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Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTMY–Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info Stock Photo

RM2PJGRC8–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

Japanese American internment camps Stock Photo

RMF95BGM–Japanese American internment camps

RF2A9M7F1–Manzanar Block 14

Entitled: 'Japanese-American detainees at an assembly center awaiting transportation to a relocation center.' The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps of 110,000-120,000 people of Japanese ancestry (62% of the internees were US citizens) ordered by President Roosevelt shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese-Americans were incarcerated based on local population concentrations and regional politics. Stock Photo

RMT950YX–Entitled: 'Japanese-American detainees at an assembly center awaiting transportation to a relocation center.' The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps of 110,000-120,000 people of Japanese ancestry (62% of the internees were US citizens) ordered by President Roosevelt shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese-Americans were incarcerated based on local population concentrations and regional politics.

Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016) Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Stock Photo

RM2K09MNH–Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016) Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

Nazi SS Soldiers from Dachau Hospital were shot in the coal yard by U.S. soldiers. The 100 were under guard near when a machine gunner fired and other soldiers joined. Moments later 17 Germans were killed and as many as 75 wounded on April 29, 1945. An investigation charged several soldiers, which Gen. George Patton tore up in the presence of units' commander, Seventh Army Lt. Col. Felix Sparks. (BSLOC 2015 13 16) Stock Photo

RMKWC306–Nazi SS Soldiers from Dachau Hospital were shot in the coal yard by U.S. soldiers. The 100 were under guard near when a machine gunner fired and other soldiers joined. Moments later 17 Germans were killed and as many as 75 wounded on April 29, 1945. An investigation charged several soldiers, which Gen. George Patton tore up in the presence of units' commander, Seventh Army Lt. Col. Felix Sparks. (BSLOC 2015 13 16)

Auschwitz-Birkenau Joseph Kramer BEAST OF BELSEN was Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Dubbed the Beast of Belsen by camp inmates, he was a cruel heartless German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Executed for his crimes against humanity in Hamelin Prison Germany in 1945, after the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and his subsequent crimes against humanity trial. Stock Photo

RM2K4MX30–Auschwitz-Birkenau Joseph Kramer BEAST OF BELSEN was Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Dubbed the Beast of Belsen by camp inmates, he was a cruel heartless German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Executed for his crimes against humanity in Hamelin Prison Germany in 1945, after the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and his subsequent crimes against humanity trial.

American troops free inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp. Date: 1945 Stock Photo

RMG39HAW–American troops free inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp. Date: 1945

Survivors of the Nordhausen concentration camp with an American soldier after the liberation of the camp on 11 April 1945. The prisoners in the concentration camp 'Dora' in Nordhausen had to participate in the production of VI and VII missiles in underground factories. Stock Photo

RMTA2170–Survivors of the Nordhausen concentration camp with an American soldier after the liberation of the camp on 11 April 1945. The prisoners in the concentration camp 'Dora' in Nordhausen had to participate in the production of VI and VII missiles in underground factories.

American soldier before a gas chamber door at a Nazi Concentration Camp. 1945 Stock Photo

RMGG2G0X–American soldier before a gas chamber door at a Nazi Concentration Camp. 1945

May 05, 1945 - WW II Ger(Inv) Con Camp-Dachau: Dachu-the most infamous of all Nazi concentration camps, has been ever run by men of the 42nd Rainbow Div. of the 7th Army. Scenes of applying horror were witnessed by the American Troops as they went from building to building. Thousands of starved cerpses were piled nearly to the roof awaiting cremating and thousands of living went crazy with joy as they saw dough boys crash in their prison. Many of the prisoners immediately sized their SS tortures and killed them throwing their bodies in to the most surrounding the camp Stock Photo

RME0KPHE–May 05, 1945 - WW II Ger(Inv) Con Camp-Dachau: Dachu-the most infamous of all Nazi concentration camps, has been ever run by men of the 42nd Rainbow Div. of the 7th Army. Scenes of applying horror were witnessed by the American Troops as they went from building to building. Thousands of starved cerpses were piled nearly to the roof awaiting cremating and thousands of living went crazy with joy as they saw dough boys crash in their prison. Many of the prisoners immediately sized their SS tortures and killed them throwing their bodies in to the most surrounding the camp

American soldiers in a German concentration camp Stock Photo

RMF542BE–American soldiers in a German concentration camp

Washington DC The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Flags of liberated concentration camps. National Mall, Raoul Wallenberg Place, USA Stock Photo

