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Austrian civilians dig a mass grave to bury the victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 04846

Austrian civilians dig a mass grave to bury the victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp.

Overview

Caption: Austrian civilians dig a mass grave to bury the victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
Date: 1945 May 10 - 1945 May 15
Locale: Mauthausen, [Upper Austria] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Donald Schaufelberger

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Donald Schaufelberger

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Keyword: AUSTRIANS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CORPSES FORCED CONFRONTATION MASS GRAVES MAUTHAUSEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Mauthausen -- LIBERATION (May 5, 1945) -- Victims (The Dead) -- Burial/Confrontation

Record last modified:: 2004-04-01 00:00:00
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