Bernard Solonche collection
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
irn49668
Bernard Solonche collection
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Contains three photographic prints documenting corpses in one of the open railcars of the Dachau death train, taken immediately following liberation; handwritten caption written on verso of one print; dated April-May 1945. Includes a photographic print of large field of corpses; caption on verso identifies the bodies as those of American soldiers killed during the Battle of Bulge in the Ardennes in Belgium; dated 1945. These photos were sent home by US Army medic Bernard Solonche (donor’s brother), who served with the 45th Infantry Division during WWII