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Photographed by William B. Duff.
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Two emaciated survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp pose outside the hospital barracks. The original caption reads: "Two prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp: Both of these men weigh 80 pounds. At one time they were normal human beings. Both are Poles."

William B. Duff served in the 117th Infantry Medical Detachment as a surgical technician. He participated in the invasion of Normandy and the fighting in Northern France, the Rhineland, Central Europe, and the Ardennes. He also helped provide medical assistance to survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Depicted place Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Date April 1945 - May 1945.
institution QS:P195,Q238990
Credit line courtesy of Marilyn Sutherland.
Source United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Photograph #75027

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