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
Description:
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.
Geography:
Dachau
Latitude:
48.267
Longitude:
11.433
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Concentration camps--Germany
Litters--Germany
Dead persons--Germany