RMA71JY4–Washington DC The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Flags of liberated concentration camps. National Mall, Raoul Wallenberg Place, USA

RMKWC4XN–Nazi SS Soldiers from Dachau Hospital were shot in the coal yard by U.S. soldiers. The 100 were under guard near when a machine gunner fired and other soldiers joined. Moments later 17 Germans were killed and as many as 75 wounded on April 29, 1945. An investigation charged several soldiers, which Gen. George Patton tore up in the presence of units' commander, Seventh Army Lt. Col. Felix Sparks. (BSLOC 2015 13 16)

Prisoners in the liberated concentration camp in Nordhausen. Prisoners in the Nordhausen camp had to work on the completion of the V1 and V2 in underground production sites in the Harz. Stock Photo

RMTA22GE–Prisoners in the liberated concentration camp in Nordhausen. Prisoners in the Nordhausen camp had to work on the completion of the V1 and V2 in underground production sites in the Harz.

St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129090 Stock Photo

RMHE1J97–St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129090

American soldiers patrol the perimeter of the newly liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp. The SS opened Wöbbelin in February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners whom the SS had evacuated from other camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. The camp was freed on May 2, 1945. Stock Photo

RM2Y0AXWN–American soldiers patrol the perimeter of the newly liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp. The SS opened Wöbbelin in February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners whom the SS had evacuated from other camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. The camp was freed on May 2, 1945.

During world war II, 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in Manzanar and similar camps until the end of the war. Owens Valley, USA. Stock Photo

RMC1YXEY–During world war II, 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in Manzanar and similar camps until the end of the war. Owens Valley, USA.

Miyatake Family, Seated Portrait in Living Room, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTT8–Miyatake Family, Seated Portrait in Living Room, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

RM2PJGRBM–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

A group of American editors and publishers in Dachau are shown the corpses of prisoners during an inspection of the camp. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. The photo is dated 4th May 1945, six days after its liberation. Stock Photo

RM2XYHDGK–A group of American editors and publishers in Dachau are shown the corpses of prisoners during an inspection of the camp. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. The photo is dated 4th May 1945, six days after its liberation.

Manzanar Soul Consoling Tower, California Stock Photo

RF2A9M7FB–Manzanar Soul Consoling Tower, California

RELEASE DATE: December 8, 1982 MOVIE TITLE: Sophie's Choice DIRECTOR: Alan J. Pakula STUDIO: Keith Barish Productions PLOT: Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions PICTURED: MERYL STREEP as Sophie and KEVIN KLINE as Nathan (Credit Image: c Keith Barish Productions/Entertainment Pictures/. Stock Photo

RMF6HANP–RELEASE DATE: December 8, 1982 MOVIE TITLE: Sophie's Choice DIRECTOR: Alan J. Pakula STUDIO: Keith Barish Productions PLOT: Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions PICTURED: MERYL STREEP as Sophie and KEVIN KLINE as Nathan (Credit Image: c Keith Barish Productions/Entertainment Pictures/.

Jubilant prisoners waving at the American soldiers as the gates of Dachau concentration camp are opened and the prisoners freed. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation. Stock Photo

RM2PJ7NGY–Jubilant prisoners waving at the American soldiers as the gates of Dachau concentration camp are opened and the prisoners freed. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation.

Seventh US Army Medical Corpsman looks into train car filled with slain or starved prisoners. As Nazi-Germany collapsed in March 1945, SS Guards shipped these bodies to Dachau for cremation. Many Nazi SS Guards deserted the camp as US army approached in April 1945. World War 2 (BSLOC 2015 13 13) Stock Photo

RMKWC2X0–Seventh US Army Medical Corpsman looks into train car filled with slain or starved prisoners. As Nazi-Germany collapsed in March 1945, SS Guards shipped these bodies to Dachau for cremation. Many Nazi SS Guards deserted the camp as US army approached in April 1945. World War 2 (BSLOC 2015 13 13)

Happy child prisoners waving at the American soldiers as the gates of Dachau concentration camp are opened and the prisoners freed. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation. Stock Photo

RM2PJ7NH8–Happy child prisoners waving at the American soldiers as the gates of Dachau concentration camp are opened and the prisoners freed. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation.

