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Corpses awaiting burial in Leipzig-Thekla, a sub-camp of Buchenwald.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 04048

Corpses awaiting burial in Leipzig-Thekla, a sub-camp of Buchenwald.

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Caption: Corpses awaiting burial in Leipzig-Thekla, a sub-camp of Buchenwald.
Photographer: Harold Saletan
Date: May 1945
Locale: Leipzig-Thekla, Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jane Friedberg-Saletan

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jane Friedberg-Saletan

Source Record ID: Collections: 1991.170.2

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Keyword: BUCHENWALD CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES LEIPZIG-THEKLA SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Other Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Leipzig-Thekla

Record last modified:: 2019-10-28 00:00:00
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