Photograph of the hanging of a Nazi war criminal by the U.S. Army, 1945 May 29.

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Photograph of the hanging of a Nazi war criminal by the U.S. Army, 1945 May 29.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166429092

Photograph of the hanging of a Nazi war criminal by the U.S. Army at Dachau concentration camp.

1 black and white photograph.

Holocaust Center of Northern California, Holocaust Library and Research Center

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...