The main gate of the Wöbbelin concentration camp. [LCID: 80050]
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The main gate of the Wöbbelin concentration camp

The main gate of the Wöbbelin concentration camp. On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division encountered the Wöbbelin concentration camp. Photograph taken upon the liberation of the camp by US forces. Germany, May 4, 1945.

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