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The decomposing body of a former prisoner in Gusen. This corpse was removed from a store room where men had been thrown to die after becoming too weak to stand.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 83820
The decomposing body of a former prisoner in Gusen. This corpse was removed from a store room where men had been thrown to die after becoming too weak to stand.

The decomposing body of a former prisoner in Gusen. This corpse was removed from a store room where men had been thrown to die after becoming too weak to stand.

Photographer
Ignatius Gallo
Date
1945 May 05 - 1945 May 10
Locale
Gusen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen Sub-Camps -- Gusen -- LIBERATION -- Victims/Burial/Confrontation
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 111-SC-206474 (Album 3218)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Arnold Bauer Barach
Source Record ID: U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph
Second Record ID: Collections: 1989.27
 
Record last modified: 1996-04-01 00:00:00
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