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A captured German guard sits on top of a jeep, while an American soldier Julius Bernstein stands on his right.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 04727
A captured German guard sits on top of a jeep, while an American soldier Julius Bernstein stands on his right. The original caption reads, "German guard I captured hiding in a latrine. A few minutes after this photo was taken, I was marching the prisoner to an MP truck to be taken away to a POW Interrogation point when one of the 12 survivors sneak-up behind me and the prisoner and sinks a piece of 2x4 in to his head. He was dead before he hit the ground".

A captured German guard sits on top of a jeep, while an American soldier Julius Bernstein stands on his right.

The original caption reads, "German guard I captured hiding in a latrine. A few minutes after this photo was taken, I was marching the prisoner to an MP truck to be taken away to a POW Interrogation point when one of the 12 survivors sneak-up behind me and the prisoner and sinks a piece of 2x4 in to his head. He was dead before he hit the ground".

Photographer
Julius E. Bernstein
Date
May 1945
Locale
Hurlach, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Kaufering Lager IV (Hurlach) -- LIBERATION -- Perpetrators
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Julius E. Bernstein

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Julius E. Bernstein
 
Record last modified: 2020-05-29 00:00:00
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