US soldier Joseph Eaton (left) poses in his jeep while en route to Theresienstadt, May 1945. Eaton arranged the trip in the hope of finding surviving relatives. Born in 1919, he was a German-Jewish refugee who traveled to the United States on a children's transport sponsored by the German-Jewish Children's Aid. He was drafted into the US Army in 1943 and served in the Psychological Warfare Division of the 12th United States Army Group.
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