Unidentified photographer
1945, 13-16 April
Prisoners from an evacuation train from Bergen-Belsen pose next to a railroad car in Magdeburg.
[Liberation - Germany, Train to Magdeburg/Farsleben]
Black and white photograph
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumPhotograph Number: 97646
This photo was probably taken a few days after liberation since written on the side of the car is "Bergen-Belsen" and "We are going to Israel by way of France."
Pictured are the donor's stepfather, Chil Elbaum (back center), Maurice (second from the right), Esther (standing third from the right) and Chaim Elbaum (sitting on the far left).
Event history:
American troops of the 743rd Tank Battalion and the 30th Infantry Division came upon a railroad in Farsleben outside of Magdeburg. The train consisted of both cattle and passenger cars and contained approximately 2,500 concentration camp inmates, primarily Jewish. Many of the prisoners died during the transit, and most of the survivors were suffering from severe malnutrition and lack of medical attention.This train was one of three that left Bergen-Belsen between April 6 and 10 bound for Theresienstadt. The prisoners all held papers from neutral and non-European countries. Only one train arrived in Theresienstadt; the third was liberated by Soviet forces outside of Troebitz.
LL/95101
