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Five people stand along a tall barbed wire fence. All are severely emaciated and are wrapped in blankets. The two individuals on either end are standing, while the three in the middle sit. The second person from the left has a pair of crutches propped up against the fence behind him.
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Survivors of Buchenwald

Emaciated survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp soon after the liberation of the camp. Germany, after April 11, 1945.

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