Survivors on the Streets of Buchenwald

Black-and-white photo: Two men face the camera, standing beside the barbed-wire fence at Buchenwald Concentration Camp. In the background, six soldiers wearing helmets walk away from the camera. Several barracks-style buildings line the left side of the street; in the further distance, watchtowers can be seen.

Photograph of two liberated prisoners on the left while six American soldiers walk behind them down a street in Buchenwald.

By early April 1945, American soldiers were approaching Buchenwald concentration camp. The prisoners there formed an underground resistance group within the camp. They learned American troops were nearby, so they organized an uprising. The prisoners seized control of the camp on April 11. The Americans arrived that afternoon.

Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Dr. Tom Perry Sr. 93.08.0093

Survivors on the Streets of Buchenwald

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