Two fellow prisoners support a weak and elderly Jewish man in the concentration camp at Holzen, Germany. These prisoners, subject to starvation, beatings, and disease, were liberated by units of the 9th U.S. Army.

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Caption: Two fellow prisoners support a weak and elderly Jewish man in the concentration camp at Holzen, Germany. These prisoners, subject to starvation, beatings, and disease, were liberated by units of the 9th U.S. Army.
Photographer: R. Gerick
Date: 1945 April 08
Locale: Holzen, 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: 111-SC-203533 (Album 3208)

Second Record ID: 153-Case files 1944-49--box 289--file 12-556
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Benjamin Ferencz

Source Record ID: Collections: 1994.A.037

Second Record ID: Collections: RG-12.019
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ilona Shechter

Second Provenance: Defense Audiovisual Agency