Portrait taken 29 April 1945 upon the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Dachau, near Munich, of an unidentified 18-year-old Russian Jew, a camp prisoner, suffering from dysentery. Himmler announced the creation of Dachau on March 20, 1933. More than 200,000 people were detained between 1933 and 1945, and 31,591 deaths were declared excluding the victims of the evacuation march in April 1945. From December 1944 a typhus epidemic spread in the camp as many convoys arrived from other evacuated camps. The US troops of General Patton entered Dachau on the 29th of April 1945. At the liberation of the camp, the US army imposed a quarantine until May 25 to control the typhus epidemic. About 2.500 people died from 29 May to 16 June 1945 according to a French Memorial Association.
Edit: Original colorization likely by /u/zuzahin. According to the reddit post from 9 years, the individual in the photo was a male, not a female.
My father, in 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division), was there on that day. Coincidentally, his first son, my oldest brother, was born on the same day.
southwales1985 on October 15th, 2023 at 17:16 UTC »
I would never have guessed the '18 year old' nor 'girl' part if it wasn't in the title. What an horrific picture.
woowoo293 on October 15th, 2023 at 17:59 UTC »
Original photo is by Éric Schwab. Description from Getty:
Edit: Original colorization likely by /u/zuzahin. According to the reddit post from 9 years, the individual in the photo was a male, not a female.
Numerous-Ad-1167 on October 15th, 2023 at 18:05 UTC »
My father, in 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division), was there on that day. Coincidentally, his first son, my oldest brother, was born on the same day.