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

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 04727

Overview

Caption: 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 Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Julius E. Bernstein

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Julius E. Bernstein

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU GUARDS KAUFERING IV (HURLACH) LANDSBERG MILITARY VEHICLES POWS (OTHER/UNIDENTIFIED) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau Sub-camps -- Kaufering Lager IV (Hurlach) -- LIBERATION -- Perpetrators