The original caption for this photograph reads: These women and children were liberated when the concentration camp for Jewish prisoners at Lambach, Austria, was overrun by the 71st Infantry Division. Death rate at the camp, mostly from starvation, was reputed to be 200 to 300 a day.
Women and Children Liberated from the Gunskirchen Concentration Camp
- 5/7/1945
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 531345
Full Citation: Photograph 111-SC-266491; These women and children were liberated when the concentration camp for Jewish prisoners at Lambach, Austria, was overrun by the 71st Infantry Division; 5/7/1945; 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/women-children-liberated-gunskirchen/, March 31, 2026]
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