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American soldiers and medics stand outside the medical team's tents near the Nordhausen concentration camp,

Photograph | Photograph Number: 82086
American soldiers and medics stand outside the medical team's tents near the Nordhausen concentration camp,

American soldiers and medics stand outside the medical team's tents near the Nordhausen concentration camp,

Date
1945 April 10
Locale
Nordhausen, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dora-Mittelbau Sub-camps -- Nordhausen -- LIBERATION -- Survivors/Medical Care
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Henry P. Limbacher, Estate of

About This Photograph

Biography
Major Henry P. Limbacher graduated from Ohio State Medical School. A trained surgeon, he headed the M.A.S.H. unit of Patton's Third Army. Following the liberation of Nordhausen, he headed the medical unit at the camp caring for survivors.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Dr. Henry P. Limbacher, Estate of
Second Provenance: Darrell W. Pepper
Source Record ID: Collections: 2015.414.1
 
Record last modified: 2015-06-04 00:00:00
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