African Americans were among the liberators of the Buchenwald concentration camp. [LCID: 86235]
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Military photographer William Scott

African Americans were among the liberators of the Buchenwald concentration camp. William Scott, seen here during training, was a military photographer and helped document Nazi crimes in the camp. Alabama, United States, March 1943.

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documenting the Holocaust African Americans liberation photographers US Army
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