Soldiers of the 157th Infantry Regiment of the US Army are targeting SS men, who are lined up along a wall. According to the original caption, the SS men lying on the ground try to pretend to be dead after the Americans opened fire on a fleeing guard. In a spontaneous revenge action between 39 and 50 guards were shot and this photo shows probably the moment before the execution. Stock Photo

RMTA1537–Soldiers of the 157th Infantry Regiment of the US Army are targeting SS men, who are lined up along a wall. According to the original caption, the SS men lying on the ground try to pretend to be dead after the Americans opened fire on a fleeing guard. In a spontaneous revenge action between 39 and 50 guards were shot and this photo shows probably the moment before the execution.

Owens Valley, California 1943 View from a guard tower of the Manzanar Relocation Center, one of the smaller Internment camps for Japanese-Americans. Photograph shows the western side of the grounds with the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At its peak, Manzanar held around 10,000 inmates, with the first inmates arriving in 1942, and the last leaving in 1945. Today, it is preserved as a National Historic Site. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Stock Photo

RM2RTYD5E–Owens Valley, California 1943 View from a guard tower of the Manzanar Relocation Center, one of the smaller Internment camps for Japanese-Americans. Photograph shows the western side of the grounds with the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At its peak, Manzanar held around 10,000 inmates, with the first inmates arriving in 1942, and the last leaving in 1945. Today, it is preserved as a National Historic Site. Photograph by Ansel Adams.

Some men from concentration camps entered military service, NPS Visitor Center at Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA Stock Photo

RM2MJ10R5–Some men from concentration camps entered military service, NPS Visitor Center at Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA

(dpa files) - US author Elie Wiesel pictured in Berlin, 19 August 1998. The laureate of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, will celebrate his 75th birthday on 30 September 2003. Born in 1928 in the Sighet in Transsylvania, Romania, he was imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps at the age of 16. After the war, he studied at the Sorbonne university in Paris. In the 1950s he was a correspondent for Israeli, American, and French newspapers. After living in France and Israel, he settled in the United States in 1956 and became a citiz Stock Photo

RMGA5CKR–(dpa files) - US author Elie Wiesel pictured in Berlin, 19 August 1998. The laureate of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, will celebrate his 75th birthday on 30 September 2003. Born in 1928 in the Sighet in Transsylvania, Romania, he was imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps at the age of 16. After the war, he studied at the Sorbonne university in Paris. In the 1950s he was a correspondent for Israeli, American, and French newspapers. After living in France and Israel, he settled in the United States in 1956 and became a citiz

Manzanar Japanese Concentration Camp, California, USA Stock Photo

RFS3014T–Manzanar Japanese Concentration Camp, California, USA

Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned Stock Photo

RFED96M1–Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned

RMKWC4WG–Seventh US Army Medical Corpsman looks into train car filled with slain or starved prisoners. As Nazi-Germany collapsed in March 1945, SS Guards shipped these bodies to Dachau for cremation. Many Nazi SS Guards deserted the camp as US army approached in April 1945. World War 2 (BSLOC 2015 13 13)

Austria, May 1945; Hungarian Jews after removal from Nazi concentration camps to facilities provided by US Army Stock Photo

RMEC82C5–Austria, May 1945; Hungarian Jews after removal from Nazi concentration camps to facilities provided by US Army

St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection resistance,concentration camp camps,FL161129095 Stock Photo

RMHE1J9J–St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection resistance,concentration camp camps,FL161129095

Original Caption: Sanitary care as provided by 121st Evacuation Hospital for some of 4000 persons at an abandoned Nazi airport near Neubau, Austria after their removal from Nazi concentration camps. The Evacuation Hospital not only provides medical care but directs sanitary work in the area. It arrived there May 9th. In one week the death rate dropped from 120 a day to about 25. Stock Photo

RM2A9NX50–Original Caption: Sanitary care as provided by 121st Evacuation Hospital for some of 4000 persons at an abandoned Nazi airport near Neubau, Austria after their removal from Nazi concentration camps. The Evacuation Hospital not only provides medical care but directs sanitary work in the area. It arrived there May 9th. In one week the death rate dropped from 120 a day to about 25.

