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A death march survivor receives medical care.

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    A death march survivor receives medical care.
    A death march survivor receives medical care. The original Signal Corps caption reads, "Death march. Solomon Silverstein, 22, a Jew born in upper Silesia, prisoner of the Nazis since 1939 was shot and left for dead in a forest. He is believed to be the only survivor of a group of 300 prisoners who set out on a march to Munich. He saw scores of allied prisoners and slaves shot by guards when they could no longer march. Playing dead while the Germans continued with the remaining prisoners on their death march, he returned alive to be picked up by medics of the 44th Divi, outside their aid station where he was treated."

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    A death march survivor receives medical care.

    The original Signal Corps caption reads, "Death march. Solomon Silverstein, 22, a Jew born in upper Silesia, prisoner of the Nazis since 1939 was shot and left for dead in a forest. He is believed to be the only survivor of a group of 300 prisoners who set out on a march to Munich. He saw scores of allied prisoners and slaves shot by guards when they could no longer march. Playing dead while the Germans continued with the remaining prisoners on their death march, he returned alive to be picked up by medics of the 44th Divi, outside their aid station where he was treated."
    Photographer
    Louis Weintraub
    Date
    1945 April 28
    Locale
    Memmingen, [Bavaria] Germany
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bernadette O'Connell

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Bernadette O'Connell
    Source Record ID: Collections: 2015.455.1

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