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Prisoners in Buchenwald repairing damage to the Gustloff Werke II munitions plant after an Allied bombing raid.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 85869

Prisoners in Buchenwald repairing damage to the Gustloff Werke II munitions plant after an Allied bombing raid.

Overview

Caption: Prisoners in Buchenwald repairing damage to the Gustloff Werke II munitions plant after an Allied bombing raid.
Date: 1944 August 24
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gedenkstaette Buchenwald

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: Gedenkstaette Buchenwald

Copyright: Public Domain
Published Source: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald - Thuringer Volksverlag

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Keyword: BOMBINGS BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS DESTRUCTION/VANDALISM FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES PRISONERS RUINS/RUBBLE
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- PREWAR/WARTIME -- Forced Labor/Factories

Record last modified:: 2021-04-05 00:00:00
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