Bloomington, USA. 12th July, 2019. A woman holds a sign reading, 'Close the concentration camps NOW,' as protesters gather for the Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps rally and candlelight vigil on the steps of the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington. USA President Donald J. Trump says ICE will conduct raids against undocumented immigrants in American cities over the weekend. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMW36BEG–Bloomington, USA. 12th July, 2019. A woman holds a sign reading, 'Close the concentration camps NOW,' as protesters gather for the Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps rally and candlelight vigil on the steps of the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington. USA President Donald J. Trump says ICE will conduct raids against undocumented immigrants in American cities over the weekend. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News

Catherine Natsuko Yamaguchi, Red Cross instructor, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTMW–Catherine Natsuko Yamaguchi, Red Cross instructor, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

RM2PJGRBW–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

RMA2Y8T9–Liberation Of Dachau

Womans hands holding sign that says concentration camps are bad - I shouldnt have to say this in 2019 - other protesters around - selective focus Stock Photo

RF2FNDJA5–Womans hands holding sign that says concentration camps are bad - I shouldnt have to say this in 2019 - other protesters around - selective focus

Refugees, Freed From German Concentration Camps, Are Gathered Along A Rail Line Near Torgau, Germany, Awaiting The Linkup Of The American And Russian Forces. Stock Photo

RM2JXPCNF–Refugees, Freed From German Concentration Camps, Are Gathered Along A Rail Line Near Torgau, Germany, Awaiting The Linkup Of The American And Russian Forces.

Henry Goldberg, the child of Holocaust survivors, tells his mother’s story of being a forced laborer in a work camp and how grateful she was to the American Soldiers who liberated the camp she was in. Fort Jackson’s Days of Remembrance ceremony honored those lost, the survivors and the liberators of the concentration camps at the end of World War II. Stock Photo

RM2M6J7BT–Henry Goldberg, the child of Holocaust survivors, tells his mother’s story of being a forced laborer in a work camp and how grateful she was to the American Soldiers who liberated the camp she was in. Fort Jackson’s Days of Remembrance ceremony honored those lost, the survivors and the liberators of the concentration camps at the end of World War II.

Child victim of starvation in Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898. The Spanish colonial government sought to isolate Cuban insurgents by forced internment of civilians in towns, cities and camps, where disease and hunger killed 155,000 to 170,000, nearly 10 percent of the population (BSLOC 2017 10 6) Stock Photo

RMKWDJD2–Child victim of starvation in Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898. The Spanish colonial government sought to isolate Cuban insurgents by forced internment of civilians in towns, cities and camps, where disease and hunger killed 155,000 to 170,000, nearly 10 percent of the population (BSLOC 2017 10 6)

An American Soldier is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945 in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation. Stock Photo

RM2PJ7NGT–An American Soldier is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945 in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation.

German prisoners captured by the Allies during World War One. Every successful advancement of the Allied forces results in a significant number of prisoners being sent to concentration camps. The prisoners are seen in this photograph being processed and prepared for transportation to the camps. Stock Photo

RM2RC7AYC–German prisoners captured by the Allies during World War One. Every successful advancement of the Allied forces results in a significant number of prisoners being sent to concentration camps. The prisoners are seen in this photograph being processed and prepared for transportation to the camps.

American troops look at prisoners' bodies found in a latrine in the Woebbelin concentration camp. The SS opened Wöbbelin in February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners whom the SS had evacuated from other camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. The camp was freed on May 2, 1945. The photo is dated 6th May 1945, four days after its liberation. Stock Photo

RM2Y0AXWE–American troops look at prisoners' bodies found in a latrine in the Woebbelin concentration camp. The SS opened Wöbbelin in February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners whom the SS had evacuated from other camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. The camp was freed on May 2, 1945. The photo is dated 6th May 1945, four days after its liberation.

RM2MJ10CX–Some men from concentration camps entered military service, NPS Visitor Center at Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA

Two american soldiers ooking at some of the gold fillings found in Dachau. The fillings were removed from the teeth after the prisoners died or were killed. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. Stock Photo

RM2XYHDGJ–Two american soldiers ooking at some of the gold fillings found in Dachau. The fillings were removed from the teeth after the prisoners died or were killed. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945.

NAZI PERSECUTION - Liberation of the Concentration Camps: Under the supervision of soldiers of the American Ninth Army, German civilians are forced to remove the bodies of nearly 1,000 slave labourers, who had been locked in a barn which was then set alight, from a mass grave at Gardelegen for reburial in individual graves, 21 April 1945 United States Army Stock Photo

RM2X16E2N–NAZI PERSECUTION - Liberation of the Concentration Camps: Under the supervision of soldiers of the American Ninth Army, German civilians are forced to remove the bodies of nearly 1,000 slave labourers, who had been locked in a barn which was then set alight, from a mass grave at Gardelegen for reburial in individual graves, 21 April 1945 United States Army

former prisoner explains the working of the crematoria in Dachau to a delegation of American officers. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. The photo is dated 31st May 1945, just a month after its liberation. Stock Photo

RM2XYHDGR–former prisoner explains the working of the crematoria in Dachau to a delegation of American officers. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. The photo is dated 31st May 1945, just a month after its liberation.

