Dead Dachau concentration camp victim, Germany, 1945

Gift of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, from the Collections of The National World War II Museum
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Photograph. Dead Dachau concentration camp victim's starved corpse on stretcher. Printed caption on photo front: "Peace - with flies." Scratched out personal caption on photo front: "Sleep when your [indistinct] awake." Dachau, Germany. 1945

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1945
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This collection consists of 85 photographs and one postcard donated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. These are Signal Corps photos that detail war-related activities in North Africa, Europe, and the liberation of Dachau.
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Dachau
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48.267
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11.433
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Concentration camps--Germany
Litters--Germany
Dead persons--Germany