Recently liberated inmates of Dachau search the corpses of SS guards executed following the liberation of the camp.
- Date
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1945 April 29
- Locale
- Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany?
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- LIBERATION -- Summary Justice/Revenge
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Richard D. Halfast
Recently liberated inmates of Dachau search the corpses of SS guards executed following the liberation of the camp.
This image is one of several from the collection of Dr. Richard Halfast, chief medical officer of general surgery, who served with the 7th General Hospital and 1st Auxilliary Surgical Group. Halfast's unit was among the first to enter the Dachau after liberation by American forces.
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