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Russian prisoner of war

72-3232
Accession Number
72-3232
6.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
HST Keywords
Germany - Cities and Towns - Wobbelin
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Liberated Russian prisoner showing where S. S. troops beat him about the legs with lead filled leather whip. This is one of a series of pictures taken at a German concentration camp in Wobbelin, Germany, after its capture by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division, 9th US Army. From: album entitled "Nazi War Atrocities.

Date(s)
April 1945