Female survivors rest in the Ernst Leitz Optical works in Wetzlar after their liberation by American troops with the First Army.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 77472

Overview

Caption: Female survivors rest in the Ernst Leitz Optical works in Wetzlar after their liberation by American troops with the First Army.

These workers from Poland and the Ukraine were captives for the past three years. They worked from 5am to 6pm daily, and were fed a steady diet of beet soup and black bread.
Photographer: R.W. Crampton
Date: 1945 April 02
Locale: Wetzlar, [Hesse; Hesse-Nassau] Germany
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: 153-Case files 1944-49--box 288--file 12-541

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH FACTORIES INTERIORS SURVIVORS WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Germany: General -- Liberated Prisoners/Medical Care