Gateway and gatehouse in Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, 1945
Gift of Ronello Brown, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
Description:
Photograph. American servicemen and liberated prisoners standing by the gateway and gatehouse in Buchenwald concentration camp. Personal caption on reverse: "2. This gateway divided the camp area about in halves. To go to the worst part of the camp we went through that iron gate that can be seen. The men in striped uniforms signify they are inmates. A loud speaker system installed at the top of the building was used to give orders with." Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany. 1945
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1945
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Items from the service of Ronello Brown, who fought with the 197th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion in Normandy, Northern France, and central Europe. Mr. Brown received the Good Conduct Bronze Star and the French Croix de Guerre.
Geography:
Buchenwald
Latitude:
51.017
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11.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Holocaust survivors--Germany
Concentration camps--Germany
Gates--German--Germany
Clock towers--Germany