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Dachau Concentration Camp Atrocities. Bodies of prisoners who died enroute from another camp

  • 4/30/1945

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Original Caption states: Dachau Atrocity Camp. Scattered above the box car in the yards of the Dachau Concentration Camp, are bodies of prisoners who died enroute from another concentration camp. 7th U.S. Army troops who liberated Dachau found 50 box cars each loaded with dead bodies.

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This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

National Archives Identifier: 176250336

Full Citation: Dachau Concentration Camp Atrocities. Bodies of prisoners who died enroute from another camp; 4/30/1945; Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 – ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/dachau-atrocities-boxcar/, April 4, 2026]

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