RMKWDM3X–Child victim of starvation in Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence, 1895-1898. The Spanish colonial government sought to isolate Cuban insurgents by forced internment of civilians in towns, cities and camps, where disease and hunger killed 155,000 to 170,000, nearly 10 percent of the population (BSLOC 2017 10 6)

American soldiers in Kaufering IV look at the bodies of prisoners killed by the SS prior to the arrival of U.S. forces. Kaufering was a sub-camp of Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. Stock Photo

RM2Y0AY3B–American soldiers in Kaufering IV look at the bodies of prisoners killed by the SS prior to the arrival of U.S. forces. Kaufering was a sub-camp of Dachau concentration camp. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945.

St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129094 Stock Photo

RMHE1J9G–St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129094

RMR57XAM–Original Caption: Sanitary care as provided by 121st Evacuation Hospital for some of 4000 persons at an abandoned Nazi airport near Neubau, Austria after their removal from Nazi concentration camps. The Evacuation Hospital not only provides medical care but directs sanitary work in the area. It arrived there May 9th. In one week the death rate dropped from 120 a day to about 25.

RFED9DJW–Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned

Young Japanese-American Girl with Volleyball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTN8–Young Japanese-American Girl with Volleyball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

RM2PJGRC6–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

U.S. Army Soldiers stand guard at the SS barracks entrance near the Dachau Concentration Camp following the camp’s liberation, April 29, 1945 in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation. Stock Photo

RM2C6N4TX–U.S. Army Soldiers stand guard at the SS barracks entrance near the Dachau Concentration Camp following the camp’s liberation, April 29, 1945 in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions participated in the camp’s liberation.

Photograph allegedly showing an unauthorized execution of SS troops in a coal yard in the area of the Dachau concentration camp during its liberation Stock Photo

RM2PJ7NC1–Photograph allegedly showing an unauthorized execution of SS troops in a coal yard in the area of the Dachau concentration camp during its liberation

Caption: 'An impromptu station of the Intelligence Department of the 28th Division during World War I, where German prisoners are searched, questioned, and labeled before being sent to concentration camps. Pictured are Lieut. Seitengen, Lt. Bellot, Lt. Exton, Lt. Ernest Howald, Sgt. Daveler, and Sgt. Fairchild, in the region of Bourevilles, France. Date not given. Photo received by photographer Pvt. C.H. Thomas S.C. on 10/25/18. Released by A.E.F. Censor. (Description number: 23887)' Stock Photo

RM2RCFMN2–Caption: 'An impromptu station of the Intelligence Department of the 28th Division during World War I, where German prisoners are searched, questioned, and labeled before being sent to concentration camps. Pictured are Lieut. Seitengen, Lt. Bellot, Lt. Exton, Lt. Ernest Howald, Sgt. Daveler, and Sgt. Fairchild, in the region of Bourevilles, France. Date not given. Photo received by photographer Pvt. C.H. Thomas S.C. on 10/25/18. Released by A.E.F. Censor. (Description number: 23887)'

A detail view of art works of Boris Lurie Pop-art after the Holocaust exhibition. Boris Lurie (1924-2008) is an American artist of Jewish origin who was born in Leningrad (today St. Petersburg). In August 1941, the Germans began deporting the local Jewish population to the ghetto in Riga, where Boris Lurie spent his childhood. His Grandmother, mother, sister and beloved were shot in a forest near Rumbuli in the Riga suburbs in December 1941. his work is closely related to this experience during the Holocaust. The motifs appearing in his works are photos from concentration camps, the Star of D Stock Photo

RMR9T31H–A detail view of art works of Boris Lurie Pop-art after the Holocaust exhibition. Boris Lurie (1924-2008) is an American artist of Jewish origin who was born in Leningrad (today St. Petersburg). In August 1941, the Germans began deporting the local Jewish population to the ghetto in Riga, where Boris Lurie spent his childhood. His Grandmother, mother, sister and beloved were shot in a forest near Rumbuli in the Riga suburbs in December 1941. his work is closely related to this experience during the Holocaust. The motifs appearing in his works are photos from concentration camps, the Star of D

