Object ID
2012.1.578
Object Name
Photograph
Date
1945
Files
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Description
Black and white photograph of men in a mishmosh of prisoner's clothes and heavy jackets standing behind barbed wire. Most look directly at the camera. The man in the middle is holding onto the wire.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Iconic photograph - a Time-Life Pictures reprint - taken by Margaret Bourke-White for Life Magazine of recently liberated male prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp. Bourke-White was one of four female photojournalists to cover World War II. Clearly posed for the camera, the men, some leaning against the barbed-wire fence, look directly at the camera with an expression that seems to be saying say “Look closely - how could you let this happen.”
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 18"
Keywords
Barbed wire, Life Magazine, Kelton Lalos, Margaret Bourke White, Buchenwald, Survivors
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Buchenwald Concentration Camp Liberation" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.578.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1839
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