An American soldier walks through the gates of the Kaufering I (Landsberg) concentration camp on the day of liberation.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 04437

Overview

Caption: An American soldier walks through the gates of the Kaufering I (Landsberg) concentration camp on the day of liberation.

Original Caption Reads, "Landsberg Atrocity: 7th U.S. Army Troops enter the smoking ruins of the Landsberg concentration camp before American forces captured the camp. German guards locked the prisoners
in wooden huts and set fire to them. Some burned to death in the buildings. Others found strength to crawl out to die in the streets. Most prisoners were naked, but some had remnants of clothing on their charred bodies."
Date: 1945 April 27
Locale: Landsberg, [Bavaria] Germany
Variant Locale: Landsberg Am Lech
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 338-Cases Tried--box 289--file 000-50-2

Keyword: BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU ENTRANCES FENCES KAUFERING I (LANDSBERG) LANDSBERG SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS VIEWS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Kaufering Lager IV (Hurlach) -- LIBERATION -- Views