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Four photographs of survivors of extermination camps in Germany taken by the Allies at the end of the war

Opening price: $200

Commission: 22%

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Four photographs showing survivors of extermination camps in German territory in a serious physical condition. Photographed by the Allies in camps at the end of the war [1945].

* A photograph of a Russian survivor who survived death thanks to the fact that he was buried for three days under the bodies of his friends - Gardelen near the Nordhausen camp. (During the mass murder committed by the Nazis at the end of the war in Dora Mittelbau).

* American officers assist survivor in the Penig camp. On the back of the photo was written by a soldier of the American Communications Corps: "Corpses that are still alive and walking around". The women in the camp were mercilessly starved and worked to death in a factory for building aircraft parts. The Americans immediately took over a Luftwaffe [German Air Force] hospital and forced the crew to treat the unfortunate skeletons until they recovered.

* American officers are treating a woman who survived the Penig camp.

* Survival between life and death in the Buchenwald death camp.

Same size: 23x18 cm. Very good condition.

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54. Four photographs of survivors of extermination camps in Germany taken by the Allies at the end of the war