Description
Near Hanover, Germany. 17 April 1945. Two men, inmates of Belsen concentration camp collecting clean drinking water from a hole in a pipe. Clean water and food had not been provided to the inmates for months prior to the British soldiers liberating the camp on 15 April 1945. Imperial War Museum photograph BU4001. (Donor R. Wells)
Details
Accession Number
P02941.001
Photographer
Sergeant Harry Oakes
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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