Former Prisoner Liberated from Gusen Concentration Camp

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Description

This photograph shows a man at Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria. The 26th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Division had liberated Gusen a week earlier, on May 5, 1945, freeing over 20,000 prisoners.

The original caption for this photograph reads: Starving inmate of Camp Gusen, Austria.

Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 531344

Full Citation: Photograph 111-SC-264918; Starving Inmate of Camp Gusen, Austria; 5/12/1945; 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/liberated-gusen/, April 1, 2026]

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