April 1945
    Locale
    Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mark Palaszewski

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Mark Palaszewski
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2014.396.1

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    2014-09-09 00:00:00
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