View from the machine gun tower overlooking newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, Germany, 1945
Gift of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, from the Collections of The National World War II Museum
Description:
Photograph. View from the machine gun tower overlooking newly liberated Dachau concentration camp. Shows moat, barbed wire, other watchtowers and large ditch surrounding barracks. Printed caption on photo front: "Machine gun tower." 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
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11.433
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Concentration camps--Germany
Machine guns--German--Germany
Watch towers--Germany