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The liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany. A German SS camp guard carries an emaciated corpse to one of the mass graves

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The liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany. A German SS camp guard carries an emaciated corpse to one of the mass graves
Image Not Available for The liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany. A German SS camp guard carries an emaciated corpse to one of the mass graves
ArtistEnglish, 1921–2012
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany. A German SS camp guard carries an emaciated corpse to one of the mass graves
DateApril 22, 1945, printed 2012
(not assigned)Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (18.9 × 19.1 cm)
 Sheet: 7 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (20.2 × 20.2 cm)
 Frame (outer): 17 3/8 × 14 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (44.2 × 36.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
Object number2012.254
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceImperial War Museum, London; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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