San Franciscans of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil Control Station for registration. In accordance with the Army's exclusion order No. 20, Japanese Americans would be interned in remote concentration camps for the duration of World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 249) Stock Photo

RMKWB7N7–San Franciscans of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil Control Station for registration. In accordance with the Army's exclusion order No. 20, Japanese Americans would be interned in remote concentration camps for the duration of World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 249)

RMRT6NAF–Original Caption: Sanitary care as provided by 121st Evacuation Hospital for some of 4000 persons at an abandoned Nazi airport near Neubau, Austria after their removal from Nazi concentration camps. The Evacuation Hospital not only provides medical care but directs sanitary work in the area. It arrived there May 9th. In one week the death rate dropped from 120 a day to about 25.

Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC) Stock Photo

RMD5FPKC–Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC)

Lights For Liberty vigil to protest US detention camps at the border. Protestors on the Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge over Highway 80 holding candles. Stock Photo

RMWP7KG9–Lights For Liberty vigil to protest US detention camps at the border. Protestors on the Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge over Highway 80 holding candles.

RM2MJ10Y8–Some men from concentration camps refused loyalty oath and were sent to Tule Lake, Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA

Survivors waving a home-made American flag greet U.S. Seventh Army troops upon their arrival at the Allach concentration camp. Allach was a sub-camp of the Dachau complex and supplied forced labour for nearby industries. Stock Photo

RM2XX28BA–Survivors waving a home-made American flag greet U.S. Seventh Army troops upon their arrival at the Allach concentration camp. Allach was a sub-camp of the Dachau complex and supplied forced labour for nearby industries.

New York, USA. 10th Aug, 2019. Hundreds of New Yorkers joined the Close the Camps NYC coalition at Madison square on August 10, 2019 for a rally and march to fight for immigration justice, call for an end to the concentration camps being used to house migrants, and take direct action against immigration raids in NYC. Over 50 demonstrators were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after blocking the West Side Highway during the march. Credit: Erik McGregor/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMW8PEAR–New York, USA. 10th Aug, 2019. Hundreds of New Yorkers joined the Close the Camps NYC coalition at Madison square on August 10, 2019 for a rally and march to fight for immigration justice, call for an end to the concentration camps being used to house migrants, and take direct action against immigration raids in NYC. Over 50 demonstrators were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after blocking the West Side Highway during the march. Credit: Erik McGregor/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News

US troops in action during the final assault on Dachau. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945. Stock Photo

RM2XYHDH3–US troops in action during the final assault on Dachau. Dachau was the first nazi concentration camp, opening on 22 March 1933 (just 7 weeks after Hitler came to power). Although it was a forced labour camp and there were no gas chambers there, brutality and violent punishments were the norm. There were 32000 documented deaths there and many thousands more undocumented. The main camp (Dachau had 100 sub-camps) was liberated by the US Army on 29th April 1945.

Swansea, Wales, UK. 8th May 2020. Portrait on 96-year-old World War Two veteran, Clifford Guard during lockdown in the UK on VE Day, outside his residential complex where he lives on his own. Cliff, who is better known as 'Limey' landed on Omaha Beach, as part of the 3rd Armored Division of the American Army and spent 11-months at the forefront of the allied push across Europe towards Germany, taking part in the liberation of concentration camps. Credit: Robert Melen/Alamy Live News. Stock Photo

RM2BMA975–Swansea, Wales, UK. 8th May 2020. Portrait on 96-year-old World War Two veteran, Clifford Guard during lockdown in the UK on VE Day, outside his residential complex where he lives on his own. Cliff, who is better known as 'Limey' landed on Omaha Beach, as part of the 3rd Armored Division of the American Army and spent 11-months at the forefront of the allied push across Europe towards Germany, taking part in the liberation of concentration camps. Credit: Robert Melen/Alamy Live News.

People walk through the five glass towers of the Boston Holocaust Memorial, honoring those killed by the Nazis in concentration camps Stock Photo

RF2JGA8MR–People walk through the five glass towers of the Boston Holocaust Memorial, honoring those killed by the Nazis in concentration camps

St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection Final Solution,concentration camp camps,FL16112908 Stock Photo

RMHE1J93–St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection Final Solution,concentration camp camps,FL16112908

Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Stock Photo

RFKP51TB–Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.

RFED96M2–Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned

Japanese-American U.S. Naval cadet nurse, Kay Fukuda, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTMT–Japanese-American U.S. Naval cadet nurse, Kay Fukuda, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

RM2PJGRC1–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

RFEB9CEJ–Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned

7 2 2019 Tulsa USA - Attractive tanned woman in short shorts and sunglasses with long brunette hair and cute purse stands by street with protest sign Stock Photo

RF2F26F70–7 2 2019 Tulsa USA - Attractive tanned woman in short shorts and sunglasses with long brunette hair and cute purse stands by street with protest sign

RMKWB9BG–San Franciscans of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil Control Station for registration. In accordance with the Army's exclusion order No. 20, Japanese Americans would be interned in remote concentration camps for the duration of World War 2. (BSLOC 2014 10 249)

A woman seen walking front of art works of Boris Lurie Pop-art after the Holocaust exhibition. Boris Lurie (1924-2008) is an American artist of Jewish origin who was born in Leningrad (today St. Petersburg). In August 1941, the Germans began deporting the local Jewish population to the ghetto in Riga, where Boris Lurie spent his childhood. His Grandmother, mother, sister and beloved were shot in a forest near Rumbuli in the Riga suburbs in December 1941. his work is closely related to this experience during the Holocaust. The motifs appearing in his works are photos from concentration camps, Stock Photo

RMR9T31D–A woman seen walking front of art works of Boris Lurie Pop-art after the Holocaust exhibition. Boris Lurie (1924-2008) is an American artist of Jewish origin who was born in Leningrad (today St. Petersburg). In August 1941, the Germans began deporting the local Jewish population to the ghetto in Riga, where Boris Lurie spent his childhood. His Grandmother, mother, sister and beloved were shot in a forest near Rumbuli in the Riga suburbs in December 1941. his work is closely related to this experience during the Holocaust. The motifs appearing in his works are photos from concentration camps,

Owens Valley, California 1943 Editor Roy Takeno reading a copy of the Manzanar Free Press in front of the newspaper office at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Owens Valley, California. The Manzanar Free Press was first launched in April of 1942 by ex-journalists in what eventually became a relocation center for Japanese-Americans. The first issue, printed on July 22, 1942, stated: “We want to repeat again that the Free Press belongs to the people of Manzanar, that, instead of being merely the mouthpiece of the administration, it strives to express the opinions of the evacuees in the s Stock Photo

RM2RTYCDY–Owens Valley, California 1943 Editor Roy Takeno reading a copy of the Manzanar Free Press in front of the newspaper office at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Owens Valley, California. The Manzanar Free Press was first launched in April of 1942 by ex-journalists in what eventually became a relocation center for Japanese-Americans. The first issue, printed on July 22, 1942, stated: “We want to repeat again that the Free Press belongs to the people of Manzanar, that, instead of being merely the mouthpiece of the administration, it strives to express the opinions of the evacuees in the s

The American Vice President Mike Pence on a visit at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Stock Photo

RMPPEHB4–The American Vice President Mike Pence on a visit at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.

RMD5FPKE–Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC)

Lights For Liberty vigil to protest US detention camps at the border. Protestors on the Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge over Highway 80 holding signs. Stock Photo

RMWP7K63–Lights For Liberty vigil to protest US detention camps at the border. Protestors on the Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge over Highway 80 holding signs.

Exhibit about legality of relocation camps, at Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA Stock Photo

RM2MJ0X98–Exhibit about legality of relocation camps, at Manzanar National Historic Site, Owens Valley, California, USA

Evidence In War Crimes Trial -- Thomas Dodd, an assistant prosecuting attorney for the U.S. at the Nurenberg, Germany, War crimes trial, holds a human shrunken head he introduced as evidence of cruelty in German concentration camps. December 20, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto). Stock Photo

RM2HX4M4W–Evidence In War Crimes Trial -- Thomas Dodd, an assistant prosecuting attorney for the U.S. at the Nurenberg, Germany, War crimes trial, holds a human shrunken head he introduced as evidence of cruelty in German concentration camps. December 20, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

RMW8PEH3–New York, USA. 10th Aug, 2019. Hundreds of New Yorkers joined the Close the Camps NYC coalition at Madison square on August 10, 2019 for a rally and march to fight for immigration justice, call for an end to the concentration camps being used to house migrants, and take direct action against immigration raids in NYC. Over 50 demonstrators were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after blocking the West Side Highway during the march. Credit: Erik McGregor/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News

An American medic soldier of the US 3rd Army checking the IV plasma drip that is treating an extremely emaciated Jewish survivor of a death march. The patient is in an American field hospital in Volary, Czechoslovakia.The patient has been idenified as Roszi Frank. Stock Photo

RM2XW88T1–An American medic soldier of the US 3rd Army checking the IV plasma drip that is treating an extremely emaciated Jewish survivor of a death march. The patient is in an American field hospital in Volary, Czechoslovakia.The patient has been idenified as Roszi Frank.

Swansea, Wales, UK. 8th May 2020. Portrait on 96-year-old World War Two veteran, Clifford Guard salutes during lockdown in the UK on VE Day, outside his residential complex where he lives on his own. Cliff, who is better known as 'Limey' landed on Omaha Beach, as part of the 3rd Armored Division of the American Army and spent 11-months at the forefront of the allied push across Europe towards Germany, taking part in the liberation of concentration camps. Credit: Robert Melen/Alamy Live News. Stock Photo

RM2BMA977–Swansea, Wales, UK. 8th May 2020. Portrait on 96-year-old World War Two veteran, Clifford Guard salutes during lockdown in the UK on VE Day, outside his residential complex where he lives on his own. Cliff, who is better known as 'Limey' landed on Omaha Beach, as part of the 3rd Armored Division of the American Army and spent 11-months at the forefront of the allied push across Europe towards Germany, taking part in the liberation of concentration camps. Credit: Robert Melen/Alamy Live News.

The glass Holocaust Memorial honors those killed and murdered in concentration camps during World War II and is illuminated at night in Boston Stock Photo

RF2JFDT6C–The glass Holocaust Memorial honors those killed and murdered in concentration camps during World War II and is illuminated at night in Boston

St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129092 Stock Photo

RMHE1J9B–St. Saint Petersburg Florida,Florida Holocaust Museum,interior inside,exhibit exhibition collection concentration camp camps,FL161129092

Two extremely emaciated Jewish survivors of a death march in an American field hospital in Volary, Czechoslovakia. The girls, who are 17, were forced to march 18 miles a day for 30 days on one bowl of soup a day. The 5th Infantry Division of the U.S. Third Army found 150 in the same condition when they entered Volary. The girl on the left has been identified as Nadzi Rypsztajn. Stock Photo

RM2XW88RX–Two extremely emaciated Jewish survivors of a death march in an American field hospital in Volary, Czechoslovakia. The girls, who are 17, were forced to march 18 miles a day for 30 days on one bowl of soup a day. The 5th Infantry Division of the U.S. Third Army found 150 in the same condition when they entered Volary. The girl on the left has been identified as Nadzi Rypsztajn.

RMD3BRWE–(dpa files) - US author Elie Wiesel pictured in Berlin, 19 August 1998. The laureate of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, will celebrate his 75th birthday on 30 September 2003. Born in 1928 in the Sighet in Transsylvania, Romania, he

Man loading Bus with Luggage while Group of Japanese-American wait to leave Manzanar for Relocation, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943 Stock Photo

RM2F9KTRJ–Man loading Bus with Luggage while Group of Japanese-American wait to leave Manzanar for Relocation, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

RM2PJGRCA–Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, Washington, DC. The memorial reflects on the legacy of the concentration camps (see info

An American soldie and two camp survivors standing by an open mass grave in Ampfing concentration Camp. Ampfing was a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration Camp complex. Stock Photo

RM2XX6E1P–An American soldie and two camp survivors standing by an open mass grave in Ampfing concentration Camp. Ampfing was a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration Camp complex.

7 2 2019 Tulsa USA No detention for innocent migrant children - Older woman in pretty dress and sunhat holds sign at rally with car passing by - tatto Stock Photo

RF2C7MW4J–7 2 2019 Tulsa USA No detention for innocent migrant children - Older woman in pretty dress and sunhat holds sign at rally with car passing by - tatto

Survivors of Ampfing concentration camp in the camp infirmary after being liberated by the American 14th Armored Division. Ampfing was a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration Camp complex. Stock Photo

RM2XX6E1J–Survivors of Ampfing concentration camp in the camp infirmary after being liberated by the American 14th Armored Division. Ampfing was a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration Camp complex.

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